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Framework for 21st Century Learning

**Technology Summarized (Concept Maps)**

**INFOhio Learning Commons**

PBS Technology Integration

Edutopia ||= @Internet Safety Resources

@Bullying Resources

Printing Instructions

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__**21st Century Skills**__ 90+ Videos for Tech. and Media Literacy

...Alec Couros has collected "interesting Internet videos that would be appropriate for lessons and presentations, or personal research, related to technological and media literacy.

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Academic Content Standards

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Confused About the Common Core (Videos of Lessons) ||= **Text Complexity**


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*INFOhio's Discovery Portal Educator's Guide
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 * Text Complexity: The Common Core State Standards - New Process for Determination **


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