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12/16/20 Wednesday Website: Newsela Daily Deck

Wednesday’s Website for December 16th, 2020 was shared by Kristin Smith, who shared out about Newsela Daily Deck. Newsela Daily Deck combines curated news articles with Pear Decks technology to engage students. As a teacher, you can pick from a large selection of articles that come with a pre-made Pear Deck for that article to discuss with your class.

A few other features:

  • Sparks student engagement
  • Tons of news articles/topics
  • Includes instructional strategies to prompt discussion

12/9/20 Wednesday Website: Pennsylvania Career Zone

Wednesday’s Website for December 9th, 2020 was shared by Kristin Smith, who shared out about Pennsylvania Career Zone. Pennsylvania Career Zone “helps students, educators, job seekers, and others access up-to-date information on wages, job openings, and other information.”

A few other features:

  • Individualized account to help find and search for jobs in PA, build your network and portfolio, and find out the best career paths for you
  • Anyone can use but educators can create an account to help with: developing, implementing, and managing a complete career and transition planning curriculum as well as keep an eye on students’ progress

12/2/20 Wednesday Website: PebbleGo

Wednesday’s Website for December 2nd, 2020 was shared by Jenna Figliano, who shared out about PebbleGo by Capstone. PebbleGo is an online learning tool that helps students in 3rd – 5th grade receive additional curriculum-based articles to enhance learning in the classroom.

A few other features:

  • Ideal for 3rd-5th grade
  • Curriculum curated articles for history, science, social studies, and more!
  • Has scaffolding supports
  • Fosters student independence