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The integration of the Common Core State Standards within iPad usage is of high priority for educators. Our team believes in the importance of aligning activities, instruction, and assessment to the standards by which our country find to be necessary for all students to learn. The integration of these standards across our nation provide an excellent opportunity for teachers to reflect and modify their teaching methods and strategies in order to best fit the 21st century learning skills we now know are so important. The list below includes helpful resources for the world of education that will ease the transition of aligning instruction, assessment, and activities within the classroom to these essential Common Core State Standards.

P21 Common Core Toolkit: A Guide to Aligning the Common Core Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills The Partnership for 21st Century Learning Skills have come out with a toolkit that can provide a great deal of information regarding the alignment of our technological devices, such as iPads, to the Common Core Standards. According to the P21, "standards drive critical elements of the American educational system- the curricula that schools follow, the textbooks students read, and the tests they take. Similarly, standards establish the levels of performance that students, teachers, and schools are expected to meet."

Mastery Connect is a wonderful resource that assists in the ability of teachers to integrate and align their  iPad activities to all common core standards. The Mastery Connect app featured on the right side of this page is the tool that can be used in order to help educators better align elements of their instruction with ease and quickness. It can be set to embed on any site and provides easy access to click on specific standards by subject, grade, and topic. media type="custom" key="20463836" align="right"

 Learning.com "Learning.com provides proven content, powerful tools, and practical services to support 21st century learners, align instruction to Common Core standards, and prepare students for next generation assessments. We offer free and fee-based standards-aligned curriculum and assessments to enhance and differentiate instruction, engage students, and increase test scores."

PBS TeacherLine PBS has developed professional development that assists teachers on the topic of aligning to the Common Core State Standards. They provide opportunities to learn about the best ways to go about integration and how to be successful in this process.

iLearn According to the A+Educators website, listed below are the specific benefits from using iLearn:
 * Students have more individual access to lessons, helping them better understand and communicate their understanding of the material
 * Teachers have immediate access to interactive lessons, study aids and productivity tools specifically aligned to their curriculum
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All lessons integrate rich media, are aligned to the CCSS and can be integrated into maps and pacing guides
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Schools utilizing iLearn note increased efficiency, knowledge retention and engagement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Special needs students benefit from pictures, audio recordings and the iPad touch interface
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">iLearn automatically updates school iPads with new applications and resources as they become available, easing the workload of instructional technology staff
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Improved time management increases instructional time without burdening the teacher
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Additional available technologies, such as classroom computers and interactive whiteboards, are integrated into the iLearn implementation and are supported with a rich library of instructional resources

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Alignment to Common Core "Anchor Standards" Grades 6-12: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grades K-5: > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grades 6-12:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing[[image:ipad-mobiledevice-eps415/common-core-200.png width="220" height="220" align="right"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Language
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Speaking and Listening
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Writing]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Language]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Speaking and Listening]

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