Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2017

These are like the games students love and teach important to Common Core standards as well as the demands of life. Consider a BYOD approach in your classes so students can use the devices they have easy access to and are comfortable with (if your school IT folks and infrastructure support this approach). Flip the classroom.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 31, 2014

I had the pleasure on Tuesday last week to give a webinar on how I use Edmodo to teach my students digital literacy skills and help prepare them for digital assessments. Not only are my students being assessed on reading and writing literacy skills, but they are also being evaluated on understanding how to navigate and use a website.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2016

Rubrics are a well-accepted, even transformative tool for assessing student knowledge over a breadth of criteria. The pre-online versions weren’t dynamic or flexible, couldn’t be re-used, and few teachers had the time or energy to build these summative, purpose-built assessments. Common Core Rubric Creator.

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Tools Common Core Assessment Digital Citizenship 150

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

To help accomplish their vision – that every students get not just to but through college – Brooklyn Lab leverages Cortex, a digital learning platform where student data and work can be accessed by students, teachers, parents, and administrators alike. The post An Expanded Definition of Student Success appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Many of us find students benefit greatly when the school employs curriculum-based assessments to measure progress. Because by teaching, assessing knowledge, tracking progress, and personalizing to student needs, we can determine if students are accomplishing what they must to complete the work of learning. What is Measuring Up?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

I’ve based my selections on the following criteria: ease of use — accounts are easy to set up with access to both the site and materials quick and intuitive. StudyBlue is user-driven SAT prep which works by providing access to user-created flashcard collections that address SAT skills. How NOT to Assess Student Writing.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Speaking & Listening portion of the ELA Common Core State Standards ask learners to: Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. . weigh it against the standards they’re using to assess it.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Online assessments are becoming more common, and students who have strong digital literacy skills often score higher on them. Students who lack these skills may not be able to effectively demonstrate mastery of key concepts in math, reading or writing on online assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Teachers can add quizzes that assess student math knowledge by selecting the grade, the topic, one of the suggested Zap Zap Math games, and the duration.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

During an edWeb edLeader Panel sponsored by ORIGO Education , the presenters offered their key criteria for digital mathematics tools and how they should support teachers and students. To support the problem-solving mindset, the tasks would present multiple paths to the solution to allow for student creativity. About the Presenters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Today, many educators want to not only evaluate progress at a point in time but optimize that against the ongoing standards their school mission is built on such as Common Core, International Baccalaureate, NGSE, or TEKS. Teachers create assessments aligned with pre-selected standards. That’s changing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. Most include class ideas for usage and an assessment to determine if students got what you put out there. They are professionally recorded and presented by expert teachers with a class screen or whiteboard.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 31, 2015

According to Education World , a Curriculum Map is… … a process for collecting and recording curriculum-related data that identifies core skills and content taught, processes employed, and assessments used for each subject area and grade level. – Education World: Virtual Workshop: Curriculum Mapping. assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Because blended learning moves many lesson resources online, schools need dependable digital devices, a reliable infrastructure that supports the volume of access, and a knowledgeable IT staff to assist in the early stages and prevent frustrations. Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core. Infrastructure.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge. The IOCS experience is accessed through the IOCS website , which contains links to OCW offerings that are constantly updated.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

He began his keynote by sharing a video montage of Khan Academy highlights and then presenting some impressive statistics on usage. The Khan Academy site now contains over 3000 videos mapped to the Common Core and associated assessments that allow learners to practice and reinforce skills acquired through the videos.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

The app presents students with a typical fifth-grade math question—turn 29 / 9 into a mixed fraction. This video shows the Thinkster Math interface Students’ skills are first assessed to find strengths and weaknesses, and parents answer a questionnaire on academic goals. The app is accessible on all devices.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2015

Mindprint Learning provides a cognitive assessment developed for children that can be administered online. Results are presented in a learning profile of strengths and weaknesses along with recommendations of learning strategies and supports. Computerized method for assessing cognitive domains. How do you use research?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Future of Assessment & Accountability. From Common Core to the SAT, the call for accountability is moving away from the drivers of the past two decades as we look to reflect the more holistic attributes of student development and grapple with the adverse impact of high-stakes testing. Playful Assessment: Don’t Stop the Fun.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2016

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. encourage students to tape class presentations to replay later and/or study from. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While it traditionally is an assessment tool for college-bound seniors, more and more high schools are choosing it as an exit exam for graduating seniors (such as these changes in Ohio and the State of Washington ). Seven million students took the SAT test last year. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Kathy Schrock

JANUARY 1, 2014

How can the use of infographics be used to address the Common Core State Standards? The second way infographics can be incorporated into teaching and learning is by having students create an infographic as a formative or summative assessment. ELA Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 29, 2015

Lesson planning used to mean filling in boxes on a standard form with materials, goals, expectations, assessments–details like that. And that paper form that was copied in triplicate–now it’s an online tool that can be accessed, edited, appended, and viewed by everyone involved. This reminded me of Prezi.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

million students accessed the Common App, created a profile and began working on at least one application. But a quarter of those students, almost 300,000, did not end up submitting any application through Common App, according to a working paper published this August. But barriers to completion predate the pandemic.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California. Formative assessment tools like Padlet , Socrative , Quizizz , and Kahoot! If I’m presenting, I guarantee to include gold nuggets for English teachers in my session.)

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards and explore real life questions. It is a free platform giving access to high-quality teaching resources. The site also allows the user to access tabs at the top of the page, or view content by sport or topic.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

He said his background was in sales when he joined the Instructure/Canvas team and he wished he had access to this post when he started because he felt it would have helped him understand what Canvas can do for educators better. The same holds true with education and access to learning management systems.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Common Core math standards and Next Generation Science Standards were being implemented, and subjects were becoming more interconnected. Having two teachers also allows for one to monitor the class to ensure the students are on task while the other one is presenting a whole group lesson. But we have also seen other benefits.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Educators can manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and assess students in real-time, and much much more. Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning. iPads/Chromebooks). Teachley: Mt. .

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 28, 2019

Quick Take: Overview of educational assessment tools focusing on Summative assessment and Formative assessment. A comparison of summative assessment and formative assessment. The main components of being an educator are preparation, teaching, and assessment. How to explain summative assessment.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

A freshman at Merit Preparatory Charter School in Newark, New Jersey, Onyemaobi has access to Spark , Matchbook Learning’s online information platform that uses data to help students and teachers track exactly what skills they need to master—and to set goals and find resources to help them get there.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The tech and core standards of organizations such as ISTE, CSTA, and Common Core State Initiative stipulate that students need foundational digital literacy skills to demonstrate writing, reading, and mathematical achievement. Online Safety and Digital Citizenship. Technology Applications. Things to consider.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Bottom line: Access a hefty collection of reliable, ready-to-print, leveled passages that allow you to tailor lessons, assign online reading, and track progress. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments. Bottom line: Rich with content-aligned assessments, printable worksheets, and progress analytics.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 2, 2014

Answer Pad - A fantastic Student Response and Assessment System that uses an innovative graphical interface to help turn a teacher''s classroom paperless (by doing testing on mobile devices) and assess students on any number of subjects in real-time using a free mobile app w/ digital portfolio capabilities. Top 40 Web 2.0

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

When I attend sessions, in addition to taking my own notes, I like to photograph the presenter, enhance the photo, and overlay text on top to make an infopic. Luckily, many generous presenters at Miami Device shared their resources, notes, and handouts digitally. I thought I’d link to some of them.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 8, 2015

I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Complex ideas soon become accessible and understandable. It is designed to increase access to high-quality science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education beyond the classroom for youth and families across the nation and in their local communities.

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