Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

These include the abilities to critically assess the credibility of new stories using various vetting criteria, to spot fake news and false information, to identify reliable sources, and to read and interpret news using a multi-perspective approach.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencasting is a useful assessment tool. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We use observations, quick formative assessments, longer summative assessments, and long-term benchmark assessments. The problem is that these assessments come in a variety of ways, depending on where you teach. Many districts utilize pre-built assessments from curricular resource companies. The short answer is no.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments. 4 Options for a Class Internet Start Page. 5 Ways Teachers Can Stay on Top of Technology. Back to School–Tech Makes it Easy to Stay On Top of Everything. 5 Tech Ed Tools to Use this Fall. For the entire list, click this Back-to-School category tag.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 7, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Assessing student knowledge does not need to happen just at the end of the year—a practice that delivers data too late to enhance teaching and learning. Instead, assessing student progress throughout the year can substantially grow academic success. The state took an assessment stand.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Key points: To personalize learning, teachers need actionable data more frequently A new partnership in Montana will support student achievement in just this manner See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Providing students with authentic and varied assessment opportunities helps educators gather datapoints on a student holistically. What is equally important is that we provide varied assessment opportunities so students can demonstrate understanding in different ways.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2020

It improves close reading, assesses understanding, is intuitive to roll out and use, and does much more than replace something you already have. This can be a chapter from a textbook, an article, notes, or anything in between as long as it’s in text format. More about assessments. 12 Fresh Ways to Assess Student Learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2023

With post-pandemic learning loss a continued focus, educators and administrators are relying on both formative and summative K-12 assessment data to direct classroom instruction. Only 62 percent of educators feel proficient in assessment literacy and 51 percent have concerns over the negative impact of assessments on instructional time.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Picking up where I left off in the previous section, MagicSchool allows users to generate resources and full-fledged, well-researched articles in just a click, directly from within their lesson plans. Chatterbot AI is similar to ChatGPT and can be used to create assessments for mathematics, physics, and other analytical subjects.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

Teachers can use it to help design lessons, build assessments, unpack standards, personalize , scaffold questions, develop hooks, provide relevant connections, and so many more possibilities. Gradescope -Seamlessly administer and grade all of your assessments, whether online or in class.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Designing high-quality assessments and giving students thoughtful, timely feedback on their work can take hours every single week. So, I wanted to share one of my favorite tools for automating student assessment. But today, I’m doing a deep dive on just the assessment piece, because there’s a lot to explore.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 14, 2024

It took Stephanie Farley 21 years to solve the student self-assessment equation. The post The Year I Figured Out Student Self Assessment first appeared on MiddleWeb. The solution? Teaching students to explain their thinking as they revise and improve.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I say “paper” because my Keep Reading Three Ideas for Creating More Equitable & Personal Assessments The post Three Ideas for Creating More Equitable & Personal Assessments appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2024

While experts acknowledge risks such as bias and access disparities, they foresee AI-driven assessments reshaping education by tailoring tests to individual needs and promoting deeper learning. Full Story: The Hechinger Report (4/11) –Image credit Deposit Photo Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here’s an eye-opening article on three grading practices that should be overhauled: Teacher: Reconsider these traditional grading practices. In this article, Tamony asserts that teachers should reconsider averaging scores over time, allowing in elements other than content understanding and reporting “opaque scores.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

To help you adjust, here are the Top Ten articles on putting technology into your back-to-school plans: How to Prepare Students for PARCC Tests. Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments. 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. 5 Tools To Shake up the New Year. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If they don’t demonstrate mastery on your first assessment, you need to provide a new assessment that tests the same material. How many versions of the summative assessment can they create? This article is part of a series where we will discuss how you can make mastery learning a reality.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Both the math and reading sessions focused on how edtech could be used during independent work, formative assessment, and pedagogically-sound blended learning. Below you will see the specific tools I provided during each session. Some aren't new, but others might be. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments section below.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It is filled with thoughts on Student Communication Skills including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Communication: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Make assessment of Communication an ongoing effort. Self assessment can be powerful).

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Our instructor Shawn McCusker’s most recent article has been published on the Otus blog. In it he discusses the challenges we face and the opportunities available to us If you would like to read it in its entirety you can find it here: The Modern Challenges of Formative Assessment. Check out the full article!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 29, 2024

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to BTS resources from Microsoft BTS resources from Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Survival Kits BTS Toolkit from Education.com Make a class photo in Pixton EDU –image credit Deposit Photos ([link] We write about back to school often on Ask a Tech Teacher.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2023

There has been a multitude of conversations regarding assessment and grading practices, focusing on shifting practice that makes more sense not only for the current time we live in but also moving forward. She had said, “How we assess drives our teaching, not the other way around.” ” I would agree.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It combines the best features of a learning management system, assessment management and data management into one. It provides powerful assessment options to support every subject, grade level, and pedagogical method. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, the traditional reliance on exams as the primary mode of assessment is being reevaluated. In this article, we will delve into the world of alternative assessment methods tailored for higher education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Each lesson plan includes an Essential Question and Big Idea, average time required to complete, suggested appropriate grade level, suggested teacher preparation, step-by-step directions (see preview for an example), assessment strategies, pedagogic background, samples, and images (where relevant). Click to view slideshow.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

There has been a lot of discussion on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the quality of education for both students and teachers including an article by the University of San Diego on 43 Examples of AI in Education. In this article, we explore the myriad advantages that AI tools like Essay-Grader.ai

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MiddleWeb

MAY 14, 2023

With finals fast approaching, Stephanie Farley created a summative assessment experience to encourage every student to demonstrate their mastery of the learning targets as well as be acknowledged and appreciated for their contributions. The post The Best Performance Based Assessment Ever first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. We can’t even blame it on COVID!

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In my recent article regarding using Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms , I mentioned Todd Rose’s term, “design to the edges,” which is what educators attempt to do each day as they accommodate the variety of learners in their classrooms. Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 6, 2024

Which brings me to the gist of this article: Teacher Appreciation Week, the first full week in May, this year, May 6-10, 2024. It’s a bit different than a classroom teacher. There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 2, 2022

Hechinger Report just published an article on how having teachers study student data doesn’t actually result in better student learning outcomes. We implement benchmarking assessments and professional learning communities (PLCs). We’re not closing gaps with other countries on international assessments. And for what?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2022

Check out this article from The Tech Edvocate with a list of six ideas, including: Google Keep. Taking notes from discussions helps greatly in remembering important points raised and in aiding you to study for exams and other assessment activities. There are great notetaking apps and suggestions out there for students.

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Ascend Math

APRIL 27, 2016

Last week, the New York Times ran an article on Kahoot, an online quiz system from Norway being played in some schools. The article is well worth reading for its smart discussion of “engagement” and “gamification.”. The article, by NY Times reporter Natasha Singer, also made mention of Ascend Math.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2022

Newsweek has an interesting article addressing exactly that: How Schools Can Find the Time To Teach Digital Literacy Skills. How to Assess Digital Literacy. 5 Strategies to Assess Student Knowledge. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer science jobs are projected to grow 13% between 2020 and 2030.

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