ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Promise of Education Technology: Effective Feedback. Education technology empowers teachers to help students on an individual basis. Assessment. Feedback vs. Assessment. Assessments are typically administered at the end of the process to see how well a student has learned compared to a benchmark. Evaluation.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. In this post, I’ll review a collection of the technology tools teachers can use to engage groups of learners online. Encourage self-assessment.

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Student Engagement Learning Blended Learning Google 545

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This summer I read Starr Stackstein’s book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. We shared this “Ongoing Assessment” document with each student via Google Classroom. My students had a real voice in their assessments. Instead, assessment became a conversation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 16, 2018

Greg Smedley Warren @kindersmorgie shares his tips and tricks for using technology in kindergarten. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Engaging Kindergartners with Technology: Augmented Reality, Ipads, QR Codes and More. It should be simple.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

color-coding, setting reminders, embedding links to planning documents) made it exponentially more effective as a planning and organizational tool. Provides a platform where you can organize calendar events and attach links or documents, so everything you need for your lessons is in one place. Please relax and enjoy your summer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

Here’s a summary on grading assignments with PDF annotation tools: Getting started Grading Providing feedback Saving and sharing Grade Assignments with PDF Annotation Tools As online learning and virtual classrooms gain popularity, educators are turning to new technologies to improve their teaching methods.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Here are some signs that you may be missing opportunities with your school’s technology integration efforts: Your LMS is primarily used as a document management system. Teachers are the primary users of technology. Technology professional development sessions are sparsely (or reluctantly) attended. NearPod, GoGuardian).

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Technology LMS Smartphone Adaptive Learning 274

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

If the teacher is the only person thinking critically about learning goals, progress, skill development, curriculum design, and assessment, that is a missed opportunity. Ongoing Self-Assessment Documents. I share an ongoing self-assessment document with my students via Google Classroom. SMARTGoalsStudents.

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Strategy Assessment Classroom Training 420

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We discussed strategies for collecting formative assessment data to ensure we knew what support students needed from us as they worked. Technology can simplify the planning process for teams of teachers. We talked about building student agency into the various parts of the project to increase student engagement and motivation.

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Hapara

APRIL 8, 2025

Dedicated to ensuring that every learner is successful, technology helps drive their success. Deputy Principal Russel Dunn says that families across the community, want their kids to engage with technology to better ensure success in their education. Moyes says, I can see you last opened this assessment last week.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology. Everything was then placed into Google Drive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic. The primary purpose of encouraging students to jot down a research paper is to assess their writing and research skills.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. Next, we moved on to formative assessment and then on to questioning and discussion.

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Assessment Outcomes Examples Elementary 545

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

That is the work we do that cannot be replaced by technology. In my latest book, Balance with Blended Learning , I write about strategies that turn everyday tasks, like giving feedback, assessing student work, and conferencing with students about progress into opportunities for connection. During the Conference. Post-conference.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. . ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

My recommendation for anyone who has not experienced hybrid learning is to develop a routine that helps you minimize the loss of instructional time that happens due to balancing the technology, making sure all students are in class, and completing other clerical tasks. How do I assess students ?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Abolishing the routine of announced observations, having teachers provide artifacts of evidence to show the bigger picture since you can never see all that is done in a single observation, and prioritizing the collection assessments over lesson plans can also be effective.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Forms are popular in schools for assessments, data collection, and a slew of other reasons. The completed document can be pushed out via link or embedded into blogs and websites. PDFs are a favorite document among teachers. Scan completed document into computer (hope the scanner ap works). Find a pen.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I can include quick formative assessment tools, drawing or brainstorming contributions from everyone and even 3d and virtual field trips. These are documents that you can adapt from other teachers after finding them on the web or the Hyperdocs website. I’ve blogged before about 10 Ways to Use Screencasts for Formative Assessment.

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iPad Digital Citizenship iPhone Assessment 403

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

As a history teacher, I used the summertime to experiment and attend online professional development technology sessions and tech camps. What used to be an application that only had student annotation capabilities has now become an all-encompassing tool that allows students to add video annotations to a document. Confusion sets in.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment by collecting these two weeks into the future. As you come across research that supports the types of effective pedagogical techniques you wish to see in your classrooms, archive it in a document that you can refer to when writing up observations.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

For this to happen, teachers can opt for a mix of game-based learning tools, conducting a quick assessment or social and emotional learning (SE)L check-in, or asking students to create and share what they have learned in a way that meets their interests. Read more: Spring into creativity with these 5 digital tools!

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Student Engagement Tools Game-Based Learning Gamification 530

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2018

I regularly work with teachers who like the idea of trying new teaching strategies, blended learning models, and technology tools, but they don’t have the time or energy to experiment. Finally, they have to reflect on their learning and set goals for themselves in their ongoing assessment document or learning log.

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Blended Learning Learning Outcomes Strategy 419

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Teachers are freed from orchestrating a lesson and able to conference with learners about their progress, provide feedback on work in progress, or conduct side-by-side assessments. As students prepare for an assessment, create a board with activities that target key vocabulary, concepts, and skills. Designing Choice Boards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2023

An Ask a Tech Teacher contributor reviews five options for you to consider: Format PDF Adobe PDF Element Nitro Pro Foxit Phantom PDF Top PDF Editors Among Teachers and Educators In the digital age, the ability to effectively work with PDF documents has become essential for professionals in various fields, including education.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Technology, if available for your learners, can play a vital role in accomplishing this goal. App Smashing can provide your students with creative and inspired ways to showcase their learning and allow you to assess their understanding and skills. Now I am not saying that teachers shouldn’t do this.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment. Sans the wine, of course.)

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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. Students must realize that a presentation is more about Communication then the technology prop being used.

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Assessment Education STEM Resources 189

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Screencastify allows you to insert multiple-choice questions to check for understanding and collective formative assessment. Instead, give them opportunities to document their thinking with drawings and art. You can use Screencastify (a new feature ) or Edpuzzle to insert questions into the video itself.

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Strategy UDL Blended Learning Video 543

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 17, 2024

Tools like shared documents, video conferencing, and project management platforms facilitate teamwork and mimic real-world collaborative environments. Leveraging Technology for Community Building One of the keys to successful community building in virtual schools lies in creatively using technology. Create Safe Spaces.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2019

One way educators are introducing student-centered education into the classroom is through meaningful integration of educational technology. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Technology trends universities should expect in 2019. YOUNG: Technology is in every field, which is making so much more possible and not always in the ways that we think.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, if you’re studying for a biology exam, tagging relevant documents with terms like “photosynthesis” or “cell division” can help you quickly retrieve the information you need. Backup your files frequently to avoid losing important documents. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. Another feature of Twitter is forming content groups for teachers where weekly conversations take place on pedagogy, current events, and the use of technology. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Twitter Social Media Classroom Digital Citizenship 431

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

If students are completing work online, I create a Google document with step-by-step directions, links, and screenshots to help them navigate that online work. If I grade something, it is an assessment. A lot of the work my kids do in a station rotation lesson is practice or preparation for an assessment. 10) Mix it up!

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Blended learning combines technology and face-to-face interaction to improve student engagement, streamline assessments and open the lines of communication between teachers and students. . These online tools make it simple for teachers to send class materials, grade assignments, conduct assessments and monitor student progression.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

You can create professional presentations, posters, multi-page documents, marketing materials, social media graphics, and more using Canva’s more than 1 million photos, icons, and layouts, each with colors and fonts coordinated into attractive schema easily accessed by both beginners and reluctant designers. Click to view slideshow.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2023

Part two is perfecting the document. The sole purpose of the document is to get interviews. They are experts at assessing students’ abilities, goals, and other factors that go into choosing a suitable major. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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