A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The last segment of the class could consist of a formative assessment or a closure activity. To ensure success, it is also a good idea to commit to a learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology. Now let me discuss conceptually what the rotational model could look like in a school.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

Teachers using StudySync can use the Access Prior Knowledge Activities in the First Read Lessons to engage students in asynchronous online discussions using Google Classroom or a learning management system, like Schoology. This can help students to feel more connected to their peers when learning remotely.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We need to build in mechanisms into our lessons to collect formative assessment data. In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. Polling is a quick way to assess what your students think about a topic, vocabulary word, or problem. Poll the Class with Mentimeter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Assessments have become a critical piece to education reform. To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. Method: Formative assessment. Time: a few minutes.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For example, an English teacher would have the ability to check the tool and see that a student’s math teacher had recently contacted the student’s family. The district acted quickly to fill gaps to ensure the continuity of learning by implementing a new learning management system (LMS) called Schoology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2019

That means lesson plans aren’t completed, assessments aren’t taken, and kids don’t learn. Big Blue Button is open source and not a stand-alone platform so it must be integrated into an LMS such as Canvas, Schoology, or Moodle. BigBlueButton @iteachworld @Zoom_us @Instructure @schoology. Google Hangouts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

For example, Canvas pushed out a “celebration” effect designed to offer encouragement for students who were physically isolated from their teacher and classmates and who were completing many assignments asynchronously. Many began to assess which features made sense for the long-term, and which were short-term fixes.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. But is this an appropriate way to assess student learning? There are giant monoliths, trained chickens and robotic talking trash cans.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2020

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. It keeps everyone from administrators and teachers to students and parents connected from homeroom to home. Learn more. It's basically a subscription program.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2018

And some of those examples are from James Paul Gee, the professor who coined the term “affinity group” and “affinity spaces.” Matthew: That’s one example. They use Google Classroom, or Schoology. They design these assessments based on reflections. So they’re always constantly assessing. Vicki: Right. Vicki: Hmmm.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2018

Assignments from virtual classrooms can also be shared on other learning management systems like Google Classrooms, Blackboard, and Schoology. Virtual Classrooms Assess Student Comprehension and Progress. For teachers who like to plan ahead, Study.com offers the option to assign multiple lessons at a time—set it and forget it!

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

They complete research projects that culminate in video or audio assessments, and submit multimedia reflections through Notability and Flipgrid. My favorite example of the power of blended learning happened this winter, when snow forced Portland schools to close 10 days over two months, threatening to undermine learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For questions that need a manual check, you can provide a rationale so students can compare their answers with your example. Besides integrating lessons into Google Classroom, you can also integrate with Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard, ItsLearning and Brightspace. Take a look at live monitoring in action.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

What are examples of technology tools in learning? Learning management systems, virtual reality applications, and adaptive learning platforms are just a few examples revolutionizing traditional teaching methods as students are learning in the digital age. What are two examples of technology in education and how is it used?

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

For example, the iPhone was only 3 years old and smartphones were just taking off in 2010. Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc) before now, you’re too late. You can’t just take what you were going to do on Monday and do it anyway by just putting it in Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology or whatever LMS you use. seize the moment!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

Not quite sure how you're going to run formative assessment in your classroom, or lead professional development workshops? For example, learn how a South Dakota district is getting rid of grade levels in favor of student-centered learning. Making Data Work : Data, privacy, assessments--you’ve heard all about it.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

We are focusing primarily on communication—both delivering it and managing it—rather than learning or assessment techniques. If you don’t have enough of it, teaching and assessment won’t even be possible, let alone optimized. Formally measuring and assessing learning should not necessarily be a priority during this phase.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Teachers can easily integrate BookWidgets inside their trusted learning environment (Google Classroom, Teams, Canvas, Schoology, and more). They provide customizable templates for student assessment and learning activities. This way, you can quickly guide your students in the right direction when they need help.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

students need to be self-directed to work at home Ways technology supports the strategy resources are posted online via class website, LMS (Edmodo, Google Classroom, Schoology, etc). do they have other things that take up their time (job, etc.) The teacher also answers questions in class and dives more deeply into the content.

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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. For example, I wanted to include a PDF of the lesson plan to share with colleagues. Or how about this scenario: Your school changes their lesson planning tool, say from Edline to Schoology.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Others went deep, with curriculum, intervention and assessment stacks. All of these players, new and old, are operating in a stable yet fragmented market, finding product-market fit in school systems’ existing market segments: core, supplemental, and assessment. (I Assessment (including state tests) is another $1.2

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2020

This new tool is part of the PowerSchool Unified Insights family of products and brings together data from PowerSchool’s Student Information System (SIS) and Schoology Learning Management System (LMS) to help users of these solutions better understand a whole view of their students.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 18, 2022

Each of Kasey’s books, Shake Up Learning , and Blended Learning with Google , share details about the pedagogical ideas of dynamic learning , along with example lesson plans. Other LMS options like Canvas and Schoology can also utilize the entire G Suite of tools. This is a great tool for formative assessments.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Explain How the Assignment Will Be Assessed. Be sure they understand exactly what you expect and how it will be assessed. If no rubric, be sure to explain in the directions how they will be assessed. Also, explaining how they will be assessed individually will also be very important in collaborative activities.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 28, 2020

We’ve covered a lot of ground in Part 1 and Part 2–needs assessment, planning, creative scheduling, and adult learning strategies. Begin with the end in mind and create an assessment that aligns with your learning goals first. This assessment can be informal, formal, or even observational. Evidence of Learning.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 31, 2015

I don’t teach reading to kids on a daily basis like I did as a classroom teacher, so when I was gearing up to tutor a small group of fifth-graders after school in preparation for the upcoming state assessments, I was slightly intimidated -- and excited -- by the task before me. I can't wait to see what's next.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

Teachers can give their students quick conventions formative assessment QR codes that link to an online survey/quiz such as in Google Forms. For example, teachers give four statements and the students select the one with incorrect capitalization. Here are short descriptions of three activities: L.2 2 Conventions Mobile Online Survey.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

While many schools train teachers to take attendance, enter grades, or even post assignments on an LMS (like Canvas or Schoology ), they may not train them on using its other functions. For example, many LMSes have a communication tool that allows regular, accessible communication with students and families.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

While many schools train teachers to take attendance, enter grades, or even post assignments on an LMS (like Canvas or Schoology ), they may not train them on using its other functions. For example, many LMSes have a communication tool that allows regular, accessible communication with students and families.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 6, 2018

For example, I may create a label using a student’s name so that I can find all related messages easily, or I may save an e-mail about teaching a particular skill, and I can later search and retrieve it, quickly. The assessment/assignment component is called Juno and that is pretty incredible, too. Take advantage!

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In addition, discussion boards and assessment tools are available for teachers and students in most systems. As an example, no longer do they have to collect papers, lug them home and grade them by hand. The teacher can assess learning online. Google Classroom , Schoology and Edmodo fall into this category.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 20, 2015

Devoting a few rainy afternoons to “teacher play” can pay off big in the fall: you can update your curricula or even develop new activities and assessments, and you can also test-drive apps to determine which ones would work well for your students to use. Here are six apps and tools that I’ll be playing with this summer: 1.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In addition, discussion boards and assessment tools are available for teachers and students in most systems. As an example, no longer do they have to collect papers, lug them home and grade them by hand. The teacher can assess learning online. Google Classroom , Schoology and Edmodo fall into this category.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

Let me give you an example. He got a 20 out of 100 points on the first big assessment. At the end of the unit, he aced a final assessment with 100 out of 100 points. All that effort at the end and he only got an average of 60 percent in summative assessments. But it was too little too late. It's only fair!"

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 26, 2018

For example, do you differentiate content (ie different levels of reading passages) or presentation (ie provide a word bank on one version and not another, or eliminate one of the multiple choice answers on each question), or both? Can you give an example of a tool or quick strategy that’s made it easier for you to differentiate?

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MindShift

JUNE 28, 2018

For example, the video game Journey can help students to convey emotion and perspective, while iCivics’ Argument Wars teaches the deliberation of real world issues. Glen Irvin had his students learn Spanish by role-playing as businesspersons in Minecraft game and then reflected on the acquired learned vocabulary on his Schoology page.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 6, 2018

For example, I may create a label using a student’s name so that I can find all related messages easily, or I may save an e-mail about teaching a particular skill, and I can later search and retrieve it, quickly. The assessment/assignment component is called Juno and that is pretty incredible, too. Take advantage!

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