Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

One fear expressed was about how the mostly Black and Latino students at 28 schools would fare under a plan created by new Superintendent Mike Miles that would require school libraries to cease, in essence, functioning as libraries. Demonstrators gather in August 2023 in protest of Houston ISD's plan to close libraries in schools.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

A solution comes from rubrics, which are benchmarks used in grading to help assess students’ learning. Rubric Maker is a tool that assists teachers in the assessment process, helping them articulate their expectations and how the students will be evaluated. Rubric Maker. Students receive a complete scheme of goals to reach success.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Our decisions need to focus on helping students by designing assessments and ways to show what they have learned while also promoting voice and choice in learning. Consider how the method or tool will enhance learning or provide more benefits for students beyond being a way to practice the content or take an assessment.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2025

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.025 mini-conference (and our third mini-conference on AI and Libraries), " AI and Libraries: Literacy, Ethics, and Responsible Use , " will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 13th, 2025, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2022

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. have online libraries included with student resources. Treat them exactly as though they were print books.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Open Library is a curated list of over 20 million books (and growing) that are available worldwide to all age groups whether from the public domain or under copyright pro tections.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

As teachers, we need to be able to check in with students to see how they are doing, first and foremost, and to assess their progress in our class. How do I assess students ? Should all students take a digital assessment, or should I provide a paper assessment for students in the classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Formative assessment tips. Library of pre-made lessons. How you can edit on the fly (even after you've started delivering a lesson with students). Simple exit tickets. I'll share how I use Lumio for exam review. Simple exit tickets. Powerful manipulatives for phonics, math and more (Elementary and kindergarten teachers will love this).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. Nearpod also has a library full of virtual field trips, interactives, and 3D images the entire class can enjoy. These tools also offer free registration for teachers.

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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. There are sample lessons and other templates ready to use in their library.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: How K-12 schools can bring digital transformation to their libraries. When Harbor Beach High School in Michigan decided to redesign its library , administrators there held meetings with faculty, staff and members of the student council to decide how the new space should look based on how each group envisioned its use.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 13, 2020

When it became clear COVID-19 would dramatically impact the public education system, we quickly assessed how we could provide value, drawing on our years of expertise with digital learning. How can we best assess our technology needs? Our first priority was making sure our Digital Promise team was safe, healthy, and supported.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The goal of the assessment was to analyze how technology is implemented in adult education classrooms throughout the city. Starting in June of this year, DLAB has initiated projects across the city to address the trends and needs identified through the assessment.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 7, 2025

If youre curious where you fall, try the VARK self-assessment its quick and surprisingly revealing. Build in regular reflection : Incorporate mindfulness or simple self-assessments to encourage reflection without requiring discussion. The post The 8 Learning Styles Every Teacher Should Know appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

To make the program more manageable for teachers and facilitators, Corney-McGee and his colleagues narrowed their focus, selecting only a handful of tools from the G Suite library. “We We decided on four applications and we were going to present them using the Google Classroom platform,” Corney-McGee said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

For example, I had to assess “over the shoulder” by looking at what students were doing. Also, I’m able to easily assess and share their work in AR. I’ve found it works better if you have some flat surfaces around, but it will work anywhere Start designing Inside 3D bear are a variety of libraries that you can use.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. Online Reading –when the classroom library isn’t available, use one of the many online libraries or story collections to inspire reading. An alternative is a class reading program like RAZ-Kids.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

The youngest Zoomers, as theyre also known, are around 13 years old and still have years left in public school systems dealing with frequent upheavals due to federal-level uncertainty , politicization of essential services like libraries and ongoing challenges to helping students get on grade level.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2024

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2022

Each grade-level PDF is between 175 and 252 pages and includes lesson plans, assessments, domain-specific vocabulary, problem-solving tips, Big Idea, Essential Question, options if primary tech tools not available, posters, reproducibles, samples, tips, enrichments, entry and exit tickets, and teacher preparation. Who needs this.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

An Enhanced AI-Powered Assessment Tool: Originally launched in 2024, this tool is the first in a new suite of AI-powered teaching tools currently under development, and it empowers educators to create high-quality assessments using vetted resources right from within Experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 2, 2024

Each grade-level PDF or print book (both are available) is between 175 and 252 pages and includes lesson plans, assessments, domain-specific vocabulary, problem-solving tips, Big Idea, Essential Question, options if primary tech tools not available, posters, reproducibles, samples, tips, enrichments, entry and exit tickets, and teacher preparation.

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Resources Digital Citizenship eBook Common Core 396

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

There’s no cost for basic (a yearly cost for premium) to use the thousands of free illustrations and images in the Canva library or uploading your own. Brochures Trifold brochures are popular for assessing learning on any inquiry topic that expects students to acquire and share knowledge. Click to view slideshow.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2021

Each book is between 175 and 252 pages and includes lesson plans, assessments, domain-specific vocabulary, problem-solving tips, Big Idea, Essential Question, options if primary tech tools not available, posters, reproducibles, samples, tips, enrichments, entry and exit tickets, and teacher preparation. Who needs this. How do you use it.

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Resources Digital Citizenship eBook Common Core 409

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

As an option, you can add LINC’s library of content, with over 50 more Cycles (including two I wrote for LINC), on blended learning, project-based learning, and student-centered classrooms– perfect for supporting teachers with remote learning. Consider bringing Balance with Blended Learning into your professional learning community.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2025

The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th graders were reading at or above a proficient level. My daughters success story underscores the benefits of offering students a variety of reading formats, not only in libraries but in the classroom, too.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. In addition to this partnership, assessors were recruited from national library leaders participating in the Lilead Fellows program.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

If you use my link to sign up for Edpuzzle , you’ll gain access to a curated library of 50,000 free videos to use with your school. Assess the video. You can get started by clicking this link and you’ll get access to the 50,000 curated videos in their library. This blog post is sponsored by Edpuzzle. All opinions are my own.

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Flipped Classroom Video Assessment Libraries 381

Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2021

The teacher, library media tech, or counselor can be involved with reflection exercises, which are really where the rubber meets the road—as kids make connections between who they are and who they want to become.”. You have these beautiful experiences that we do in different modalities in the classroom, but now they’re up on the walls.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2018

It is no coincidence, however, that students with access to strong library programs demonstrate stronger literacy proficiency. These findings suggest that staffing libraries with certified librarians can help close achievement gaps.” This is especially the case with striving readers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Looking up data in an encyclopedia, using themed books in the classroom library, listening to content distilled by the teacher has always worked. Comments made in high school, pictures posted in college, funny videos taken out of context—all are available for future employers to view. Why does it matter? So why change?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2022

All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs. provide multiple authentic and organic formative and summative assessments. As many as the school wants. This maximizes productivity and student independence. share tech-in-ed pedagogy to infuse your school with technology .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 10, 2025

Well-Being to Improve Productivity and Service Quality An Affordable 4-Month Series with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 Well-Being to Improve Productivity and Service Quality An Affordable 4-Month Series with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 How to apply problem-solving techniques to library work.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Also great for assessing students and creating more interactive and engaging lessons that spark curiosity! You can also upload your own 3D objects or videos into the Thyng App and submit your “Thyngs” to be included in their library. Read more: The pivotal role of edtech in the hybrid classroom. iOS and Android).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

Interactive Quizzing Platforms Interactive quizzing platforms are revolutionizing the way educators assess understanding and retention in the classroom. EBook Libraries EBook libraries are changing how students access reading materials, making heavy backpacks filled with textbooks a thing of the past.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2023

If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library. While researching using an online library, cite materials in an appropriate manner to comply with student digital responsibilities. For example, if you make posters to discuss great inventors, use an online tech tool like Canva ?

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2022

As we assess students or gather data in an experiment, for example, we use it to make decisions in our teaching practice or other work. Our instruction is often informed based on the data we receive from assessing students in a variety of ways. When it comes to data, we can distinguish between data literacy and data science.

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