techieMusings

MAY 24, 2016

Our English Department uses Socratic seminars as an assessment tool. When the Socratic seminar is the culminating assessment, students are expected to prepare for the activity ahead of time as they would for a written test. Students sit in two concentric circles during a Socratic seminar.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

You will choose a theme/concept statement from the statements we generate or address in our Socratic Seminar at the end of the play. A rubric as well as the Common Core Standards that are to be assessed can be found HERE. The requirements are as follows: IDENTIFY THE CONCEPT IN THE PLAY. So what do you think of this project?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2023

Other no cost learning resources include institution sponsored tutoring programs, online seminars, and self-help guidebooks. They are experts at assessing students’ abilities, goals, and other factors that go into choosing a suitable major. Finally, remember to seek guidance when choosing a major field of study.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

As we reflected on our media literacy journey, it was exciting to see how our initial presentation, Media Literacy in a Post-Truth Era, which we first shared during a 2016 technology seminar for our district, has continued to evolve, with new resources and even a new title: Thinking Critically About the (Fake!!)

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As you might know there are some amazing formative assessment tools on the web. Free Digital Formative Assessment Tools… Important Thoughts Before Implementing - Michael Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com ) . Not only can the formative assessment process be engaging, it can also be owned by students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Recent National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores dipped to the lowest theyve ever been, falling two points on average for fourth and eighth graders. All Radford students have the option to take University 101, a first-year seminar class that prepares them for the transition to college, both academically and socially.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Neo LMS

JULY 22, 2021

Instead of attending face-to-face seminars, they can do this at their own pace and receive reminders to complete them on time. . Offering different types of assessments. Vocational training requires a holistic approach to assessment. The post 8 Ways in which edtech supports Vocational Education appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

million education-oriented Pre-K through High School lesson plans, curricula, videos, classroom activities, assessments, books, bulletin board ideas, classroom decorations, interactive notebooks, task cards, Common Core resources, and more. Seminar Overview. Seminars I attended included: using social media to spread the word.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). Constructive Conversations – Assessing Student Conversations.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

Then, I met with two other math teachers who showed me how they use smartphones to increase class participation and to assess their students learning. Lastly, I used Poll Everywhere in my senior seminar the next day and it was a big hit. Job well done by this mathematics teacher! My college students really enjoyed using it.

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techieMusings

MAY 24, 2016

Our English Department uses Socratic seminars as an assessment tool. When the Socratic seminar is the culminating assessment, students are expected to prepare for the activity ahead of time as they would for a written test. Students sit in two concentric circles during a Socratic seminar.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

IT people at school districts are typically stretched thin and don’t have time to attend workshops and seminars. A good network security group can complete an assessment in about a day and send back results within a week. Sign Up for a Security Workshop. A More Secure Environment Doesn't Have to Break the Bank.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

Mineola High School in Long Island (NY) features a structured but flexible mix of teacher-led workshops and seminars, asynchronous independent learning, and career training. This combination ensures students have time to explore their interests and build skills that will help them find success in life.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2017

Look at who has adopted UbD: the College Board, to guide the revision of its Advanced Placement (AP) subject matter courses and for the development of its courses AP Seminar and AP Research. Self-assessment. Self-assessment is fundamental to UbD. the framework for the national curriculum in the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

From lesson creation to assessment and gamification, there is something for K-12 schools, universities, vocational schools, and so on depending on the purpose of the conference. Just when you are starting to get excited about all the sessions and seminars and… there are hundreds of them and only a time machine could help at this point.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

Experts in performance-based assessment share research on student engagement and effort. According to Beyond Multiple Choice, assessments have come increasingly under fire over the past decade, with critics claiming they are overused, inequitably applied, and not aligned with optimal outcomes for training and education.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Hope Reed, former chair of Blythewood High School math department Math scores for Black 13-year-olds had dropped by 13 points between the 2019-20 school year and the 2022-23 school year, shows the latest data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as the nation’s report card.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2023

And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring. So far, the experiment has been successful with students sailing through internal assessments, according to Khan and McGrath. There are currently 50 students, all ninth graders.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

Paideia Seminar. You can read more about the Paideia Seminar here. Socratic Seminar. You can read more here in What Is A Socratic Seminar? This could be used before a lesson as a kind of front-loading or after a lesson as an informal assessment or reinforcement and review. See more on that at number 11 below.).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

These tend to be small seminar-style workshop classes hosted online—or customized certificate options built into larger online courses. These are the resources that are typically still free like MOOCs, Khan Academy videos, TED videos, and some adaptive learning platforms. Connection-Driven experiences emphasize who you’ll learn with and from.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2015

This month on the Global Search for Education by Cathy Rubin, we are reflecting on How do you balance preparation for high stakes assessments with teaching and learning in your classroom. If you’re stressed out from focusing too much on high stakes assessment, students will sense that, and it creates anxiety in them, too.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

I use this to facilitate assessing whether my students truly “got it” when it comes to the perspective of peoples of the past. Sparking Real Discussions Indigenous Peoples’ Day has never been formally taught at our school, but maybe this year in Jamie’s enrichment classes it will turn into a great Socratic seminar discussion.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

I have sat with teachers in New Hampshire as they co-create performance assessments—featuring tasks not so different from my Eco-Columns—that evidence student learning in authentic ways throughout the year. And I have learned from schools across California that make student exhibition a regular part of learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2016

One method, called the Socratic seminar, challenges to students to formal discussions about a text based on open-ended questions. Once the seminar begins, discipline yourself not to guide or facilitate the conversation. Reflection/assessment. After the discussion, an assessment piece is essential. The discourse.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

We have to rethink the full-length essay as the end-all, be-all for assessing student writing skills,” Miller said. We can assess their understanding of what they read and their ability to write through shorter bursts of writing. It’s intimidating.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 4, 2018

The topic for our first productivity roundtable is streamlining the grading and assessment process. They’ve found more effective ways to monitor and assess student learning, and they’re going to share those strategies here with you today. They’ll also share their best hacks and time-saving tips related to grading and assessment.

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Linways Technologies

MAY 21, 2020

And this would help teachers to assess and correct the errors in the thinking of students. Seminars : Dividing topics among students and assigning them to take seminars will also help to implement active learning in a class. Quiz: A quiz is a very powerful method by which we can evaluate the students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I used traditional grading practices, assessing student progress through quizzes, tests, project, midterms and finals each year. For that first one, I divided my class into three segments: Foundation, Content and Skills, and Assessment. I was confident that students were learning and their grades supported that.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work).

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 6, 2023

To do so, they need to have a proper assessment strategy in place. In the absence of a clear mapping between program outcomes and assessment tools, student achievement of program outcomes is inaccurate and unreliable. Conscious efforts need to be made to bring application skills or higher cognitive skills to the assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. It’s not a Socratic seminar where I sit back and just watch it unfold. It’s really powerful.

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