The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. I can include quick formative assessment tools, drawing or brainstorming contributions from everyone and even 3d and virtual field trips. This is something you should assess and make sure they can do.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Proof enough is that Common Core summative assessments will be completed online—only possible if students use technology as comfortably as paper and pencil to demonstrate knowledge. But how do you do that if you aren’t a ‘techie’ or a ‘geek’, if you barely use a Smartphone much less the myriad of online tools.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Formative assessment is the answer. Formative assessment can supercharge your classroom learning. Technology can make formative assessment easier for you. Formative assessment gives us the ability to quiz every single student in the class. A teacher with a smartphone has amazing tools in hand. Lesson flow.

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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. First, 3D bear is a free download for smartphones and tablets. Got a smartphone or tablet? This blog post is sponsored by 3D Bear. All opinions are my own.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2022

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. As many as the school wants.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

That’s because, formative assessment is in my toolkit and I’m empowered to poll the whole class with a click. Formative assessment is here. Different from summative assessment, the goal of formative assessment is to know what they know as knowledge is forming in their minds. Easy Grading with Gradecam.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 1, 2016

First of all, we talk about the characteristics that make effective formative assessment. This includes some important tips for adjusting your instruction based upon formative assessment. Formative assessment and a better understanding of the role of standards will help us all improve. But we’re under assessed.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Content delivery and assessment v. Option 3: Actually USE the smartphones. Image credit: Left turn, Clyde , Alan Levine. Related Posts. Apple features Burlington High School [VIDEO]. discovery and empowerment. The challenges of digital leadership. 2 books for 2 different needs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2022

While already aware of the effects smartphones had on students’ attention, I tried to keep a balanced approach to using technology in my classroom. I found that students were happy using the technology, but some would rather complete work pen to paper or do an assessment/project without the technology. .

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

School districts have already seen some of these tools enter the educational space, with innovations such as AI-enabled teaching assistant programs and advanced data collection and analysis to improve student assessments.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

For instance, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving are difficult to assess with a standardized test. Lots, so admit that if you’d had access to a smartphone or your friends on Facebook back then, you would have turned that way too. if they did, how sad is that?). I know that I sure would have.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Have students create a Wordle as a means of independent assessment. Create an account then download Dropbox on your computers, smartphone, and any other mobile device that you have (i.e. D ownload on your computers, smartphone, and any other mobile device that you have (i.e. Use a smartphone to upload picture and audio notes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

The interactive display is a digital workspace that can operate demonstration computers, display a copy of student screens or smartphones “thrown” to it for discussion, become a large multi-touch drawing and brainstorming space, or show video and other content. Well, one concept for technology use is to let each device do what it does best.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Cloud technology allows video game streaming on nearly any device , from smartphones to traditional game consoles. Traditional tech giants, along with gaming startups such as Steam , are rapidly developing platforms and content to gain a foothold in the market. School technology typically moves slowly,” he continues. “If

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

Finland’s teenagers, formerly the world’s highest achievers , still perform above average on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, but they turned in their lowest-ever average scores in math, science and reading in the latest study, and those numbers have been going down for years. Related: Widen your perspective.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

If you were to go back in time and pinpoint when disruption began to take off, I would wager that it correlates with the proliferation of the smartphone. Had it not been for the smartphone their innovative apps might never have come to fruition or experienced immense scalability as they have. respectively by 2020.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Distraction Overload: When Phones Compete with Your Lesson Smartphones have a bad reputation in classrooms, and the push to ban them in schools is picking up serious steam. Do Smartphone Bans Work? Lets dig into five common disadvantages of technology in the classroomand what you can do to stay one step ahead.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to visit schools that are using social media, smartphones, texting, and other digital technologies, as a vital part of daily classroom instruction. 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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from digital device, recognize that these skills — critical thinking and problem-solving — apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand. All kids need is their brain which happily, every child carries with them. algorithms. binary images.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2012

Students brought out a variety of devices including Blackberries, iPhones, and Smartphones to answer multiple choice questions. These multiple choice questions were accessed through the website Polleverywhere.com to assess student understanding via an instant audience feedback system.

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Neo LMS

JULY 22, 2021

For example, as long as students have a computer or smartphone, they can log in and prepare for class through short and engaging instructional videos. Offering different types of assessments. Vocational training requires a holistic approach to assessment.

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Neo LMS

JULY 8, 2021

Assessing student knowledge with the help of the video. It’s up to you to decide what could work best for your classroom and maybe get more teachers to join in and make it a fun group activity. What it works best for: Any kind of lesson or tutorial video. Accessing analytics to see student progress in video lessons.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Employed measures of academic achievement that were standardized assessments or norm-referenced district- or school-wide tests; Reported the duration of the study; and, Otherwise provided sufficient statistical data to calculate effect sizes. What did the meta-analysis reveal?

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Smartphone users do much more than that — mainly accessing whatever piece of information they want within seconds and connecting to other people anywhere on the planet without taking one single step. Smartphones and tablets have become useful extensions to people’s hands. Some have to share, some have no computer at all.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 8, 2018

However, if a well-designed assessment is in place, then the natural course of action is to allow learners to select the best tool for the task. As I was conducting some learning walks with the admin team I noticed some kindergarten students in Deborah Weckerly’s class engaged in blended learning activities using smartphones.

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 23, 2022

If all your employees own a smartphone, a mobile time clock app is a good fit. For example, the geolocation feature of the smartphone comes in handy here. Certain time-tracking software apps let managers take control a notch higher by mentioning the IP address that is needed to assess the app. Mobile time clock app.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In a fairly short time, amazing innovations like iPads, laptops, and smartphones have opened up a new world of information for students of all ages. On the one hand, teachers may write assessments, or give audio or visual files regarding student performances directly to them.

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Doug Levin

MAY 27, 2015

I finished it as an agnostic—I’m willing to be convinced that well-designed games have much to teach those Toppo calls “the real rule-makers” about differentiation, assessment, and curriculum—not just student engagement. … I came to The Game Believes in You as a skeptic.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

It might be assumed that this cohort of students, born when the iPhone was launched and raised in a world in which computers and smartphones are commonplace, would navigate an assessment like this one with ease, but these findings show that is not the case for many students.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Whether used for quick informational checks or unit tests, the quiz feature enables teachers to assign formative and summative assessments with ease. Summative Assessments Summative unit tests can easily be given using Edmodo''s quiz feature. I can also link resources to specific quiz questions to assess high-level thinking skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from digital device, recognize that these skills — critical thinking and problem-solving — apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand. All kids need is their brain which happily, every child carries with them. algorithms. binary images.

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Robotics Digital Citizenship Video Smartphone 395

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. The teacher can then assess how well the students know the concepts by analyzing the visuals they come up with.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Children as young as two are utilizing tablets, exploring the apps on smartphones, and accessing knowledge via the internet. Digital resources can save teachers innumerable hours of planning, grading, assigning, and assessing in the classroom. Now, children are digital natives.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2016

Everywhere we go, here and there, people always seem to have a mobile device in their hands, be it a smartphone or a tablet. Now owning a smartphone is like losing half our lives. Laptops, tablets and smartphones prices have all decreased since their first inception, making them available to anyone.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In simple terms, Augmented Reality is “an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device (such as a smartphone camera)” ( Merriam Webster ). All you need is a special app that loads onto a tablet or smartphone.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

Learn more about formative assessment. If you want to listen – Monica Burns did a fantastic podcast episode about her Favorite Formative Assessment Tools. If you prefer reading, see Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools (a post I wrote on Edutopia). Kecia: Oh yeah, absolutely. Vicki: And you know what? Kecia: Yeah!

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