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Online assessment: the student voice

Learning with 'e's

Teachers in schools are considering the extent to which common pedagogical methods can be adapted into online environments, or whether they need to be completely revised and reconceptualised. It is often characterised as 'testing' to provide a grade, but this would be a restricted view of assessment. Fontanillas et al, 2016).

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In the News: On Technology, Testing, and Equity

Doug Levin

4 February 2016. “Such clear and direct relationships are few and far between in education—and these findings raise many implications for states and districts as they shift to online assessment.” As quoted in: Herold, Benjamin. Comparing Paper-Pencil and Computer Test Scores: 7 Key Research Studies.” Education Week.

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Top Web Links, Tweets & Instagram Posts from 2016

Learning in Hand

This means I can easily see the most popular links I shared during 2016. It looks like 2016 was the year of online assessment tools. My most popular tweet and post featured 15 formative assessment tools. 2016 saw a growing number of these kinds of tools. Scroll down to see my top Instagram posts from 2016.

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Learning.com Offers Complimentary Tech Readiness Quiz to Help Educators Assess Students’ Digital Literacy Proficiency

techlearning

This interactive assessment will provide educators with actionable data on how well their students grasp critical digital literacy concepts as outlined in the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students. To register for the Tech Readiness Quiz, visit www.learning.com/tech-readiness-quiz.

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100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Updated: February 5, 2016. Assessment. Online Assessment with Google Forms – this document gives walk throughs for Flubaroo and other tools to help you assess using Google Forms. Flubaroo – help for grading online assessments. 10 Tools for Assessment for Google Apps on the iPad.

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Global K-12 Market for Personal PCs to Contract in 2016, Experts Project

Marketplace K-12

The total volume of PC sales in that market fell by 12 percent in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, despite solid numbers in the U.S. According to Futuresource, volumes in the first half of 2016 increased to 6.4 percent of units sold in the second quarter of 2016, up from 6.3 million shipments from 5.7

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Code-a-Thon challenges K-8 students to improve coding skills

eSchool News

14-18, 2016 to provide an introduction to coding skills for elementary and middle school students. 14-18, 2016. Learning.com announces its first Code-a-Thon, a nationwide competition that will run from Nov. Schools can register for the Code-a-Thon from Oct. 4 to Nov. The Code-a-Thon will take place Nov.