Assessment, Common Core, Digital Citizenship and STEM

10 Common Core Tech Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 28, 2016

Here are ten of the top Common Core tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: 13 Ways Blogs Teach Common Core. Common Core Breathes Life into Keyboarding. Common Core requires publishing. Dear Otto: What are Common Core keyboarding standards? More Common Core resources.

Common Core

Common Core Digital Citizenship STEM Assessment

A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2017

While conventional STEM courses are planned around sequential, discrete standards targeting easily-isolated skills, language arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. How to Align Technology with Common Core State Standards. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay.

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Study Resources Common Core Digital Citizenship

9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. Most include class ideas for usage and an assessment to determine if students got what you put out there. It has become the largest STEM video library of its kind. When I started teaching, videos were a rarity.

Video

Video Khan Academy Education Mobility

Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Students start with an assessment to determine where they are in their math learning and move forward from there. CK-12 offers digital textbooks and learning materials in primarily STEM subjects that are searchable by curriculum or concept and can be arranged to suit student needs and interests. CK-12 Flexbooks. Student blogs.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Khan Academy Learning Blackboard

Do-It-Yourself Professional Development

Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment.

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech

Do-It-Yourself Professional Development

Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment.

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech

5 Ideas for Writing with Technology

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts. But I try not to do that.

Technology

Technology eBook Twitter Chromebook

Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. If you are attending, check out my STEM and Maker’s Session. The people at Common Sense Media (makers of Graphite) bring a collection of educator vetted apps. Check out my Booking Page.

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Resources Digital Citizenship STEM Conference

Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. Concord Consortium – What an amazing place for those individuals working in STEM Education. You will note that many activities let the teacher see assessment results after student completion of an activity. Incorporate Digital Citizenship.

Technology Support

Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER

The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Naugle Giving Students a Creative Voice Through Digital Storytelling by Jennifer Judkins Hosting a Skype Author Visit by Abbe Waldron Hunting & Gathering: Helping Creative Students Build Their Social Media Presence Wisely by Gigi Johnson I have an avatar- How can she help me with my teaching? See you online!

ePortfolio

ePortfolio Digital Citizenship Social Media Common Core

Holiday Activities To Keep the Learning Going

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students. That leaves just your typing.

Wiki

Wiki Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship

More Holiday Activities That Keep the Learning Going

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students. That leaves just your typing.

Wiki

Wiki Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship

Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - May Is Ed Tech Month - Geo-Educators - Natural Math - Oxygen Masks and You

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

Conference

Conference Digital Badges Libraries Education

6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

A study released last year by the National Council on Teacher Quality found that nearly half of the nation’s teacher training programs failed to insure that their candidates were STEM-capable. Many schools now provide digital devices for students, often a Chromebook or an iPad. Common Core has three levels of vocabulary: basic.

Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship Common Core Chromebook iPad

Thanksgiving Activities That Keep the Learning Going

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students. That leaves just your typing.

Wiki

Wiki Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship

Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students. That leaves just your typing.

Wiki

Wiki Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship

A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? These assessments might be used to engage learners in discussion before an inquiry.

Assessment

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries

EdTech Update

10 Common Core Tech Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

Do-It-Yourself Professional Development

Do-It-Yourself Professional Development

5 Ideas for Writing with Technology

Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable

Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

Holiday Activities To Keep the Learning Going

More Holiday Activities That Keep the Learning Going

Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - May Is Ed Tech Month - Geo-Educators - Natural Math - Oxygen Masks and You

6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

Thanksgiving Activities That Keep the Learning Going

Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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