A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Secondly, develop an informal walk-through schedule with your leadership team, mandating at least five walks per day for each member, and track visits and improvement comments on a color-coded Google Doc. When in doubt, lean on Google Scholar. When a teacher struggles with assessments, provide or co-create an example assessment.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

They have utilized me as a keynoter, coach (leadership and teaching), and workshop presenter. Both the math and reading sessions focused on how edtech could be used during independent work, formative assessment, and pedagogically-sound blended learning. Below you will see the specific tools I provided during each session.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

Their influence can be seen and heard in my writing, presentations, workshops, and work with other schools. Since I had already provided numerous workshops and sessions in the district, the foundation was already set to move forward with this. Add links to your Learning Management System (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc.)

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Students work on a volcano project developed from a special STEAM workshop for educators. That's where the mindshift is Michelle Wheatfill Begun just last year, the creatED workshops mark a new focus for Crayola, which was founded as an education company before shifting gears to capture a broader consumer market.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

While giving keynotes and facilitation workshops is something I love, both lack an on-going component, which is one of the most critical aspects of professional learning that leads to scalable results. This was all accomplished while students were remote and almost entirely through Google Meet sessions. We must inspect what we expect.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

delivered via Google Classroom. In this three-week course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Student joins an ongoing Google Classroom-based class.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When I facilitate workshops on this model, I describe it as a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a specific learning goal or objective. Teachers will want to use pre-assessments, diagnostics, and/or assess prior knowledge to identify where each student is in relation to the content at the heart of the playlist.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Understand the secrets to picking good digital writing tools while working with classmates in a hands-on and non-threatening writer’s workshop format. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Understand the secrets to picking good digital writing tools while working with classmates in a hands-on and non-threatening writer’s workshop format. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

During workshops and coaching sessions, I am always asked what advice I have to help teachers and administrators make things as easy as possible while ensuring quality learning is taking place. It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, and student work. Thus, the options are Zoom, Webex, and Google Meets.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

At the start of a virtual workshop last week, a teacher sent me a note in the chat saying that she wanted to quit. Build in Formative Assessment Collecting informal data throughout a playlist provides insight into what students know or can do. She was frustrated and exhausted. Frequently Asked Questions. Not necessarily.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Understand the secrets to picking good digital writing tools while working with classmates in a hands-on and non-threatening writer’s workshop format. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 368

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

I mandated five walks a day for each member of my team, and we used a color-coded Google Doc to keep track of where we visited and the specific improvement comments provided to each teacher. Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment by collecting these two weeks into the future.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Teach Writing with Tech.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Personal Learning Network 292

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. You will find yourself most comfortable in the Google Classroom environment if the tools you use are aligned with Google Drive, your browser of choice is Chrome, and your digital device is a Chromebook.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families. It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, student work, and SEL check-ins using Google or Canvas forms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 7, 2022

The post 15+ Ways to Use Drop-Down Menus in Google Docs – SULS0161 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey explores a new feature in Google Docs–the drop-down menu! 15+ Ways to Use Drop-Down Menus in Google Docs. 15+ Ways to Use Drop-Down Menus in Google Docs. Click To Tweet. Choice Boards.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Edpuzzle is at the center of formative assessment in my flipped classroom. From syncing with Google Classroom to quick checks for understanding, Edpuzzle is my go-to tool for assessing students' learning with video lessons. Teachers know that assessment is a time-consuming, but vital part, of the learning cycle.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 11, 2016

In this week’s #ettchat , EdTechTeacher instructors, Greg Kulowiec & Ben Sondgeroth explore the formative assessment potential within Google Slides Q&A and Polleverywhere. Still time to register for our Summer Workshops in Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Boca Raton, Chicago, LA, and San Francisco!

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 11, 2016

In this week’s #ettchat , EdTechTeacher instructors, Greg Kulowiec & Ben Sondgeroth explore the formative assessment potential within Google Slides Q&A and Polleverywhere. Still time to register for our Summer Workshops in Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Boca Raton, Chicago, LA, and San Francisco!

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Assessment Google Video Tools 60

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2021

Educators participate in this five-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop to learn about widely-available digital tools that will help their students develop their inner writer. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. MTI 558: Teach Writing With Tech. Starts Monday, June 21, 2021!

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Formative assessment helps teachers make data-informed decisions to plan for and/or adjust instructional activities, identify potential misconceptions, monitor the pace of instruction, etc. Download app for portable device: iTunes or Google Play. 21st Century Learning Assessment Professional Development' Add class(es).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In this course, teachers will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, critical thinking, and immersive keyboarding. Integrate keyboarding skills into classroom activities and prepare for yearly assessments.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 237

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Until this point, most of my interactions with educators have been through virtual presentations, workshops, and coaching. Even though I have been on-site for workshops since the start of the pandemic, last week was my first time working with educators in small groups and visiting classrooms with students.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Blogs can be deeply reflective tools that also foster visibility, sharing, contribution, and connection, which aligns directly with the Engagement guideline of Self Regulation and its emphasis on self-assessment, reflection, and motivation. . ACTION & EXPRESSION Guideline(s): Executive Functions Tool(s): Google Sheets.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camps Summers and school year, mostly in California, one- to two-day workshops, very affordable, free if district-sponsored. I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Understand the secrets to picking good digital writing tools while working with classmates in a hands-on and non-threatening writer’s workshop format. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 206

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly,” he says. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly. We can go back and forth with it, change three assessment points to five,” says Dembo. Teachers can actually use this as part of their assessments,” says Stamford.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 10, 2023

Clearing my mind and getting all my ideas, thoughts, and worries out on paper (or a Google Doc) helps me get organized on focus on the year ahead. I use Google Docs and Slides to create many choice boards, but I am currently exploring some new tools for choice board creation. Each week, I share a Google Quick Tip of the Week.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2019

Books: Get Started with Google Classroom, Ditch That Homework, and more. Training: Go Slow Online Workshops, CoffeeEdu, and more. Alice Keeler is a Google Certified Teacher, New Media Consortium K12 Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator and LEC Admin & Online and Blended certified. Here are my favorites: Alice Keeler.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

This is a lesson I learned most recently as a presenter and workshop facilitator. Utilize quick checks for understanding (1-3 questions max) throughout the lesson using Google or Canvas forms. Use the Rigor Relevance Framework as a means to evaluate the level of relevance in questions, tasks, and assessments.

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Strategy Professional Learning Survey Conference 526

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 20, 2018

In order to personalize professional learning for your teachers, one of the first things to do is assess the skills of staff members. The question that often comes up is “what should a technology self assessment look like?” What is the best way to assess your staff? But that isn’t the only time.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2019

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Jen Bengel explains the workshop model, how to create mini-lessons, and how to get students excited about books. So in this episode, we’re talking about the workshop model. You can use the workshop model with ANY age of students and ANY subject area. Want to listen instead of read ?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

When students are engaged in active screen time, they are not simply watching videos and answering questions mindlessly; instead, they are using virtual conferencing tools like Zoom or Google Meet to collaborate on projects and presentations. Or perhaps they’re even using an interactive app like Google Earth to take a virtual field trip.

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