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22 Top Tips for Better Classroom Management

The CoolCatTeacher

Formative assessment is key. Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools is a helpful article that I wrote for Edutopia. Also see Better Teaching and Learning with Formative Assessment from Advancement Courses. Edpuzzle adds formative assessment and shows us the percentage of the video watched by students.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: So we need to personalize learning. And we do have the capability to personalize learning so much more. Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? So, in summary, why is personalized learning essential?

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‘Learn’-Launching the 2017 Edtech Conversation With Cautious Optimism

Edsurge

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

As with other education buzzwords, many schools believe they are providing authentic learning, but they don’t offer the apprenticeships, vocational training and portfolio-based assessments that often characterize work that carries larger life lessons. DEVELOPMENTS IN ED TECH.

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13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years

TeachThought - Learn better.

This could also be accomplished through adaptive learning software, smart apps, and a blended approach to learning that mixes precise decoding instruction driven by personal learning algorithms, mixed with “human” teaching of the art and science of media design. Connectivity could represent a new kind of assessment.