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Strategies for Surviving All Types of Assessments

edWeb.net

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. in School Counseling Program, Freed-Hardeman University, TN, lays out strategies and ground rules for what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to assessments.

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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. For more ideas check out #flipgridfever on twitter where teachers are constantly sharing ways they are using this incredible app. (If Roughly 20 districts raised their hands. Again, video is the key!

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Dear ISTE (reprised)

NeverEndingSearch

ISTELIB on Twitter. These standards and profiles can be used for: Self-assessment and personal professional growth plans. link] (2003). The Network’s impact can further be seen on a variety of platforms: Librarians Network on LinkedIn. Librarians Network on Facebook. Librarians Network Website. 2014/15 Webinars.

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Close the Achievement Gap: 5 Specific Strategies

EdNews Daily

In Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices (2003), Belinda Williams identified four needs of students. After you draft your questions, assess them to be sure you avoid any questions that are unlawful. There are concrete ways to implement and assess rigor in classrooms. Follow her on Twitter.

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How to build an engineer: Start young

The Hechinger Report

People posting on Facebook and Twitter said Anchalee was too attractive to be an actual software engineer and must be a model. Twitter exploded with selfies of female engineers of all backgrounds and male engineers of color declaring they looked like engineers, too. Anchalee responded like the techie she is.

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How to Introduce Engineering Principles Early to Help Inspire Interest in STEM

MindShift

People posting on Facebook and Twitter said Anchalee was too attractive to be an actual software engineer and must be a model. Twitter exploded with selfies of female engineers of all backgrounds and male engineers of color declaring they looked like engineers, too. Anchalee responded like the techie she is.

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

MindShift

On the civics portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly called the “Nation’s Report Card,” students of color and low-income students have consistently scored lower than their white, wealthier counterparts. You can unfriend someone on Facebook or mute specific phrases on Twitter.

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