edWeb.net

MAY 30, 2019

We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. Authentic assessments are always about the connections we make with students, each other, and the broader community as indicated in a Gallup poll.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 11, 2011

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 24, 2011

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Media Literacy Definitions Media literacy, as Istvan (2011) stated, is an umbrella concept “characterized by a diversity of perspectives and a multitude of definitions” (p. How to implement: Assign students to read a specific article or blog post. Ask them to apply critical thinking questions to assess its credibility.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. 2011, Nurmi et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2013

Recently Jeff Fiscina , one of my math teachers, submitted a guest post on my blog that emphasized some of his grading practices that best support and promote student learning. Multiple forms of formal assessment : Marking period grades have to be comprised of multiple forms of assessment.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 14, 2014

People worldwide spend about 3 billion hours a week playing them (McGonigal, 2011). A few ways teachers are gamifying their curriculums are by assessing with points and badges versus grades. Points: 10 points for turning it in and 5 points for posting a short reflection in your blog. People enjoy playing video games.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. In rural Alabama, Piedmont City School District helped provide students with internet access by installing a town wireless network in 2011 using a federal E-rate grant.

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Cycles of Learning

AUGUST 19, 2019

This 2011 blog outlines my initial attempt. This 2018 blog outlines one of many subsequent revisions. Either I have, as my first attempt in 2011 demonstrates, overcomplicated the grading process (4.7/5) Divide the standards into groups that can be assessed in the context of one inquiry cycle.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plan and Give Teachers a Voice All panelists recommended beginning with a comprehensive assessment of your current ELA curriculum and identifying gaps. Capit Learning was founded in 2011 with a singular mission – to ensure all kids learn to read by improving and simplifying reading instruction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2017

A conversation with Starr Sackstein on episode 85 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. We are also hosting a giveaway contest with her book on assessment. Blog: [link]. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes. Stream by clicking here.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. million from the regular 2009 appropriation reflects the significant amount of funds available under the Recovery Act , which provided $650 million for Educational Technology State Grants, that will be available for use through the 2010-2011 school year.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Notes from TCEA 2011 Panel. For an additional take on this event from someone else who also live blogged it, you can visit this post from Bryan Doyle. As long as we keep assessing the way we are assessing, we are going to keep instructing the way we are instructing.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2016

According to findings culled from five meta-analyses, blending technology with face-to-face teacher time generally produces better outcomes than face-to-face or online learning alone ( Cheung and Slavin, 2011; Cheung and Slavin, 2012 ; Tamim, Bernard, Borokhovski, Abrami, and Schmid, 2011 ; Means et al, 2009 ; Means et al.,

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

For the last two years, I’ve been increasingly frustrated with the traditional approach to assessing students and reporting grades. This year I decided to overhaul my gradebook and assess students based on their mastery of particular skills, also referred to as standards-based grading. Redesigning My Gradebook. 4 = advanced.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 15, 2012

And since I''ve had my blog I have participated. Here are my entries: 2009 , 2010 , 2011 ). These questions are adapted from the Principals Technology Leadership Assessment from Castle. 4) To what extent do you include the effective use of technology as a criterion for assessing the performance of faculty?

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

students in global assessments in math and science is another troubling statistic: According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, fifteen-year-old girls in 65 countries generally outperformed boys worldwide, but in the United States, boys outperformed girls in quantitative studies.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2015

Formative assessments were a large part of my classroom. Embracing formative assessments helped me do that. I truly believe Formative Assessments have the power and the potential to radically change how instruction is done in the classroom, when the data gathered is used to inform decisions about teaching and learning.

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ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In 2011, 78% of 4th graders scored below proficient in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). So, what do you do when you have been at the bottom of every educational achievement list for decades? Go big or go home. Mississippi was once in the middle of a literacy crisis. One thing was certain.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

A conversation with Jon Corippo on episode 92 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I mean, when I started using formative assessment like this to teach binary numbers, I used to teach – binary numbers used to take seven days. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Millan’s Sociology students learned how to use and create their own blog using Blogger from their Gmail accounts. She discussed the purposes and goals of blogging and allowed students to create their own blog based on a guided question from her site.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Sadly, as the Atlantic exposed back in 2011 , what this all boils down to is that the mega-billion dollar testing industry dictates the technology that can be used. If parents and educators are buying into the idea that we must throw children into the past to take assessments, that is unfortunate.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Its development has roots that go back to well-known gameful-learning scholars and proponents Lee Sheldon, author of “The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game,” published in 2011, and James Paul Gee, author of “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy,” published in 2007.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Learning Management Systems With learning management systems now installed at nearly all higher education institutions here and abroad, instructors can create course materials, assess student progress and generate custom exams. Most authoring software also integrates assessment tools, testing learning outcomes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Sean Nank on episode 228 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

At the same time, we must remember to connect to the content standards while facilitating and assessing 21st century skills. QUADBlogging – QuadBlogging was born in 2011 and since its conception, over 500,000 students from over 65 countries have taken part. You may need to get parent permission. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He also believes the arts are especially important in a district like Mount Vernon because many of the students turned out to be “twice gifted,” despite having received standardized assessment scores that did not reflect their proficiencies. Jay McTighe brings a wealth of experience developed during a rich and varied career in education.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

2009 – In Bangkok, I helped to train, facilitate and oversee Virtual School due to flooding and H1N1 in Bangkok we used WordPress blogs as teacher websites. It will also give teachers time to prepare lessons they are not used to preparing and time to assess any work that needs grading. Again, video is the key!

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Connecting 2 the World

AUGUST 28, 2021

In February 2020, I decided to restart my Blog. The Pivot Needless to say, my idea to restart my Blog went by the wayside as we were forced to pivot to online learning. In addition, assessment of student learning became more standard. The first case of Covid was identified in New York state on March 1, 2020.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

animations, blog posts, radio theater) for a real audience, not just the teacher. In fact, assistant Superintendent Shawn Carlson points out the one of the most successful uses of iPads in Boothbay has been in assessments. Back at Boothbay, students have created a variety of products to demonstrate their learning (e.g.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Each process also allows students the opportunity to fail and assess their failures so that they understand the need for perseverance. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. The grant, called MakerSpace 2.0:

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. In 2011 he was a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2018

FreshGrade is a portfolio and assessment platform that helps educators, parents, and students have deeper conversations about learning. About FreshGrade Founded in 2011, FreshGrade was created by a dedicated team who saw a better way to show student achievement and progression. The recording is available to view on-demand.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2019

Homework, assessments, projects. Assessment and feedback: At first, Wilson used to just hand back assignments en masse, but she noticed her students weren’t looking at their grades or her comments. Through this strategy and the constant connection with students, Wilson feels that students have become stronger at self-assessment.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Additionally, we will be unveiling a new website (not a blog) detailing essential tech skills and how-tos designed specifically for SLPs. This session will present a survey and demonstration of key technology skills, with a specific eye on how SLPs can apply these skills in their practice.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2016

His writing and work on assessment at his blog, “ For the Love of Learning “, was known worldwide, and has made a huge impact on many educators. Joe and I had so many conversations, and although we did not agree on everything, he was always open to learning. He will be deeply missed. Rest in peace Joe.

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