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Fighting Apathy, Neglect and Racism to Give Left-Behind Learners a Chance

Edsurge

In 2012 I took a job as a general education language arts teacher, working with at-risk youths. In 2012, I transferred to McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County School District. Using USATestprep, an online assessment tool, I built diagnostics from scratch to shift the focus from what students didn’t know to what they did.

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. Source: (Chappuis, Stiggins, Chappuis, & Arter, 2012) Learn more in BWRSD’s Lens on Teaching and Learning. “With iReady all students take a beginning-of-the-year diagnostic assessment. Educator Strategies: .

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

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Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Host.

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4 Steps for Designing an Online Assessment for Flipped Classroom

Fractus Learning

Are you thinking about designing an online assessment for a Flipped classroom? First, consider whether the tool you are thinking about is the right tool for what you want to assess. Second, does this online assessment align with the rest of the course curriculum. Make a plan for evaluating the online assessment.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

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Provisioning apps quickly and securely has been core to Clever’s business since it was founded in 2012. Each app has a profile that includes a brief description of the product, pricing information and what technology platforms and devices it can be used on. To access the app, students simply navigate to the class’s Clever page.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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