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100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment. Online Assessment with Google Forms – this document gives walk throughs for Flubaroo and other tools to help you assess using Google Forms. Flubaroo – help for grading online assessments. Classroom Mobile App for Android and iOS. 2015 – New Google Classroom Features.

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Surge in Chromebook Adoption Leads to Increasing Need to Keep Students Safe    

Gaggle Speaks

Not surprisingly, schools or districts are providing their students with a range of different mobile learning devices. For instance, there’s been a 52% growth in Chromebook usage for students in grades 6-8 and a 100% increase at high schools since 2015. Is Your School Using G Suite for Education?

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Desmos Passes the Smarter Balanced Test (and Hopes to Save Math Students $100)

Edsurge

For nearly a decade, the founder and CEO of Desmos has been building a free alternative that works on web browsers and mobile devices. The first versions of the test, released in 2015, woefully underwhelmed : Odd glitches aside, the awkwardly designed user interfaces and poorly phrased questions befuddled math educators and technologists.

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Assessing Students Over Time and Also Saving Teachers’ Time

edWeb.net

During a recent edWebinar , Kelli Etheredge, a Director of Teaching and Learning Resources in Mobile, AL, identified key benefits of formative assessment technologies presented by members of the Microsoft Education team. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Microsoft Education.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

Designed to support the installation and upgrade of data networks inside school and library buildings, more than 75 percent of applicant sites nationwide have requested Category Two support since Funding Year 2015. Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? In making its transition to online assessment, Delaware used this strategy.

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Why Should Students and Publishers Adapt eBooks in STEM Learning

Kitaboo on EdTech

Students can access various online assessments and activities that are created to improve their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. How about a cloud-based content platform to create-publish-distribute interactive mobile-ready ebooks. Education Technology / September 8, 2015. Develops Problem-solving Skills.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Online Grade Portals. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students.

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