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Top Ten Articles, Tips, and Reviews for 2023

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million views and 2901 comments from about 11,500 followers who read some or all of our 2,454 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. Since we started Ask a Tech Teacher fifteen years ago, we’ve had almost 6.3 This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more.

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What’s the state of K-12 assessment?

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With post-pandemic learning loss a continued focus, educators and administrators are relying on both formative and summative K-12 assessment data to direct classroom instruction. Only 62 percent of educators feel proficient in assessment literacy and 51 percent have concerns over the negative impact of assessments on instructional time.

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How we reached student success with assessment proficiency

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We use observations, quick formative assessments, longer summative assessments, and long-term benchmark assessments. The problem is that these assessments come in a variety of ways, depending on where you teach. Many districts utilize pre-built assessments from curricular resource companies. The short answer is no.

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8 President’s Day Activities

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Presidents’ Day is an American federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February–this year, February 20, 2023. It includes videos, animations, Presidential speeches, and articles as well as background on the White House and the holiday itself. Presidents, particularly Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is on February 12th.

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Top Ten for 2022

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million views, about 10,000 followers who read some or all of our 2,931 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. 7 Authentic Assessment Tools. Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Since we at Ask a Tech Teacher started this blog fourteen years ago, we’ve had almost 5.9

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11 Ways to Add #Inquiry to Your Class

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You had lesson plans to get through, standards to assess, meetings to attend, parents to council, and state-wide tests that students must do well on. Assessment becomes the student ability to use problem-solving and thinking skills, not to repeat someone else’s conclusions. Then you got a job and reality struck.

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High School and Personalized Learning

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In this article, discover how high school education is shifting towards personalized learning. Students tend to perform better on assessments and standardized tests. Plus, monitoring progress and assessment can become more complex as time goes by. This can help them build up to their full potential. Improved Performance.