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5 Formative Assessment Tools for Teachers

The Electric Educator

This type of assessment is called formative assessment. Formative assessment is non-graded activities that are used to inform and plan future instruction. Formative assessment can take the form of a quiz, an exit ticket, a simple project or task, or a thumbs up/down response. Check out this handy head-2-head comparison !

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Blended Teaching: How Plagiarism Detection Software can Help Educators

Educational Technology Guy

One of the challenges associated with it is assessing and grading numerous students’ works. Accessing a wide range of sources If you plan on checking a student’s submission for plagiarism, googling suspicious parts from the paper won’t do the trick. Modern tools allow running student papers for comparison with many different sources.

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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

It also helps schools reach goals like higher student success, better data analysis, more robust cybersecurity and easier access to education technology, the report’s authors explain. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Transfer Student Data Seamlessly Across Academic Careers. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices. Pick and play games for intentional moments in the classroom, such formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and reflection to name a few. Switching from Math to English?

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New Podcast: Project-based Learning with A.I. and Improving Friendships

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we dive deep into the transformative world of project-based learning! Or-Tal Kiriati: And I was sure that if they see these differences, they will better know how to assess any work that they would do with ChatGPT. More: [link] Blog: www.or-tal.com

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

There are pockets of poverty in the county that rival the Delta while Starkville is, by comparison, a wealthy town,” he said. Every fall, each student is tested to assess any gaps in skills and knowledge. Lee Brand, a local pastor and member of the school board, says the town limits are a stark line.

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