A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Both the math and reading sessions focused on how edtech could be used during independent work, formative assessment, and pedagogically-sound blended learning. Below you will see the specific tools I provided during each session. Some aren't new, but others might be. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments section below.

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EdTech Tools Khan Academy Educreations 491

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

To help you adjust, here are the Top Ten articles on putting technology into your back-to-school plans: How to Prepare Students for PARCC Tests. Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments. 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. 5 Tools To Shake up the New Year. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons.

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Digital Citizenship Assessment Tools Technology 150

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Guest article written by: Louise Baigelman. Consider the amount of text you’ve encountered today: signs, instructions, emails… this article. We provide children with a wide range of intriguing books, which increase in level alongside them as they increase in age. But what choices does he have for books that he is able to read?

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Libraries Trends Outcomes Guidelines 215

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In my recent article regarding using Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms , I mentioned Todd Rose’s term, “design to the edges,” which is what educators attempt to do each day as they accommodate the variety of learners in their classrooms. Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2024

As Joshua Eyler was researching a book on what brain science tells us about how to improve teaching , one issue kept coming up as an underlying problem: The way schools and colleges grade student work is at odds with effective teaching. Correction: This article originally misstated Joshua Eyler's title.

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System Policies Assessment Report 193

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data. This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 13, 2020

It is filled with thoughts on Creativity including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Check out my Booking Page and please share and subscribe to this Blog. Creativity: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Make assessment of Creativity an ongoing effort.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE). In June, she submitted evidence for and earned all the micro-credentials in the full stack , “Leading a Performance Assessment Community.”

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Assessment Professional Learning Meeting Examples 201

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

From empowering educators with well-being skills to fostering safe and positive learning environments, enhancing positive relationships, providing direct instruction on well-being competencies, and implementing assessment for continuous improvement, Dr. Smith's formula is both comprehensive and compelling. Brian, what an important topic.

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Assessment Survey Strategy Examples 352

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Here are nine ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more (click the titles for the link): 1.

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Digital Citizenship Video Mobility Resources 298

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 1, 2016

First of all, we talk about the characteristics that make effective formative assessment. This includes some important tips for adjusting your instruction based upon formative assessment. Formative assessment and a better understanding of the role of standards will help us all improve. But we’re under assessed.

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Assessment Smartphone Laptops Tablets 105

Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Teaching students to read is so much more than sitting them down in front of a book. Books on literacy development are the most accessible way to learn more. Make sure, however, that these books are recommended by experts in the field and based on recent findings. Explore Results for the 2019 NAEP Reading Assessment.

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How To Strategy Examples Assessment 278

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) nextThursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

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Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 76

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

The original version of this article appeared in Grading for Growth. Blum’s book “ Ungrading ,” I went fully gradeless in my upper-level Euclidean Geometry class. In fall 2021, I took my first steps into the world of ungrading. Inspired by Susan D. I gave only feedback on student work, with no grades on any assignment.

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Assessment Meeting System Learning 166

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

In a recent news article, Andrea noted that her struggling readers in grades 7-8 used to read at a grade 5 or 6 (Barshay). The books literally are broken into text message-sized chunks making reading easier, plus Literal has classroom management features for teachers. Give people “book talks” and book tastings.

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Khan Academy Secondary Conference Twitter 384

Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

Online games and assessments. While technology doesn’t aim to substitute teachers, it can facilitate their work and ensure that each student gets access to customized educational content and assessment methods to provide the best possible learning outcomes. . Each module and assessment can have associated competencies.

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Personalized Learning Competency Based Learning Learning Learning Analytics 298

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

However, picking words off the page is only a portion of what is measured in benchmark assessments. I live in Connecticut, and if a teacher here asked students to read about college football on an assessment, they wouldn’t do as well as students from Texas, where college football is a lot more relevant.

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Libraries Strategy Instructional Materials Examples 117

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic. The primary purpose of encouraging students to jot down a research paper is to assess their writing and research skills.

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Digital Citizenship Study Guidelines Analysis 304

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Listenwise), an online article, or a video on biodiversity. Just like the transfer of information can create barriers, so can our strategies for measuring learning and assessing understanding. The variability among learners demands flexibility in our design and assessment of learning. They can find a podcast (e.g.,

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UDL Blended Learning Learning Assessment 545

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These ratings offer further evidence of the quality of our assessments, which are novel in this space.” NCII is the premier site for rating intervention and assessment tools for education. SpringMath assessments build upon the decades of research around the science of curriculum-based assessment.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 9, 2015

Classroom Organizer is a free web based and mobile app that allows you to organize and manage your classroom library and school book room. With the mobile app, available for Android and iOS, you can scan book title ISBNs into your library, view your library, and manage your book locations. Android books'

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Libraries Android Classroom eBook 100

Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2021

Sometimes, this trial and error approach takes a lot of time, and assessing its effectiveness takes even longer. However, establishing a routine to research when you need to learn something new or read a few articles when you have the time can positively impact your teaching practices. Use article curating apps.

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Education Examples Personal Learning Network Study 368

Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In this article, we will examine the building blocks of reading comprehension. Plus, get four free easy reader chapter books available in English and Spanish! 4 Free Downloadable Chapter Books for Elementary Students. The books are written to be accessible to K–2 students and feature relatable topics for young readers.

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Strategy Classroom Elementary Assessment 246

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. He writes: “Higher-education institutions have a major opportunity to play a role in the new corporate L&D landscape beyond simply course delivery, assessment and credentialing.” So what were some of the most popular themes?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

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Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 68

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) this Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

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Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 56

Waterford

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. Advise teachers to assess what impact the science of reading strategies have on their students as well.

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Training Strategy Guidelines Assessment 130

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Standardized tests aren’t inclusive and often lead to unnecessary stress Educators should shift focus from standardized tests to ensuring students become independent learners See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? This shift, while intended to improve test performance, comes at a cost.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 13, 2021

A time to assess life. Continue publishing 3-5 articles a week on each of my core blogs Ask a Tech Teacher, WordDreams , and USNA or Bust! June : Finish Book 2 in my Dawn of Humanity trilogy called Laws of Nature : A boy blinded by fire. October : Finish Book 3 of the Dawn of Humanity trilogy, In the Shadows of Giants.

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Digital Citizenship iPhone EdTech Resources 234

Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

It helps them find a balance between frontal lessons and individual study, interaction and reflection, formal evaluation and self-assessment. . They don’t only help educators teach and assess students. With an LMS, teachers can design classes, resources, and assessments according to their students’ capabilities.

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LMS Classroom Competency Based Learning E-rate 403

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

There is one bright spot in this story: Online books. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Kids can even watch book trailers before making a selection.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Android 124

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. The book is available for preorder and will be released in October of 2023.

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Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 67

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Liz Kolb reflects upon how far cell phones have come since she wrote one of the first books on cell phones in the classroom. Liz is also the creator and coordinator of the Triple E Framework ( [link] ), which is an open-source framework for K-12 teachers and administrators to use to assess the effectiveness of technology in lesson plans.

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Smartphone Classroom Mobile Learning Mobility 287

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Dr. Robb has written more than 25 books on reading but also takes 3-4 months each school year as a classroom teacher. Laura Robb has written more than 30 books for teachers. Recently she has completed two books with her son Evan Robb, a middle school principal. She writes articles for education journals and blogs.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Like all districts in Texas, we live and die through accountability ratings based on how our students perform on the state’s STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests. To this end, we began using Renaissance Star Assessments districtwide in the 2015–2016 school year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries.

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