eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Providing students with authentic and varied assessment opportunities helps educators gather datapoints on a student holistically. What is equally important is that we provide varied assessment opportunities so students can demonstrate understanding in different ways.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2023

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

With the widespread use of social media platforms and the ubiquity of news stories, teaching students how to critically evaluate sources and sift the good from the bad becomes a pressing pedagogical necessity. Teaching using news articles: Ideas and tips for teachers There are various ways to teach with news.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

How to Prepare Students for PARCC Tests. Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments. I Got You Covered. 5 Top Ways to Integrate Technology into the New School Year. 5 Ways to Involve Parents in Your Class. 3 Organizational Apps to Start the School Year. 6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers. 5 Tools To Shake up the New Year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencasting is a useful assessment tool. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a recent webinar presented by Waterford.org, Julie Christiansen reaffirmed that the science of reading is “the body of research from neuroscience and education that helps us understand how the brain learns to read and how to deliver instruction that helps students learn to read most effectively.?”[5]. a passing fad?, Kilpatrick.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 9, 2020

6 creative methods of assessment in online learning. In order to be prepared, here’s a helpful article for teachers on assessment techniques to measure student performance in online classes. In any online learning environment, the tools which you use to teach and assess is very crucial.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

Experiences such as assistant principal, classroom teacher, technology integrator, district special education liaison, and professional development specialist have provided Victoria incredible insight on how to best support teaching and learning. 00:02:02:03 – 00:02:22:00 Victoria S. 00:02:22:02 – 00:02:33:11 Victoria S.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. Here are five ideas to follow from Fleming on how to set up a library makerspace that will foster creativity and expand on your STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum : SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. tech ed eBooks and articles. Assess student tech use organically. What You Get.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

Since adverse environments and stress can disrupt executive functioning skill development, schools have to provide educational programs that teach students how to successfully plan and achieve their goals. Done inadequately, self-assessment and monitoring can lead to serious issues that can impact students’ well-being.

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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. How to Build Your PLN. 21st Century School — How Technology Is Changing Education. Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments. 5 Tools To Shake up the New Year.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If they don’t demonstrate mastery on your first assessment, you need to provide a new assessment that tests the same material. How many versions of the summative assessment can they create? This article is part of a series where we will discuss how you can make mastery learning a reality.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

How to Redesign the K–12 Media Center. That extends beyond one-to-one Chromebook initiatives and personalized assessments to learning environments. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 02/08/2019 - 11:31. by Curtiss Strietelmeier.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Our instructor Shawn McCusker’s most recent article has been published on the Otus blog. In it he discusses the challenges we face and the opportunities available to us If you would like to read it in its entirety you can find it here: The Modern Challenges of Formative Assessment. Check out the full article!

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This article is the first of a two-part series covering key principles to consider when integrating a generative AI creativity tool into your academic setting. Will generative AI tools like ChatGPT enable plagiarism or complicate assessment? How can schools stay fully informed about how generative AI models are built and trained?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. We can’t even blame it on COVID!

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Learn how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. In this article we’ll first explore phonological awareness, the listening skills that help students understand the structure of spoken language. How to Teach Phonemic Awareness: Where to Begin and Why. Johnson, K. Understood.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2022

Newsweek has an interesting article addressing exactly that: How Schools Can Find the Time To Teach Digital Literacy Skills. How to Assess Digital Literacy. Beyond Digital Literacy: How EdTech Fosters Children’s Social-Emotional Development. 5 Strategies to Assess Student Knowledge. According to the U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

See related article: Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee At this point, we have all heard about the learning gaps in math and reading scores these past few years. In 2022, only 22% of students scored “proficient” or higher on a nationwide civics assessment. Search for other school library innovations.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2024

For more news on career-ready skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page This article was originally published by SREB and is reposted with permission. Credentialing can show employers that high school or college students have passed skills assessments. Offer project-based and work-based learning experiences.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Key points: School leaders have a responsibility to address and solve bullying in their schools and districts All stakeholders and all aspects of bullying must be involved in solutions See related article: How my 5th graders are taking a stand against bullying Student bullying is a nationwide problem.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 19, 2022

When testing moved online, it became painfully apparent to teachers how little students knew about using digital devices other than the internet, some apps, and iPads. IT Pro has an interesting article discussing the importance of digital literacy: Digital literacy is as important as reading and writing, Vodafone claims.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2019

CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program. Assessments can be used to make programs more cost-effective, improve implementation, enable replication elsewhere in the district and justify more funding to administrators. . Keep this page bookmarked for articles and videos from the event. Twitter.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Here are some of the past articles I think you’ll like: 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. How to Build Your PLN. Dear Otto: I need year-long assessments. Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to. BTS resources. BTS resources from Microsoft. Make a class photo in Pixton EDU.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Pedagogy.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 23, 2023

By using a menu of formative assessments to target and support students’ specific reading needs, you can differentiate instruction and positively impact their progress at key points in their development. The post How to Teach Reading in the Middle Grades first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

In an earlier article , I focused on preparation for the essay portion of the SAT. It addresses not only graduation tests like SAT and ACT but subject area summative tests and end-of-grade assessments for states, Common Core and more (including PARCC). More on assessments: 12 Fresh Ways to Assess Student Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2023

You became a teacher not to pontificate to trusting minds, but to teach children how to succeed as adults. 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. Show students how to find answers to their questions. Here are 11 ideas.

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MiddleWeb

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

To help in assessing students’ digital stories, Katie Caprino and Alyssa Marzili share tips on ways to engage middle graders in thinking about their stories’ purpose, genre, tone and audience, how to structure peer feedback, and how to use digital tools for ongoing evaluation.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 13, 2022

Check otu these articles: 16+ Websites on Assessments. How to Evaluate Programs You’ve Never Used in Less Than Seven Minutes. Read on… Ask a Tech Teacher has reviewed a list of easy-to-use, intuitive tech tools we think will make your teaching job easier. Whiteboard Apps You’ll Love. Tech Tools for PE Teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2021

In this post, I’ll share some of the new features in Screencastify and how I’ve used it in my classroom. Note that Screencastify has been one of my favorite formative assessment tools since 2018 when I wrote 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment. Multiple Methods of Sharing.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

2 Use a Quick Quiz to Assess Completion and Comprehension of the Video Instruction If teachers are worried about whether students watched or understood the flipped instruction, they can begin class with a quick formative assessment strategy, like an entrance ticket or quiz.

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