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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Assessments have become a critical piece to education reform. To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. Method: Formative assessment. Time: a few minutes.

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Best-in-Category Winners for 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher routinely shares favorite websites and apps that make a difference in the classroom. Assessment. Classroom Management Tool. Winner: TesTeach (Blendspace). Over the last month, readers voted on which tools had the greatest impact on readers. how versatile is it for time-strapped teachers. Winner: Kahoot.

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Part 3: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to post number three in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). Part 3: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. You might even find some free already built lessons that might fit your classroom style. Screen Capture and Creation for Formative Assessment.

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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

Edsurge

Zeal, which attempted to bring on-demand tutoring to classrooms, shut down earlier this year. Curriculet, which offered a digital library of reading materials and assessments, briefly closed shop before it was acquired by the nonprofit Waterford Institute. Blendspace was purchased by TES. Blendspace (TES Global).

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Part 4… Beyond the Technology Shine… Learning Targets plus 10 great Lesson Plan Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Explore Gooru’s ability to provide lessons with formative assessment and feedback. Blendspace – While Blendspace is all about the ability to create lessons in under five minutes, I am pointing you to another amazing area in Blendspace. Learn Zillion – This site has some wonderful vetted lessons.

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7 Tech Tools for Fast Formative Assessment

MiddleWeb

Formative assessment is good practice, as every teacher knows, says tech consultant Curtis Chandler, but finding time to measure individual student understanding is challenging. Chandler offers seven apps that can make the practice both routine and engaging.

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What a blended learning classroom really looks like: An urban teacher’s reboot

The Hechinger Report

My classroom is a blended learning classroom and every student has a laptop. I use programs such as i-ready , ST Math , Zearn Math , Blendspace by TES and EDpuzzle so that students are able to access content to build their conceptual, procedural and fluency understanding of various concepts. What are they doing with them?