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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

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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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10 New Ideas for Creating Literacy Centers – From Beth Holland

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Assessing Fluency. I have always loved Kristen Wideen’s Fluency Station for its simplicity of set up as well as the powerful way in which she has her students self-assess their reading. With her activity, shown below, students use AudioBoo (now AudioBoom ) to record and self-assess their reading. How To Writing.

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Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resources and Tools

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Student Centered : Instructional materials shows student how to make their own trip. Blendspace. About : Provide a lesson using slide shows on each student’s device with web visits, slides, assessments. Highlights : Trading Cards and Bio Cube, Over 50 interactives, Hundreds of lessons. Google Lit Trips.

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Common Sense Education Resources from ISTE 2015

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Available online or as an app, learn how to use this new student-guided interactive with students. Learn how to help your students boost their reading skills with resources like Lightsail, ReadWorks, and StudySync. Hear how you can use Get the Math and Mathalicious to encourage critical thinking through real-life problem solving.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

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Teacher librarians also show young people how to curate around their own interests and how to create launchpads to manage their information worlds. Curating OER. School librarians create topic-specific guides support regular inquiry projects. Display projects on tools like Pinterest or Instagram.

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2015 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Erica Magnusson, Content Analyst, TES Global Encounters: Connecting Classrooms to Address the World's Great Challenges.

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22 Digital Tools You Must Have in Your Classroom

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Because students need to learn how to do it, be organized enough to keep track of their notes, and understand the importance. Popular flipped classroom tools include a video tool (like a YouTube channel, Periscope , Vialogues , or Touchcast ) and a lesson sharing tool like Blendspace , Frolyc , Knowmia , or LessonPaths.

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