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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. Tools: Socrative, PollDaddy, Google Forms.

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Best-in-Category Winners for 2017

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Over the last month, readers voted on which tools had the greatest impact on readers. has it become a beloved tool in your classes or a failed experiment. Assessment. Classroom Management Tool. Digital Storytelling Tool. Winner: TesTeach (Blendspace). Special Needs Tools: Winner: Open Dyslexic.

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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). In this post I showcase some tools that can assist in both creating lessons that promote formative possibilities and resources that will allow educators to create videos that will enhance a students formative learning . OER Possibilities.

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7 Tech Tools for Fast Formative Assessment

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

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In this post I wish to begin pointing out some tools and resources to help as an educator builds that students centered classroom. Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resources and Tools. The items I collected might be a tool, possibly a resource, or collection of resources. Blendspace.

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

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In the last few posts we discovers nouns that could uncover OER (Open Education Resources) and verbs that could lead to important digital tools that allow for process development.

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

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Since then, Reach’s focus has broadened, investing in early-stage companies building tools to support early-childhood education, postsecondary institutions and adult professional development. Blendspace was purchased by TES. Blendspace (TES Global). In total, this first fund supported 35 investments. Socrative (MasteryConnect).