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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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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). Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Part 3: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Please contact me soon if you have an interest.

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

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @mjgormans ). 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.

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

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Blendspace. About : Provide a lesson using slide shows on each student’s device with web visits, slides, assessments. Student Centered : Students can create their own websites to demonstrate learning.

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We Might Be at the End of the Free Ed Tech Era

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Their success rate of companies is incredibly high as they helped start Class Dojo, Plickers, Remind, Padlet, Blendspace, Educreations, and a WHOLE host of others. Read his blog at bigguyinabowtie.com and follow him on Twitter @bigguyinabowtie. Imagine K12 is a startup incubator out of California based on education.

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Part 2… STEM Resource Series… Over 70 Stemtastic Sites

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ). Blendspace – This amazing tool is one of the easiest ways to blend the classroom with digital content. It is also possible to assess students and measure student understanding with built-in quizzes. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ).

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2015 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Follow the conference through Twitter using the hashtag #globaled15. . # globaled15 # edchat The list of Wednesday's sessions, in US-Eastern Standard Time, is below. To see the the full conference schedule in your own time zone, with the direct links to session rooms, go to the conference schedule page. Sign up and information here.