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Essential Classroom Technology to Reduce Digital Overload in K–12

EdTech Magazine

Just like periodic assessments can help teachers gauge student mastery of a particular subject, a periodic ed tech review can help teachers and administrators reflect on what works and what doesn’t. One thing that does not appear to be working for many teachers in the classroom is what might be called digital overload.

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Assessing Maker Education Projects

User Generated Education

Institutionalized education has given assessment a bad reputation; often leaves a sour taste in the mouths of many teachers, students, and laypeople. This is primarily due to the testing movement, the push towards using student assessment in the form of tests as a measure of student, teacher, principal, and school accountability.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments. As personalized learning becomes a more mainstream pedagogy in K–12 classrooms, teachers have started to adapt assessment processes to get a deeper look at student growth. . What Are Summative Assessments Vs. Formative Assessments.

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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

The CoolCatTeacher

Liz Kolb reflects upon how far cell phones have come since she wrote one of the first books on cell phones in the classroom. Liz is also the creator and coordinator of the Triple E Framework ( [link] ), which is an open-source framework for K-12 teachers and administrators to use to assess the effectiveness of technology in lesson plans.

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Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension in Your Classroom

Waterford

Explore how the brain learns to read and get tips for effective, researched-based classroom instruction. Whenever possible, expose students to both narrative and informational texts related to the areas of study in your classroom. Language Magazine. Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties.

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#110: Publisher Skills Assessment for Grades 3-8

Ask a Tech Teacher

This assessment is comprehensive, designed not to test students. but assess their knowledge as an aid to you in determining where to begin. Use the assessment either as an indicator of skill level or to follow-up on learning, after teaching the following projects: Publisher magazine: the American Revolution.

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3 Technology Solutions to Provide Support in the Post-COVID-19 Classroom

EdTech Magazine

As of April, at least 14 states were requiring in-person instruction in all or some grades, and the 2021 National Assessment of Educational Progress School Survey found 77 percent of U.S. public schools with fourth and eighth graders were holding classroom instruction this spring.

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