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How NOT to Assess Student Writing

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In my school, every teacher assesses writing. That’s not just for essays or reports but slideshows, blog posts, comments in forums, and more. Gather relevant information, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. That’s a separate skill.

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Fun Assessment for Silent Sustained Reading

Catlin Tucker

The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment. Sans the wine, of course.)

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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SplashLearn is an easy-to-use COPA-compliant, Common Core-aligned math curriculum for grades Kindergarten-5th that uses game-based learning to teach mathematical concepts. Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$.

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What is Standards-based Grading?

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How many times have you experienced teachers who based report card grades on how well students complete classwork, homework, and quizzes? For example, a book report may require a certain number of written (or typed) pages or paragraphs rather than evidence that the student drew conclusions and summarized knowledge.

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May this Gobstopper (Now Called Curriculet) be Ever Lasting!

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

While I''ve written quite a bit about assessing writing (ad nauseum) via digital means, reading instruction and assessment have remained a primarily paper-based enterprise in my class. For annotations, I embedded screencasts I''ve created, links to Librivox recordings,YouTube videos, Google Forms, Google Docs, webpages, Edcanvas.

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Website Review: Prodigy Game

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Here are guidelines, culled from top education sites like Edutopia, Google Education, Educational Technology, and EdWeek that are valuable when evaluating any website: free or small fee. positive parent reports. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards. Conclusion.