EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

What does assessment look like in 21st Century education? With the rise of the Common Core and the PARCC tests, there is no question that we are living in an era of accountability. So a summative test like the PARCC is a good tool but not the only way that we should be assessing our students throughout the school year.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Implementation in the primary grades may look different from the examples in this post, but don’t assume that this is just for secondary students. A showcase portfolio is a place for students to present artifacts that show mastery of standards or skills. These standards could be content standards such as Common Core or NGSS.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Our second annual School Leadership Summit is this week, and we hope you will consider joining us for some or many of the 60+ free online presentations and keynote addresses. Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Our students’ work, collaboratively assessed through grade level and vertical teams, has shown great gains. The Common Core State Standards were a primary focus. Staff members who have spouses teaching in other schools sometimes mention that the student writing produced is comparable with secondary level work.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 15, 2015

Officemix – This allows you to go further with your Powerpoint presentations to include questions, video, polls and more. Your presentations will be more engaging. Nearpod – You can start from scratch at creating your own presentations , or use the already created presentation available with this product.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

When I first saw the long list of my classes’ ELA Common Core Standards, I remember feeling overwhelmed and worrying about how I was going to cover all of them in a single school year. For example, asking students to write a paragraph to compare and contrast two author's presentation of events ( CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.9

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

We''re extendeding the conference due to the amazing number of presentations we''ve received, and we will be featuring four more hours of sessions on the morning of Friday, March 28th. RSCON5 will take place July 11th - 13th, 2014 and will feature 60+ presentations, 2 plenaries, 10 keynotes, student presenters, and much more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Don''t miss this terrific opportunity to present to or learn from others, and that will kick off a month of great ed tech events. Participants will first learn about teaching students digital citizenship using a free K-12 curriculum aligned to Common Core Standards, available online or on iPads.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

Am I doing enough ongoing formal assessment of student comprehension, strategy use, and tolerance of ambiguity? The Challenge Of A Common Language. It is vital, therefore, to assess progress in understanding the whole of a text. Am I helping them build a flexible repertoire instead of teaching strategies in isolation?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

Am I doing enough ongoing formal assessment of student comprehension, strategy use, and tolerance of ambiguity? The Challenge Of A Common Language. It is vital, therefore, to assess progress in understanding the whole of a text. Am I helping them build a flexible repertoire instead of teaching strategies in isolation?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It provides reading resources either uploaded by the teacher or selected from the platform’s library of thousands of fiction and nonfiction books (some free; some through Prime plans), Common Core-aligned lesson plans, videos, or simulations. These are filtered by topic, grade, length, reading level, keyword, or standards (i.e.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Some important conference updates are below: Still Taking Proposals Keynotes + Sessions Presenters - Check Your Instructions Volunteering + Advisory Board - We Need You! You can present in your time zone at a time that is convenient to you! Become a Partner Organization! Please consider joining the team--we really need you!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with students I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have time for. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Common Core ELA writing standards encourage students to “use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.” Whether teacher or student created, each timeline is assigned its own URL that allows for easy access for collaboration and assessment.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. These assessments might be used to engage learners in discussion before an inquiry. For more information.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If you haven''t been a volunteer moderator before, there''s nothing quite like the camaraderie and the excitement that develops jumping in and out of session rooms and helping presenters and participants have a great experience.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The word is a crystallization of ed-tech ideology: through technology, teaching will become radically individualized as learners’ lessons are reduced to the smallest possible piece of content, then presented to them algorithmically. ” The agendas of other foundations – big and small – often echo those of Gates.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. And I’d never gotten my Ph.D.

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