Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Since math classes progress in a mostly linear way, students have to get fractions to set them up for algebra; and how they do in algebra will likely influence whether they even get to try for advanced courses like calculus, a traditional weed-out metric for lucrative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. isn’t working.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Formative assessment tools like Padlet , Socrative , Quizizz , and Kahoot! One of my favorite PD experiences ever was as one of the few English teachers at a STEM workshop. We began examining the details of the Common Core State Standards years before their rollout in school districts.

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

” For subjects like science, this is a little easier as the labs that often accompany science lessons often have a hint of STEM or maker education. Assessment : How will learners be assessed? Peer Assessments. It simply becomes, “How can I add a making element to my lessons to reinforce concepts being learned?”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 8, 2015

Welcome to the second post of March and the fifth in a series of posts that will bring you over 70 STEM links. STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Part 4 A list that now supplies up to 40 STEM sites. Check out my Booking Page.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2015

However, the associate superintendent of curriculum, instruction, and assessment for Community High School District 117, Dr. David Bain, isn’t surprised at all. Dr. Bain wanted assessments that gauged students’ abilities to analyze problems, create experiments, and problem solve. Performance tasks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2017

While conventional STEM courses are planned around sequential, discrete standards targeting easily-isolated skills, language arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. How to Align Technology with Common Core State Standards. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Students also needed support when it came to the end of year state assessments. “We The following year, Ruiz did the same.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A decade ago, Common Core math was introduced to emphasize understanding over rote learning, but the delivery of standards varies across schools, classrooms and teachers, depending both on who is being assessed and who is doing the assessing. They are more likely to be assessed on their merits and performance.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

Welcome to post number five in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Part 5: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Check out my Booking Page.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Sylvia Majdoch, 9, pictured here during a remote school day at her home in Florida, is the fourth in her family to take on math using the principles of Common Core.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. Most include class ideas for usage and an assessment to determine if students got what you put out there. It has become the largest STEM video library of its kind. When I started teaching, videos were a rarity.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a well-respected writer on both the NCTM Focal Points and Common Core State Standards, Fennell served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2006–2008 and was a founding member of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. For more information, please visit www.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2015

New content and questions help students prepare for PARCC and SBAC assessments. These activities feature new multimedia and tech-enhanced question types that align to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBAC).

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Digital Learning Common Core Blended Learning STEM 40

TeacherCast

AUGUST 8, 2015

This is great and super duper common core thinking as a way to demonstrate understanding. This lesson is a great application of an open studio app and allows for student creativity, while allowing for easy assessment. This is the text I put in front of my fifth graders in STEM class. __ _. Our Guiding Question.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Students start with an assessment to determine where they are in their math learning and move forward from there. CK-12 offers digital textbooks and learning materials in primarily STEM subjects that are searchable by curriculum or concept and can be arranged to suit student needs and interests. CK-12 Flexbooks. Student blogs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

To simplify the process for teachers, they’ve aligned their virtual math manipulatives to Common Core and State Standards. Can virtual manipulatives be used as formative assessment tools? David Wees is currently a Formative Assessment and Instructional Specialist for New Visions for Public Schools in New York City.

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My Paperless Classroom

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

This is great and super duper common core thinking as a way to demonstrate understanding. This lesson is a great application of an open studio app and allows for student creativity while allowing for easy assessment. This is the text I put in front of my fifth graders in STEM class. __ _. Our Guiding Question.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2015

As STEM programs blossom and the Next Generation Science Standards work their way into more classrooms, extra funding can only help. We list grants for tech-savvy teachers, STEM programs on the rise, and mini grants to explore innovation. NEF-SUNY STEM+ Academy Grant. 2016 PASCO NSTA STEM Educator Awards. Deadline : Oct.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. That was the district’s first year taking the PARCC assessment, a college- and career-readiness test mandated by the state of Illinois, and the results were dismal, though not exactly surprising.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Walnut - A excellent new site/app for finding educational videos and then taking quizzes to assess learning (think BrainPop). This is a great way for educators to assess learning and differentiate instruction. brainstorming, assessing learning, etc.). brainstorming, assessing learning, etc.).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

This was,” Elizalde explains, “the initial assessment for a framework called the Learning Record. Students created a computer program using free online coding platform Scratch to show their progress on a particular Common Core narrative writing standard. The initiative?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020. It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The next concept involves “getting real about STEM.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

This video shows the Thinkster Math interface Students’ skills are first assessed to find strengths and weaknesses, and parents answer a questionnaire on academic goals. Thinkster’s math lessons are aligned to state and Common Core standards. Those points can be spent on gift cards to retailers like Amazon and Best Buy.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Innovations in Assessment. Broadening Participation in STEM Education. Join us as we use Connected Learning principles to support the sharing of ideas and strategies throughout October and beyond. Additional themes for collectively building activities and learning will include: Future Ready. Building Quality Beyond The Bell.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The group points to slumping test scores as a reason why change is needed: Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have been flat for a decade, with just 34 percent of students testing proficient in 2019, as the gap between the highest and lowest performers grows.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. At the same time there must be formative assessment and proper guidance that promotes needed success and growth. It makes sure that writers are provided a formative assessment writing session.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years. Plus the decline in remedial enrollments appeared in 2015, not long after the Common Core State Standards were implemented. Traditionally, students landed in remedial courses based on their placement test scores.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. There are other areas that also come to mind including student grouping, assessment, and interest. How to Change the World: Service PBL in the Common Core Literacy Classroom … Amy Conley (Edutopia).

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Proficiency-Based Grading There is a perception among many that if teachers switch from a percentage-based system of grading to a 1-4 system of grading, they’ve successfully transitioned to proficiency-based assessment.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Gearing up for the Olympics in 2020, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has announced major changes for education, including adopting fully online and computer-based testing and requiring college admission to assess a full spectrum of applicants’ credentials, including extracurricular activities. In the U.S.,

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

The framework, based on a variety of learning theories and subjects (Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, and STEM), includes identifying student soft skills, identifying the instructor’s role (and changes needed by the instructor), and situational learning strategies to meet the student/workplace gap.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

However, that does not mean there are not a lot of new items to look through, as sites/apps for programming/coding, Math/STEM, and Game Based Learning played a predominant role in this year's list. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming. A nice way to learn how to code and ideal for STEM.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2015

Built from the ground up to align to each state’s standards as well as the Common Core, TTM Geometry combines live tutoring from state-certified U.S. Think Through Learning, creators of Think Through Math (TTM), an instructional system for grades 3 and above, announced plans to expand its high school software line to include geometry.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts. But I try not to do that.

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