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10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencasting is a useful assessment tool. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress.

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Edtech Providers Collaborate for a Unified Approach to Interoperability

Edsurge

Andrea Press Classroom Assessment Technical Support Supervisor Pearson Interoperability in education allows different software applications to communicate and work together effectively. The standard allows for a universal language; you can easily interact with other companies because you’re speaking the same Ed-Fi language.

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Texthelp Launches WriQ to Automate and Standardize Writing Assessment

eSchool News

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. “WriQ, has been designed with those needs in mind.

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

You can upload anything you already have in your classroom, every pdf, every electronic document, or the materials you’ve purchased and add to Lumio. As you can see in the graphic, you have quick exit tickets, self-assessments, speed up games, and more that you can add to your library to easily insert into your lessons.

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Troubleshooting the Flipped Classroom: Dealing with Unprepared Students

Catlin Tucker

It’s akin to a parent asking their child to clean their room before company comes over, but when the child doesn’t do it, the parent cleans the room for them. The engagement strategy becomes the students’ documentation of learning and their “entrance ticket” into the actual lesson.

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Fantastic Apps I Use Every Day

The CoolCatTeacher

I can include quick formative assessment tools, drawing or brainstorming contributions from everyone and even 3d and virtual field trips. These are documents that you can adapt from other teachers after finding them on the web or the Hyperdocs website. I’ve blogged before about 10 Ways to Use Screencasts for Formative Assessment.

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Data Privacy Checklist for Startups: Things to Consider

EdTech4Beginners

In actuality, companies that are in their nascent stages, say at a pre—seed or a seed—stage level, can get an edge over their competitors. Moreover, in case of a data breach, the entire blame will be on you, your investors, your employees, and the whole company. Breaches are always ill—timed. What data is your startup collecting?

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