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3 Tools to Amplify Your Video Conferences

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These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! These tools also offer free registration for teachers.

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What is A Portfolio Assessment?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the concepts of portfolio and portfolio assessment have garnered significant attention as comprehensive tools for evaluating student growth. This post delves into the intricacies of portfolio assessment, drawing primarily on the insightful research presented in the works of Valeri-Gold et al.

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3 Tools to Amplify Your Video Conferences

Teacher Reboot Camp

These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! These tools also offer free registration for teachers. ?Discover

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20 Ways to Assess Prior Knowledge

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this post, we delve into various strategies educators can use to assess students’ prior knowledge. From interactive classroom activities like quizzes and mind maps to reflective practices like learning logs and self-assessments, these methods offer a diverse range of ways to gauge what students know and how they think.

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A Conferencing Strategy for Online, Blended, or Concurrent Classes

Catlin Tucker

In my latest book, Balance with Blended Learning , I write about strategies that turn everyday tasks, like giving feedback, assessing student work, and conferencing with students about progress into opportunities for connection. I have designed the 4Ps approach to conferencing to guide teachers in running student-centered conferences.

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As a Giant Edtech Conference Returns in Person, a Focus on Putting Humanity First

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PHILADELPHIA — College tech leaders gathered here this week for the first in-person Educause conference since the start of the pandemic. This year’s conference stressed humans as … humans. Some speakers discussed empathy directly, like Graetz, who co-led a session about building more of it into the design of online courses.

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Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Catlin Tucker

Teachers will want to use pre-assessments, diagnostics, and/or assess prior knowledge to identify where each student is in relation to the content at the heart of the playlist. In addition to using data to design the playlist, it is essential to build mechanisms into the playlist to collect formative assessment data.