EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

Looking for Ways to Improve Data Privacy in Schools? The rapid deployment of educational technology, paired with an increase in the number of states passing data privacy laws , leaves many district administrators and technology leaders with a daunting question about protecting student and staff information: Where do we start?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Ongoing assessment is necessary for student success. These assessments provide data on our learners’ progress and knowledge of the content. Below is a list of free web tools and apps to quickly assess your students on a regular basis. Formative Assessment Tools and Apps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How I Teach About Big Data and Lesson Plan with Vicki Davis In this episode, I give you a peek into my classroom. While you might not be interested in Big Data or databases, it is part of your student’s future and so it is good to be introduced to the topic.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It combines the best features of a learning management system, assessment management and data management into one. It provides powerful assessment options to support every subject, grade level, and pedagogical method. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. And has a mobile app for educators, students and families.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

Nothing can replace this formal assessment, but it’s helpful to teach students to track their words per minute between these reading fluency assessments. In a coaching session with a second-grade teacher, I suggested we try using Voice Typing in Google Documents to help students track how many words they read in a minute.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. The students came up with the project themselves and designed a Google form to track their phone time, including which apps they used most.

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Hapara

JULY 19, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Raise your hand if your learners have turned in a Google Docs assignment. Since Google Docs saves progress on its own, and learners can access it online, it certainly works well for word processing. But there are all kinds of engaging ways you can implement Google Docs for learners.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

In my first post in the series we explored how redefining what your data is for and how best to capture it can save many hours of tedium and time wastage. The bottom line is that teachers across the country are expected to assess students according to a range of standards, without reducing teaching to merely “teaching to test”.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Would you say a playlist is more data-driven and a choice board gives more variety in learning modalities? That requires data. 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.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Ongoing assessment is vital as this provides the teacher with the necessary information to develop lessons and tasks that are more personalized. A simple Google search will unveil all the many strategies and techniques that are available to educators to make this a reality. Behavior screenings are implemented as well.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 24, 2020

Teachers can present students with an unfamiliar problem or prompt to pique their interest, ask them to generate questions about a topic, or assess their prior knowledge. Google Forms Kahoot! Google Docs or Slides) and present them with a collaborative challenge that requires them to apply what they learned.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I could deal with my beleaguered Google Drive and add folder colors to accelerate the organization process. This tip focuses on an easy way to use Google Forms for peer feedback. In fact, learners can give and receive peer feedback using just one Google Form. use digital tools to analyze the data (a Google Sheet).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Some reasons why you may find these tools beneficial are: Organization: organize lesson plans, assignments, and resources efficiently Communication: between teachers, students, and parents to foster a collaborative relationship, keep everyone informed Student Engagement: to make learning more interesting and interactive Time Management: schedule reminders, (..)

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Google has recently unveiled Gemini, an AI innovation that’s stirring up quite a buzz in the digital realm. Examples of Gemini’s Applications Here are some practical video examples provided by Google team on what Gemini can do in various spheres of life.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels. It’s helpful to leverage technology for these because most online tools will automatically grade and give data reports. Educators familiar with Google may use Google Forms for this purpose. Some other popular tools are Kahoot , Quizziz , Socrative , and Gimkit.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In it he discusses the challenges we face and the opportunities available to us If you would like to read it in its entirety you can find it here: The Modern Challenges of Formative Assessment. A new challenge that these tools confront us with is whether we are making the most of the formative assessment data that we collect.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

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. In my example, I had my exam review notes in Google Docs. Because Lumio is integrated with Google, us Google users can import Slides and Docs easily.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 6, 2022

If a teacher wants a good picture of how teaching impacts students, I suggest using a Google Form survey or Microsoft forms. During my years in the classroom, I created Google forms and then posted them on Canvas or pushed them out via email. Moreover, the teacher can analyze the data like Microsoft or Google Forms. .

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wwwatanabe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Formative assessment informs educators about student learning, and when done correctly , it also informs the students how to improve and move forward with their next goal. Teachers must know how to use the data to drive their instruction. For example, below is a Google Form used by a high school teacher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Note that Screencastify has been one of my favorite formative assessment tools since 2018 when I wrote 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment. Once the video is complete, I can export it to Screencastify, download the video, or put it on Youtube or even my Google Drive in Google Classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Similarly, the teacher can use the online station for a variety of activities, including practice with adaptive software, video lessons, online research and exploration, collaboration on shared tasks using the Google Suite, or online discussions about texts, topics, and issues using FlipGrid or the discussion functionality in their LMS.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Each project is meticulously designed to foster critical thinking and comes with a downloadable ‘research assistant' guide, assessments, and even digital options for Google Classrooms and other Learning Management Systems (LMS). 5 Ways to Integrate ResearchQuest into Your Classroom Now 1.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In the last two blogs, I have focused on strategies teachers can use to 1) assess prior knowledge before a lesson and 2) check for understanding during a lesson. I’ve suggested that teachers build mechanisms into their lessons to collect formative assessment data. The third piece to this puzzle is a post-lesson reflection.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Today’s technology makes it easy to collect concrete data and view reports that provide guiding insights. Often, PLC groups take the lead in creating curriculum, resources, or assessments. Digital assessment platforms like Edulastic offer an easy way for teachers and administrators to collaborate on the creation of common assessments.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

There was a clear connection in the data between the quality of the teachers’ relationships with their students and their engagement at work. Build in Formative Assessment Collecting informal data throughout a playlist provides insight into what students know or can do. Frequently Asked Questions. Not necessarily.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. Google Jamboard is currently one of my favorite free tools for students to collaborate. Peardeck for Google Slides is a Slides Add-on to make your Google Slides interactive for students.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This leads to a false assessment of their own skills and abilities and builds up a false perception. Google Forms are great for this as they can be set up to instantly graph the data, which can be shared with staff. Between the four of us, this came out to 100 visits a week, which resulted in a wealth of data to unpack.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In simple terms, these are ungraded formative assessments that assess what students learned during the course of the lesson. The example I provided here is just one, but Google “exit tickets” and you’ll see a number of examples. Remember, data is great, but it’s what we do with it that matters. Don’t reinvent the wheel.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

With Google's G Suite already deeply integrated into the classroom for educators , Valver and his colleagues realized they could use the digital classroom tool to help educators become education technology experts. Google Classroom Tools Let Educators Access PD Anywhere. 5 Steps to Build a Technology Professional Development Framework.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 27, 2021

The post How to Rotate Text in Google Sheets (Grade Book Style!) Have you ever wanted to rotate text in your Google Sheet so it is tilted vertically like in a grade book? Google Sheets is a fantastic application for teachers and students. You can use Sheets to store and analyze data. appeared first on Shake Up Learning.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 10, 2022

The School Age Language Assessment Measures (SLAM) materials are a series of story cards and questions with rubrics that are all FREE. We used them for baseline assessments and I recently used them in an evaluation, and found they gathered helpful data in all cases.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

In a previous post , I shared how members of the 4th-grade team at Red Cliffs Elementary School in the Juab School district collaborated to create a personalized experience that combined choice and data to differentiate. Activities were differentiated, consisting of slight alterations in choice board activities, based on proficiency data.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 21, 2021

One of the hallmarks of personalization is the purposeful use of data, which can be used to group, regroup, facilitate targeted instruction, or differentiate. This year, I have been dedicated to using and analyzing data. Learning how to read and understand student data is what started me onto this personalized learning path.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels. The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

2 Use a Quick Quiz to Assess Completion and Comprehension of the Video Instruction If teachers are worried about whether students watched or understood the flipped instruction, they can begin class with a quick formative assessment strategy, like an entrance ticket or quiz.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Among the teachers I know who are always looking for ways to save their limited pennies, Google Forms is a run-away favorite. Responses are collected to a Google Spreadsheet that can be private or shared with participants and can be sorted and analyzed like any other spreadsheet. Google Forms is simple to use. How to use it.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The practice is known as “data walls,” and is designed to serve as a motivational tool. educator Rebecca Vass, who teaches informational technology with science and social studies integration to fourth graders, uses a data wall so her students can track their progress on a quarterly benchmark assessment the district uses.

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