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APRIL 25, 2016

Rubrics are a well-accepted, even transformative tool for assessing student knowledge over a breadth of criteria. The pre-online versions weren’t dynamic or flexible, couldn’t be re-used, and few teachers had the time or energy to build these summative, purpose-built assessments. But they are not without their problems.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

What no one argues is that it works better with Office documents. In fact, with Kiddom, you get everything you love about Google Classroom as well as the features only Kiddom brings to learning such as: the ability to plan, assess, and analyze via a free library of standards-aligned resources. forums and chats .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Next, students learn about heroes and their attributes using their text and the library. This can be done online using a ZOOM or Chat room, or a set of discussion posts from the LMS, or a shared document. Students learn about heroes and their attributes using their text and the library. – What an amazing world we live in!

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are the steps for creating a macro in MS Word (adapt for the digital device you use): Click View>Macros> Record Macros. Students can use macros authentically in the classwork to do things like add document headings, closings, insert pre-designed tables, and more. Name your macro. Grade level: 5-12. algorithms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. The benefits of esports are well documented. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

You might have noticed the new look and feel for our Digital Citizenship curriculum interactive Scope & Sequence. We simply refreshed the look to better show how all our offerings work together to support you in incorporating digital citizenship into your teaching.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Upload all learning materials into one digital spot While Heather’s French learners added all of their content into Google Drive, as the Innovation Coach, she and her educators upgraded to Hāpara Workspace. Educators could add digital resources and assessment pieces, and learners could submit assignments.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books. Bottom line: This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Her videos on Instruction and Assessment , Classroom Management , Technology, Presentation, and Design , Here’s Jennifer’s article and her explainer video of the Jigsaw cooperative learning strategy: 2. The Center offers a searchable lesson library , a lesson editor, and a theoretical model.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

The platform also has a library of over 45,000 topics teachers can access when looking for a content lesson or idea. What used to be an application that only had student annotation capabilities has now become an all-encompassing tool that allows students to add video annotations to a document.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books Bottom line: This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library. Unlimited Books for Kids. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Free, expansive digital library unlocks treasure trove of books Bottom line: This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library. Unlimited Books for Kids. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

The purpose of the Librarians Network is to promote librarians as leaders and champions of educational technology and digital literacy. In Trends Aside, Libraries Support Student Content Creation Now , SLJ’s Matt Collette described librarians have long been addressing the Report’s identified challenges.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Fluid documents and processes. Digital communities. Of more pressing concern is the signage on the walls that focuses on learning strategies and digital citizenship. In the library, down the hall, from any room in the school, from any school in the district. You probe, prompt, front-load, and assess.

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MARCH 10, 2023

which specifically mentions ‘use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills)’ keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring. Some schools require assessments of student learning in technology. The myth is that students will teach themselves when they need it.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Actively Learn is a freemium online education platform that allows students to read a book (or some other document), make comments, answer questions posed by the teacher, and even collaborate with others. These nicely replace the quick formative assessments that are currently so popular (and time-consuming) in classes.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 15, 2019

Science Journal for Kids has a pdf with assessment questions, videos, and an area for further research by asking a scientist. Choosito is a student search engine and digital library. Common Sense Education has a free K to 12 curriculum that covers information literacy and digital citizenship.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As a teacher, you’ll want to provide the following: digital devices–such as laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, or desktops, for daily use. a digital class calendar–with due dates, activities, and other events. a class internet start page–to curate websites, widgets, and other digital tools used for learning.

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MAY 14, 2015

If you’re looking for a longer definition, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) defines it this way: Close, analytic reading stresses engaging with a text of sufficient complexity directly and examining meaning thoroughly and methodically, encouraging students to read and reread deliberately. .

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JULY 26, 2016

What’s more, they have curated the best lessons into a comprehensive library of lessons that are free for teachers to use as well! What’s more, they have a fantastic library of lessons created by teachers who use Nearpod in their own classrooms.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring. Some schools require assessments of student learning in technology. This can be book reports, research, a brochure for history class, or a collaborative document through Google Apps. The myth is that students will teach themselves when they need it.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 17, 2018

They can include interactive elements and assessments of progress. It would be a simple task to make multiple versions of a document with different playlists inserted. Have them create original content and assessments as well. TES Lessons Library. Curation (School Library Monthly). Collections by Destiny.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ASSIST EDUCATION & APEX LEARNING ( assisteducation.com/ ) & ( www.apexlearning.com ) ASSIST Education and Apex Learning enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You can create professional presentations, posters, multi-page documents, marketing materials, social media graphics, and more (see the list below for education) using Canva’s more than 1 million photos, icons, and layouts, each with colors and fonts coordinated into attractive schema easily accessed by both beginners and reluctant designers.

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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.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While educators and school district administrators have grown used to reviewing assessment results and other forms of student data, they may not yet be looking at newer and increasingly important metrics such as online engagement, trending use of apps, and the return on investments in software.

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