Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2018

Polls, forms, and surveys are great options when teachers need to create sign-up sheets, push out formative assessments, auto-grade quizzes, and more. Warmups are 3-5-minute unassisted class starters to assess what students know about a topic or remember from a previous class. Twitter can also be used as a poll or a warmup/exit ticket.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company also offers a set of Student Safety and Wellness courses for students on topics such as bullying, suicide and digital citizenship and resources such as whitepapers and webinars to help teachers and administrators deal with issues of student mental health and trauma stemming from the pandemic.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Secondary and middle schools in Ontario, Canada , are banning the use of cell phones during classes effective from September 2019. He also served on a number of curriculum and assessment committees.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2019

In fact, the grades earned are secondary to how students understand what happened in the lesson. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. They are less about grading than measuring learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. as you continue to amplify formative learning with digital technology. Part 4: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Back Channel for Formative Assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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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. Bitsize is the BBC’s collection of free short videos and lessons (they’re all bite-sized) on over fifty subjects taught in Primary or Secondary education. When I started teaching, videos were a rarity.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Thus far, conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, however, a recent change in the winds has shifted the conversation to elementary esports. I could design a camp without worrying about standards alignment, summative assessments, or grades.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

At the same time, we must remember to connect to the content standards while facilitating and assessing 21st century skills. I also see a need to provide students appropriate lessons on proper digital citizenship. Last, always be sure to check your district AUP and administration before putting students online in this way.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

The app initially focused on allowing teachers to build their own multimedia-rich presentations and assessments, beam them to students’ devices, and monitor their activities. When a kid is engaged, discipline becomes a secondary problem.” according to Kovalsky.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Initiative 2: Reconsidering Internet Filtering — Filtering policies had originally been set up to protect students, but they often frustrated secondary educators and students alike. Although there were many reasons, in large part the district had moved away from desktops and more teachers were using carts of devices, often for assessment.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2014

In a 1-1 setting, MobyMax would be a great place for your students to interact and build a digital class community (practicing digital citizenship, communication, and building class culture). Web browsers for research, additional apps, file saving etc. Wonder how we individualize learning every day at Anastasis?

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2016

I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post contains secondary rationale for why I am not attending the International Society for Technology in Education convention in Denver this weekend. That’s the big reason.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2016

I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post contains secondary rationale for why I am not attending the International Society for Technology in Education convention in Denver this weekend. That’s the big reason.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D. Susan Blakely Secondary Math Teacher Globalizing the High School U.S. Reed 11:00am Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship Resources for K-12 - Kelly Mendoza, Sr. Johnson, M.A.E.,

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 29, 2015

This suggests that video consumption would more readily transfer to video production, or even video as a means of assessment. Similarly, the reading of a text naturally transitions to text production and text-based assessment–or so some research suggests. Evaluate use of primary and secondary modalities. Clarify (e.g.,

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

At the same time, we must remember to connect to the content standards while facilitating and assessing 21st century skills. I also see a need to provide students appropriate lessons on proper digital citizenship. Last, always be sure to check your district AUP and administration before putting students online in this way.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

We are going to talk about classroom strategies to help you give students a global audience for their work, meaningful connections with outside classrooms and experts, and how student portfolios can support student learning even after it has been assessed. They will need those digital citizenship skills! YOU SHOULD!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Future Ready has developed a common set of information, tools, and assessment, that are all available for free. The Future Ready Librarians Framework acknowledges that librarians play a powerful role in: Curating digital resources and tools. Empowering students as creators. Building instructions partnerships. About edWeb.net.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

They can look up words they don’t understand and translate the text into a long list of languages that may be their native or a secondary language they are learning. These nicely replace the quick formative assessments that are currently so popular (and time-consuming) in classes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

The re-imagined ESIFC includes increased or new attention to pre-kindergarten, multiple literacies, digital citizenship and civic responsibility, multiple perspectives, personalization of learning, design thinking, student voice and agency, and social and emotional growth. Offered as Word documents, these tools are easily adaptable.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. To meet these challenges, educators must teach digital citizenship, an essential digital age skill that students need to become safe, responsible and respectful participants in a digital world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with students I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have time for. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is particularly beneficial as an assessment for a learning tool, as it allows both the teacher and students to revisit their previous work as the topic progresses. Dr. Neelam Parmar is a Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Emphasize digital citizenship. Ensure content is engaging for pupils.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

Once student responses come in from a Check-In, it's easy to see what category the students have self-assessed themselves so you can plan your next lesson accordingly. in Secondary Education Language Arts. Note the potential categories in Step 2 which help shape the objective. How could you use it? and graduated with a B.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Google launched a “ Be Internet Awesome ” digital citizenship campaign in June. million devices shipped to primary and secondary schools in the US last year – that’s up from 50% in 2015. The company has raised some $77.5 “Forget ‘US News’ Rankings. .”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Just a disclaimer though, I am a high school math teacher, so a few of the tech-tools I reference in this post belong mostly in a secondary math classroom, but with a little elbow grease and ingenuity, there are ways to fit them into any K-12 math curriculum as well.

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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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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Educators can use the assessment data to identify students’ SEL strengths and areas in which they may need additional support. Teacher’s also have access to tutorials and other free class resources via Education.Minecraft.net. The app will be downloadable in September.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Digital Citizenship ? Testing and Assessment ? Alternative Education ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Educational Technology ? Elementary Years ? Engagement ? Family & Parenting ? Future of Eduction ?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Moreover, smart K-12 learning systems often include tools for continuous assessment and feedback, allowing educators to monitor progress and adapt instructional strategies in real-time. Digital learning provides personalized education, catering to individual learning styles and pacing.

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TeacherCast

MAY 27, 2019

Standard 2: Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments. Standard 3: Model digital age work and learning. Standard 4: Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility. When you are finished, I always back up my projects onto a secondary hard drive. ISTE Standards for Teachers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. While these roles were drafted to appeal specifically to university and college librarians, they are universal enough to be relevant to school librarians working in primary and secondary school media centers, too.

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