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It will also help you with both formative and summative assessments, and it will enter your grades into any electronic grade book directly from GradeCam. Simple Assessments of All Kinds. First, let’s look at the ways you can use GradeCam for assessments. Make assessment simple. MORE
Jeff sits down with Vikram to discuss why EduSight is simply the best standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student achievement. Edusight is a standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student learning with grades, notes, photos, and audio/video comments. MORE
Institutionalized education has given assessment a bad reputation; often leaves a sour taste in the mouths of many teachers, students, and laypeople. Educators should be clear about why they include assessment in their instruction; be strategic and intentional in its use. MORE
There is another method for co-constructing deep understanding and that is through a shared assessment experience. The Feedback Triangle , a concept I first learned of from Garfield Gini-Newman , is one such strategy for engaging students in a shared assessment experience. MORE
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. In this blog post, I’ll share how I use screencasting to assess student work. MORE
this year I am bound and determined to move ALL assessment into the classroom! Click To Tweet This may sound like a crazy resolution given that most teachers spend hours of time outside of school assessing their students’ work. MORE
You need someway to document their progress. The challenge is that none of this documentation of observations and conversations can be easily and quickly sorted. assessment Chrome store documentation extensions google google forms tutorial workflow MORE
Before every major assessment I like to facilitate review activities in class. Assessment Chemistry Design Google Invention Megacognition Technology Tutorials Videos MORE
The Record of Thinking is the documentation of that learning: the “Making Of” the movie. Students who have been diligent about documenting their process up to this point really see the benefit of this work, and the final narrative is truly a metacognitive piece grounded in actual evidence. Students who haven’t kept up with documentation do poorly, regardless of how the final project turned out. Blog Douglas Kiang Featured assessment Daily Genius Maker Space PBL MORE
One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). During this reflective process, it is expected that school leadership teams collect and document aligned evidence for each item. MORE
Innovative assessments are getting a fair amount of attention in K-12 policy circles as a handful of states gear up for the federal innovative assessment pilots and ESSA implementation gets underway. MORE
The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment. MORE
HearALL™ Assessment Recorder ( click here ) Product Description : Hear way beyond! Authentically assess students’ skills and participation in small groups. Document student progress for assessment, then upload files to digital portfolios or share with other educators or parents. MORE
Jeffrey M Hartman Assessment Special education teachers can better serve their students by recording challenges and progress with accurate data, measurable goals, and explicit anecdotes MORE
For the last two years, I have published several blogs detailing my journey away from traditional grading and assessment practices. Ultimately, I want students to take an active role not only in their learning but also in the assessment of their progress as a learner. MORE
But digitally documenting a student’s inquiries through substitution tools makes learning visible and provides formative feedback. For example, when my students create a digital concept map in coggle about a unit on biodiversity, they substitute a paper and pencil version of a concept map with a living document that can be shared and revised from home or school. Socrative , Kahoot and TopHat , are great tools for augmenting assessment, especially in flipped classrooms. MORE
In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE). Kimberly Sheppard is a personalized learning coach for Henry County Schools in Georgia. MORE
Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Beyond the Bubble History Assessments. MORE
Reshan Richards Formative Assessment To assess your students'' ongoing awareness of what and how they''re learning, consider using cameras, screenshots, video, and screencasting as everyday classroom tools MORE
Why Teachers Should Digitally Document Evidence Of Learning contributed by Shelley Hudson For early elementary teachers, measuring student learning is especially challenging. Early elementary teachers assess student learning through 1:1 conversations, student artwork and more. The post Why Teachers Should Digitally Document Evidence Of Learning appeared first on TeachThought. MORE
Socrative is an App (or you can use a Web browser) in which quizzes, tests and assessments can be easily created by educators and subsequently completed by students. How Do I Create My First Assessment? education App assessment ipad learning lessons plenary Socrative MORE
How do we make learning visible, so that we might surface and document powerful discoveries about the influence of our teaching on learners? Assessment documentation visible learning Brilliant or Insane. How do we distinguish knowledge, skills, and thinking from….learning? MORE
Jeff sits down with Vikram to discuss why Edusight is simply the best standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student achievement. The post Learn Why @Edusight is an awesome Portfolio Tool For Documenting Student Achievement appeared first on TeacherCast. MORE
I’ve been thinking a lot this past semester about how we assess teaching, for various reasons. Someone with a curriculum as content perspective would probably opt to assess teaching by: Looking at someone’s syllabus. What are some other institutional ways of assessing teaching? MORE
When such tasks have been implemented, we then have the responsibility to gather meaningful information for assessment and evaluation purposes. The Triangulation of Assessment is an effective and authentic way to gather such data. MORE
Lets say your students doing a presentation and you wanted to assess it at another time. Part II will look at documenting student data through observation, anecdotal notes Some of us still carry home bags full of student work. Yuck! I know I hated those days. MORE
The post 4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment. In this post, I’ve got 4 ways to use Google Keep for feedback and assessment. MORE
When exploring teaching practice through a 21st century classroom lens, many questions about assessment practices arise. How can teachers use available technology to make assessment practices more efficient? MORE
This week we take a look at Document Cameras. So I modified the system slightly into what I now call Shared Assessment. Here''s where the Document Camera comes into play! Person #1 now revises their work based on agreed upon next steps via the Document Camera for all to see. MORE
Assessments have a bad rap in schools. But the word assessment describes vastly different things. Yes, the nail-biting, end-of-year exam is an assessment. These lower-stakes assessments happen all the time in the classroom and they’re vital for student performance. MORE
Documenting Learning. Silvia Tolisano sees documenting learning as: a process of intentional documenting serves a metacognitive purpose. being open for feedback ( Documenting FOR Learning ). Blogging as a Form of Documenting Learning and Reflection. MORE
60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques. These can be formal–formative or summative assessment, multiple choice, short answer, essay, matching, and related iconic “test” forms. So what about assessment as a matter of tone and purpose? MORE
Students can use an Assessing my Assessment sheet to reflect on their growth and identify areas for improvement. “How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.” – Yvon Chouinard. Digital portfolios are one of the most powerful ways my students take ownership of their learning and reflect on their learning journeys. Digital portfolios help students set, track, and achieve their academic learning goals. MORE
The 1-column rubric, Google Form built for better, faster student data and feedback, and the use of my homemade student tracking system are a triple whammy when it comes to formative assessment. edtech Google Apps TL Advisor Blog Assessment MORE
Socrative is an App (or you can use a Web browser) in which quizzes, tests and assessments can be easily created by educators and subsequently completed by students. How Do I Create My First Assessment? education App assessment ipad learning lessons plenary Socrative MORE
Before every major assessment I like to facilitate review activities in class. Video TL Advisor Blog blog Assessment Creative MORE
Photo Courtesy of Emory.Edu The problem then became how do I assess what I just heard. Often times students weren't able to replicate their knowledge, understanding, or thinking on a "final assessment" that I would give them. How do we assess our students understanding and thinking? MORE
The post 4 Tech Tools for Photo Documentation appeared first on Brilliant or Insane. Assessment Technology edtechBrilliant or Insane. I fell in love with photography the year we took our kids to Washington D.C. and Philadelphia. MORE
As someone who writes for a living, I was especially interested in one of the suggestions for improving nonfiction writing learning and assessment: investing in programs that connect students with “authentic” audiences, like career professional or community residents, to read and offer feedback on their work. Sometimes conversations about “real-world” assessments devolve into obsessing over carefully constructed simulations or elaborate word problems. MORE
With its built-in quick questions and quiz options, it is an incredible resource for formative and summative assessments. This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers and featured as a #TechTipTuesday. Socrative is a free student response system that works on any device. MORE
Project Zero’s Agency by Design team is developing documentation and assessment tools for maker-centered learning and “maker empowerment”, which they see as the key to ensuring that the maker movement secures a long-term place in education and pedagogy. Specifically, we now see developing qualitative assessment strategies as the next frontier of research for maker-centered learning. The challenge of documenting and assessing maker empowerment is a tricky one. MORE
Catlin Tucker
APRIL 10, 2018
For the last two years, I have published several blogs detailing my journey away from traditional grading and assessment practices. Ultimately, I want students to take an active role not only in their learning but also in the assessment of their progress as a learner.
Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 3, 2017
Students can use an Assessing my Assessment sheet to reflect on their growth and identify areas for improvement. “How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.” – Yvon Chouinard. Digital portfolios are one of the most powerful ways my students take ownership of their learning and reflect on their learning journeys. Digital portfolios help students set, track, and achieve their academic learning goals.
User Generated Education
MAY 5, 2018
Institutionalized education has given assessment a bad reputation; often leaves a sour taste in the mouths of many teachers, students, and laypeople. Educators should be clear about why they include assessment in their instruction; be strategic and intentional in its use.
User Generated Education
MAY 21, 2017
Documenting Learning. Silvia Tolisano sees documenting learning as: a process of intentional documenting serves a metacognitive purpose. being open for feedback ( Documenting FOR Learning ). Blogging as a Form of Documenting Learning and Reflection.
Brilliant or Insane
MAY 19, 2015
The post 4 Tech Tools for Photo Documentation appeared first on Brilliant or Insane. Assessment Technology edtechBrilliant or Insane. I fell in love with photography the year we took our kids to Washington D.C. and Philadelphia.
The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
It will also help you with both formative and summative assessments, and it will enter your grades into any electronic grade book directly from GradeCam. Simple Assessments of All Kinds. First, let’s look at the ways you can use GradeCam for assessments. Make assessment simple.
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Kleinspiration
MARCH 20, 2012
HearALL™ Assessment Recorder ( click here ) Product Description : Hear way beyond! Authentically assess students’ skills and participation in small groups. Document student progress for assessment, then upload files to digital portfolios or share with other educators or parents.
Inquire and Inspire
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
When exploring teaching practice through a 21st century classroom lens, many questions about assessment practices arise. How can teachers use available technology to make assessment practices more efficient?
Inquire and Inspire
MAY 26, 2014
This week we take a look at Document Cameras. So I modified the system slightly into what I now call Shared Assessment. Here''s where the Document Camera comes into play! Person #1 now revises their work based on agreed upon next steps via the Document Camera for all to see.
techlearning
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Before every major assessment I like to facilitate review activities in class. Video TL Advisor Blog blog Assessment Creative
The Christensen Institute
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Innovative assessments are getting a fair amount of attention in K-12 policy circles as a handful of states gear up for the federal innovative assessment pilots and ESSA implementation gets underway.
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Catlin Tucker
APRIL 8, 2015
The challenge for me was to design an “assessment” that was meaningful. I had tried everything from the traditional book report style assessment to more creative movie trailers, but I didn’t feel like they accomplished what I wanted from a silent sustained reading assessment.
Educator Innovator
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Project Zero’s Agency by Design team is developing documentation and assessment tools for maker-centered learning and “maker empowerment”, which they see as the key to ensuring that the maker movement secures a long-term place in education and pedagogy. Specifically, we now see developing qualitative assessment strategies as the next frontier of research for maker-centered learning. The challenge of documenting and assessing maker empowerment is a tricky one.
Edutopia
MARCH 10, 2015
Reshan Richards Formative Assessment To assess your students'' ongoing awareness of what and how they''re learning, consider using cameras, screenshots, video, and screencasting as everyday classroom tools
Inquire and Inspire
JULY 22, 2017
You need someway to document their progress. The challenge is that none of this documentation of observations and conversations can be easily and quickly sorted. assessment Chrome store documentation extensions google google forms tutorial workflow
The Christensen Institute
MARCH 21, 2019
As someone who writes for a living, I was especially interested in one of the suggestions for improving nonfiction writing learning and assessment: investing in programs that connect students with “authentic” audiences, like career professional or community residents, to read and offer feedback on their work. Sometimes conversations about “real-world” assessments devolve into obsessing over carefully constructed simulations or elaborate word problems.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 29, 2017
One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). During this reflective process, it is expected that school leadership teams collect and document aligned evidence for each item.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 13, 2018
Why Teachers Should Digitally Document Evidence Of Learning contributed by Shelley Hudson For early elementary teachers, measuring student learning is especially challenging. Early elementary teachers assess student learning through 1:1 conversations, student artwork and more. The post Why Teachers Should Digitally Document Evidence Of Learning appeared first on TeachThought.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 30, 2018
In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE). Kimberly Sheppard is a personalized learning coach for Henry County Schools in Georgia.
NeverEndingSearch
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.
techlearning
MAY 24, 2018
The 1-column rubric, Google Form built for better, faster student data and feedback, and the use of my homemade student tracking system are a triple whammy when it comes to formative assessment. edtech Google Apps TL Advisor Blog Assessment
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 16, 2015
60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques. These can be formal–formative or summative assessment, multiple choice, short answer, essay, matching, and related iconic “test” forms. So what about assessment as a matter of tone and purpose?
TeacherCast
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Jeff sits down with Vikram to discuss why EduSight is simply the best standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student achievement. Edusight is a standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student learning with grades, notes, photos, and audio/video comments.
TeacherCast
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
Jeff sits down with Vikram to discuss why Edusight is simply the best standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student achievement. The post Learn Why @Edusight is an awesome Portfolio Tool For Documenting Student Achievement appeared first on TeacherCast.
Brilliant or Insane
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
How do we make learning visible, so that we might surface and document powerful discoveries about the influence of our teaching on learners? Assessment documentation visible learning Brilliant or Insane. How do we distinguish knowledge, skills, and thinking from….learning?
EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 19, 2016
Socrative is an App (or you can use a Web browser) in which quizzes, tests and assessments can be easily created by educators and subsequently completed by students. How Do I Create My First Assessment? education App assessment ipad learning lessons plenary Socrative
EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 19, 2016
Socrative is an App (or you can use a Web browser) in which quizzes, tests and assessments can be easily created by educators and subsequently completed by students. How Do I Create My First Assessment? education App assessment ipad learning lessons plenary Socrative
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 16, 2019
Assessments have a bad rap in schools. But the word assessment describes vastly different things. Yes, the nail-biting, end-of-year exam is an assessment. These lower-stakes assessments happen all the time in the classroom and they’re vital for student performance.
Cycles of Learning
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Before every major assessment I like to facilitate review activities in class. Assessment Chemistry Design Google Invention Megacognition Technology Tutorials Videos
Inquire and Inspire
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Photo Courtesy of Emory.Edu The problem then became how do I assess what I just heard. Often times students weren't able to replicate their knowledge, understanding, or thinking on a "final assessment" that I would give them. How do we assess our students understanding and thinking?
EdTechTeacher
JUNE 14, 2016
The Record of Thinking is the documentation of that learning: the “Making Of” the movie. Students who have been diligent about documenting their process up to this point really see the benefit of this work, and the final narrative is truly a metacognitive piece grounded in actual evidence. Students who haven’t kept up with documentation do poorly, regardless of how the final project turned out. Blog Douglas Kiang Featured assessment Daily Genius Maker Space PBL
Shake Up Learning
APRIL 8, 2018
The post 4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment. In this post, I’ve got 4 ways to use Google Keep for feedback and assessment.
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 9, 2017
this year I am bound and determined to move ALL assessment into the classroom! Click To Tweet This may sound like a crazy resolution given that most teachers spend hours of time outside of school assessing their students’ work.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
But digitally documenting a student’s inquiries through substitution tools makes learning visible and provides formative feedback. For example, when my students create a digital concept map in coggle about a unit on biodiversity, they substitute a paper and pencil version of a concept map with a living document that can be shared and revised from home or school. Socrative , Kahoot and TopHat , are great tools for augmenting assessment, especially in flipped classrooms.
ProfHacker
JANUARY 23, 2018
I’ve been thinking a lot this past semester about how we assess teaching, for various reasons. Someone with a curriculum as content perspective would probably opt to assess teaching by: Looking at someone’s syllabus. What are some other institutional ways of assessing teaching?
Inquire and Inspire
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
When such tasks have been implemented, we then have the responsibility to gather meaningful information for assessment and evaluation purposes. The Triangulation of Assessment is an effective and authentic way to gather such data.
Inquire and Inspire
APRIL 21, 2015
There is another method for co-constructing deep understanding and that is through a shared assessment experience. The Feedback Triangle , a concept I first learned of from Garfield Gini-Newman , is one such strategy for engaging students in a shared assessment experience.
Inquire and Inspire
JANUARY 21, 2015
Lets say your students doing a presentation and you wanted to assess it at another time. Part II will look at documenting student data through observation, anecdotal notes Some of us still carry home bags full of student work. Yuck! I know I hated those days.
Edutopia
JUNE 3, 2015
Jeffrey M Hartman Assessment Special education teachers can better serve their students by recording challenges and progress with accurate data, measurable goals, and explicit anecdotes
EdTechTeacher
AUGUST 5, 2015
With its built-in quick questions and quiz options, it is an incredible resource for formative and summative assessments. This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers and featured as a #TechTipTuesday. Socrative is a free student response system that works on any device.
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