The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

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. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It is filled with thoughts on Student Communication Skills including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Communication: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Make assessment of Communication an ongoing effort. Self assessment can be powerful).

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The Thinking Stick

APRIL 5, 2024

This week I have had the pleasure of working with Singapore American School (SAS) in supporting educators around AI as well as starting to draft some guidance documents for the wider school community. Guidance: Educators will guide students on how to use AI responsibly when allowed.

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Neo LMS

JULY 22, 2021

For example, in Germany, vocational school graduates are more likely to be employed than their traditional education counterparts. Finland offers free of charge vocational education for all students and even state grants to help them finish their studies. . 95% of Career and technical education students also graduate high school.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 13, 2020

It provides a perfect time to address the idea of Creativity in education (one of those 4C’s). It is filled with thoughts on Creativity including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Creativity: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Now… let’s get creative!

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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. a creative multimedia expression (oral, visual, textual).

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Note: This post is directly related to my work at the International Center for Leadership in Education Efficacy has been on my mind a great deal as of late, and as a result, it has been reflected in my writing. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA).

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 24, 2020

Digital Promise has been working with districts and educators from across the United States to integrate computational thinking (CT) and computer science (CS) into K-12 classrooms. What are “Look for” documents? Look for” documents can also facilitate instructional coaching to help teachers integrate CT into their existing lessons.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Welcome to a series of posts dedicated to 21st skills and assessment. It seems educators and industry are all talking about the importance of student collaboration, but how are we facilitating and assessing this skill. Collaboration: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic. The primary purpose of encouraging students to jot down a research paper is to assess their writing and research skills.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Welcome to a series of posts dedicated to 21st skills and assessment. FETC – I am one of the official bloggers for an amazing educational conference early next year. I will be bringing you some of the biggest news in education this January in Miami… along with reasons to attend in the next couple months.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) has re-endorsed Classworks® for an additional three years. The CASE Executive Committee designated the award-winning platform as a CASE-endorsed product that delivers high-quality assessment and instructional resources to special education teachers and students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning. Social studies education serves as the cornerstone for cultivating informed and engaged citizens capable of understanding the complexities of the world around them.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Finding the correct digital education and EdTech solution provider can be challenging, but choosing the best fit for you will save you time and money, and help you avoid frustration. Digital Education Service Provider Checklist. Finding the right digital solutions provider is a major investment. Firstly, the ease of transition.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

This is a sentiment I’ve repeatedly heard this year as I work with educators who are teaching online, on hybrid schedules, or juggling the demands of the concurrent classroom. I worry about the impact that this moment in education is having on teacher engagement. Should I build my playlist in a digital document or slide deck?

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Hapara

JULY 3, 2023

Students can also learn concepts through multimedia, online collaboration, virtual simulations, open educational resources and more. Set clear expectations Schools and classroom educators both need to set clear expectations about what appropriate online behavior means. We will stay focused on the websites related to class activities.

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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. Because educators don’t assign traditional grades to young learners, they have to take unique approaches to track student progress. Seeking […].

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I had the privilege of presenting a day long maker education workshop at Edutech Asia on November 7, 2019. I repeatedly encouraged them to take pictures throughout their making processes in order to document their learning. What follows are some details and highlights.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 16, 2022

The post Emoji Assessments for Any Classroom – SULS0168 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing ideas for using emojis in your informal and formative assessments. Use emojis to create a key to check for understanding, reflect, self-assess, peer-assess, or give feedback! learn more ).

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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). This led to a creation of goals for the school that promote the use of performance assessments. Know that you can do this.

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Hapara

JULY 19, 2023

Collaborate One of the benefits of Google Docs for learners is that it increases their productivity because they can access their documents from any device. Learners don’t need their own separate documents, nor do they need to sit together in person. FREE GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS Find out how Hāpara helps empower and engage learners.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

If the teacher is the only person thinking critically about learning goals, progress, skill development, curriculum design, and assessment, that is a missed opportunity. FlipGrid is one of those free tools in education that can be used for just about anything! Ongoing Self-Assessment Documents. SMARTGoalsStudents.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly popular in the education sector, with many schools and universities leveraging its services to enhance the learning experience for their students. By harnessing the power of AI, educators can better engage with their students, helping them learn faster and more efficiently.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. It highlights a number of key challenges for U.S. The report analyzed U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2021

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced it is entering into a partnership with Aperture Education to provide a statewide SEL assessment for K-12 schools. Additionally, there is a supplemental assessment to target specific areas of need for individual students based on results of the primary assessment.

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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? 6) When you are happy with your assessment, save and you will return to the home page. 2) Create an account.

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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? 6) When you are happy with your assessment, save and you will return to the home page. 2) Create an account.

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Reading By Example

JULY 14, 2020

– Review of Educational Research , March 2007, Vol. I speak for myself (and maybe you) when I say that I have to be VERY careful with my own past educational experiences informing my current work. Back in my day…assessment was the end result. That looks a lot different than just using assessment for a grade.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The engagement strategy becomes the students’ documentation of learning and their “entrance ticket” into the actual lesson. Using a digital platform to assess student learning makes it possible to quickly identify what students know or understand and surface that data quickly.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This summer I read Starr Stackstein’s book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. We shared this “Ongoing Assessment” document with each student via Google Classroom. Their first task was to read through and rewrite the standards in a way that made sense to them.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Get better assessment results. Joining us was Aaron Schorn, Head of Growth and Community at Unrulr to detail how students can document their learning moments, create exit ticket reflections, engage in discussion boards, and build larger learning journeys. Provide students agency and enable them to express themselves creatively.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Forms are popular in schools for assessments, data collection, and a slew of other reasons. The completed document can be pushed out via link or embedded into blogs and websites. PDFs are a favorite document among teachers. Scan completed document into computer (hope the scanner ap works). Find a pen.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning assessments for K-12 schools, has added two new solutions to its product suite. Students can complete their assessment on a computer,instantaneously gauging their own social and emotional competencies. Charlotte N.C.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

An early warning and intervention system, called BARR, pictured above, was one of the most successful education interventions to come out of the Department of Education’s research and development program that issued $1.4 billion in grants between 2010 and 2016. The failure rate was 74 percent. Source: IES , February 2024.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. Next, we moved on to formative assessment and then on to questioning and discussion.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Let’s take a look at how to develop K-12 open educational resources. Types of OER you can develop for K-12.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

When I began my career in education, I believed the value I brought to the classroom was my subject area expertise cultivated as an English major at UCLA and my pedagogical expertise honed while working on my teaching credential and Masters in Education. I operated under that misguided assumption for years. During the Conference.

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