Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 26, 2012

I''ve been teaching for 14 years and I can''t get students to improve their writing based on my assessment alone no matter how many times I try. Students will not become better writers if they are only assessed on one major writing task a marking period or semester. But there is time for Peer-Self Evaluation & Assessment!

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 11, 2016

Nevertheless, if you still use some outdated tools, it’s high time to choose the new ones: Edmodo. Edmodo is actually an online classroom, which allows teachers assign homework, track student progress, conduct quizzes, create discussions and groups, monitor actions of each group member. Isn’t it great?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

At this time of the year, some businesses are busy filing expenses and reports. Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests? So MIT researchers have been hard at work developing a new kind of assessment to measure all the things we say we care about—like curiosity, creativity and critical thinking.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo? Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 4, 2017

These assessment opportunities would have looked different for each student: personalized and student-driven, based on where kids were and where we wanted to go. If a student is done with a book, they could write a book review (instead of a book report) for the classroom or school library. I am not going to engage in retroactive guilt.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. Students middle school and up (or precocious elementary) can find easy-to-understand facts for a state report or a perspective project evaluating what happened around the world while they were winning a soccer game.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Then, of course, there are all those essays, lab reports, stories, blog posts, explanations of solutions to math problems, and exams; each one has a legitimate place in students' toolboxes as they learn to communicate ideas, information, and opinions. Free alternatives include Edmodo and Wikispaces. and the result was 31.5

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

He got a 20 out of 100 points on the first big assessment. At the end of the unit, he aced a final assessment with 100 out of 100 points. All that effort at the end and he only got an average of 60 percent in summative assessments. But it was too little too late. Let's look back at the 82% conundrum.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

As EdSurge and others have reported , these companies greatly concentrate in B2C English and tutoring services (and sometimes a combination of both). a good number of edtech products, such as Google Classroom and Edmodo, are designed exclusively for in-school use, and cannot survive without a B2B market. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

SimCityEDU , an Educator Innovator partner, is proudly releasing its first game-based learning and assessment product built on the popular SimCity video game platform. The suite of SimCityEDU tools includes teacher and student dashboards with standards-based reporting, and lesson plans to support use in the classroom. and Catherine T.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 17, 2016

It is not just assessment of learning, but assessment as learning. There is a lot of learning we can have through these places that many schools are using, but have you ever heard of a potential employer asking a student to see their Edmodo account? Me neither. There are opportunities in these spaces and I see them as well.

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Edmodo Assessment Report Google 28

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Suggestions for extensions/apps to be preloaded on Chromebooks Edmodo Google Keep - notes and lists Evernote Web Adblock Plus Evernote Web Clipper WeVideo - Video Editor and Maker GeoGebra math app Read&Write - reading support EasyBib Desmos Graphing Calculator A to Z of Google Services https://docs.google.com/viewer?

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

Follow reputable news sources and journalists/reporters in the field. Screencastomatic - Free online screencast Paul Bogush 15 assessments that don''t suck. Fake twitter feeds. Have current events section to follow major news stories. UJam Record your voice speaking or singing then pick a genre and it turns into a song.

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Conference Technology Poll Everywhere Common Core 45

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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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. Yildiz, Teacher Educator 2:00pm Edmodo – An Asynchronous Métier - Ms. Amina Gorie Sindhi SPOTLIGHT - Content Curation as a Context for Teaching and Learning in Science - Eric A.

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Common Core Conference Blackboard Digital Citizenship 71

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The ideal would be to have all assignments, assessment, and submittals for each student curated in one spot that automatically updates as the year progresses–and provides actionable reports. Teachers create assessments aligned with pre-selected standards. Report cards can be automatically created based on student work.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” Use the self-grading features of programs like Google Forms to assess student work. If you don’t have an expensive LMS, use Edmodo. ” — ISTE.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 27, 2015

Should individual teachers have to assess the pros and cons for themselves of systems like Edsby , Google Classroom, Edmodo, Schoology or Moodle? A given teacher might be using a handful of apps: for learning management (Edmodo? Uniform assessment and reporting. But should teachers even be shouldering this burden?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

In Support of Formative Assessment As educators, we can use formative assessments to monitor progress while we still have time to reteach, fix misconceptions, and give more practice time. Formative assessments give us an idea of what our students are understanding during instruction, and can be embedded in the lesson activities.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. EDMODO AND CLEVER ( www.edmodo.com/integrations ) & ( www.clever.com ) Edmodo announced a new partnership with Clever to give teachers, students and parents immediate access to fully rostered digital classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Students middle school and up (or precocious elementary) can find easy-to-understand facts for a state report or a perspective project evaluating what happened around the world while they were winning a soccer game. Many topics include thorough teacher resources such as lesson plans and assessments. NOVA Videos . Library Spot.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In its latest market report , BMO estimates that $1.52 But scrutiny and revelations of predatory malpractice involving misleading students have “left public investors with a sour taste about that sector,” says Jeff Silber, managing director and senior research analyst at BMO and an author of the report. trillion will be spent on U.S.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Use Edusight on the web to manage assessment, grading, and standards seamlessly (includes Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and state standards). Edmodo Single Sign On and roster sync. Edusight is a standards-based portfolio to help teachers document student learning with grades, notes, photos, and audio/video comments.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 11, 2021

Since our switch from in-person to virtual and from copies to Chromebooks last year, these 7 digital tools have enabled me to facilitate accommodations , empower student engagement , and streamline assessment. I often use Menti as a diagnostic assessment before we explore a concept or skill. Class Dojo.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 9, 2020

3] Proponents of blending learning cite the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and assessment as two major benefits of this approach. [4] 3] Proponents of blending learning cite the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and assessment as two major benefits of this approach. [4]

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

3] Proponents of blending learning cite the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and assessment as two major benefits of this approach. [4] 3] Proponents of blending learning cite the opportunity for data collection and customization of instruction and assessment as two major benefits of this approach. [4]

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

It features tightly integrated capabilities like social learning, school news, group collaboration, assessment management, timetables and calendars, course planning, report cards, and attendance. Edsby’s intention is to increase engagement between K-12 students, teachers, parents and administrators.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Whether they're composing song lyrics, film scripts, blog comments, infographics, essays, tweets, video-game storyboards, lab reports, or lines of code, what it means to write no longer conforms to the traditional notion of putting pen to paper. " Have students share their writing in the national Tweet-Up on Oct.

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Edmodo Common Core Digital Citizenship Exercises 40

Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Whether they're composing song lyrics, film scripts, blog comments, infographics, essays, tweets, video-game storyboards, lab reports, or lines of code, what it means to write no longer conforms to the traditional notion of putting pen to paper. " Have students share their writing in the national Tweet-Up on Oct.

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Edmodo Common Core Digital Citizenship Exercises 40

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2018

Think beyond using digital tools to complete only traditional assignments such as papers and reports. When you create an assignment online using your preferred tool, be that Google Classroom, Canvas, Edmodo, Blackboard, Google Docs, Google Sites, Hyperdocs, whatever…give learners ALL of the information online.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The big “business of ed-tech” news of the week: Edmodo has been acquired by Chinese game-maker NetDragon. Edmodo had raised some $77.5

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “ Betsy DeVos was asked to address education reporters at their annual convention. ” Via The Washington Post : “Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. ” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. She said no.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Excellent reporting from The Oregonian’s Bethany Barnes : “Targeted: A Family and the Quest to Stop the Next School Shooter.” Inside Higher Ed reports there’ll be 55 layoffs at Meharry Medical College and 24 layoffs at Western Illinois University. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v. ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

“ Betsy DeVos Refuses to Rule Out Giving Funds to Schools That Discriminate ,” The New York Times reports. Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” More Education Politics. TBH, there’s plenty of blame to go around.

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