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Testing Giving You The Blues? Get Creative with EdTech Formative Assessments

MSEDTechie

I remember being that shy little girl in my elementary class who would sometimes know the answer, or had a question, but didn’t feel comfortable speaking out. Creative Formative Assessments Can Help: Save time assessing students. I began to think about the 15 years in education and my various experiences. So why not use it.

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The Case for Quiet Kids: Helping Introverts Get Heard in the Classroom

Edsurge

Assign no opt-out mini-assessments Use Exit Tickets or Do Nows for kids to show what they know. For those comfortable experimenting with tech, try the Ask a Question feature in Google Classroom, Poll Everywhere , Google Forms, or Answer Garden. How do you serve the quiet kids in your classroom?

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Here's what you missed at the MidWest Technology Conference 2014 #METC14

MSEDTechie

Screencastomatic - Free online screencast Paul Bogush 15 assessments that don''t suck. Global classroom projects: icollaboratory, Kidlink: lower elementary, Flat connections: [link] , Hello little world skypers: Skype projects World Read Aloud Day is march 5th!!! Crazy talk - program that takes a visual and makes it talk. (.99)

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The Seeds of Innovation

A Principal's Reflections

Then, I met with two other math teachers who showed me how they use smartphones to increase class participation and to assess their students learning. Lastly, I used Poll Everywhere in my senior seminar the next day and it was a big hit. Job well done by this mathematics teacher! My college students really enjoyed using it.