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10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

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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Google Classroom Comment Bank vs. Setting Your Preferences in Google Docs

Catlin Tucker

I was excited in August when Google Classroom got an upgrade. The feature I was most excited about was the Google Classroom comment bank. Teachers who have not created a comment bank in Google Classroom yet, the document below walks you through the process. GoogleCommentBank.

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3 Teachers that are crushing assessments with ed-tech

Neo LMS

Assessments are the unloved orphan of schooling — no-one likes them. They are typically named as one of the most time-consuming activities for teachers, and debates continue on how effective current standards of assessment are in actually measuring what students know, vs. simply measuring teacher and school performance.

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Assessing the effectiveness of cloud-based web filters for K-12 schools

Hapara

Today’s students are learning on computers, tablets and mobile-devices and using the internet for class activities, research, assessments, communication and collaboration. Use the following questions to assess the effectiveness of the web filter you currently have or are considering. Hāpara Filter does that when necessary.

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10 ways educators can implement Google Docs for learners in their classrooms

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Raise your hand if your learners have turned in a Google Docs assignment. Since Google Docs saves progress on its own, and learners can access it online, it certainly works well for word processing. But there are all kinds of engaging ways you can implement Google Docs for learners.

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Awesome Assessment App Smash: Google Drawings and Google Forms

EdTechTeacher

Recently, a Webster Public Schools cohort of teachers were exploring Google Drawings in an online learning module I created. As we discussed ways to utilize Google Drawings in an educational setting, we explored student and teacher uses of the program. Here is my example and a screen shot of the assignment.

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Emoji Assessments for Any Classroom – SULS0168

Shake Up Learning

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!