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12 Fresh Ways to Assess Student Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Habits, templates, and routines are much easier than reinventing the assessment wheel but a tool that results in passionate students committed to lifelong learning gets my attention.

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Increasing Student Participation During Zoom Synchronous Teaching Meetings

User Generated Education

To discuss a real life scenario or case study. This can be done in a jigsaw strategy whereby different groups are given different case studies. To create projects using some of the web tools such as Google Slides, webbing tools, or comics that I discuss later. Google Form. Shared Google Slides and Docs.

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7 Apps That Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are three general guidelines: The app must improve outcomes. EdPuzzle, now used in half of American schools, allows teachers to crop and format existing videos, add text, their voice, and questions, as well as other options that will enhance the usefulness of videos as teaching and assessment tools. Google Apps.

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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

Edsurge

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. One recent study of school spending estimated that up to two-thirds of software licenses are never activated.

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Exploring different types of web filters for K-12 schools

Hapara

If a school receives E-rate program discounts for Internet access, they need to follow CIPA guidelines, including implementing a web filter. Google SafeSearch is an example of a search engine filter. It works by restricting explicit results in Google searches.

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Human Geography Cornerstone Assessment @BullisSchool: Megacity Project Using @Weebly, @SutoriApp, @GoogleMaps #edtech

techieMusings

This final cornerstone assessment engages students in an extended study analyzing how megacities are transforming the world. What we learned – and will do better in the future – is that students need detailed guidelines on what this documentation process should look like. Robby’s Megacity Project on Shanghai.

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From Digital Native to Digital Expert

Digital Promise

But a more recent study by Stanford’s Sam Wineburg and Sarah McGrew suggests that many of the techniques that students and teachers employ — which include checklists and other practices most recommended for digital literacy — are often misleading. Read Laterally, Not Vertically. Instead, it misled them.

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