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AI in the Classroom: Crafting Responsible Guidelines for Educators and Learners

The Thinking Stick

This includes teaching students to critically assess AI-generated content and to use AI as a tool for learning enhancement rather than a shortcut. Support: Teachers will offer support and resources for students to learn about AI and its applications. Guidance: Educators will guide students on how to use AI responsibly when allowed.

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Designing, Assessing, and Implementing Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

After a year of collaborative development, we are excited to announce the release of the Design, Assessment, and Implementation Principles for Educator Micro-credentials. Issuers: Use these principles to design and assess your micro-credential content. Explore educator micro-credentials that meet these guidelines at [link] and [link].

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Vocabulary Haiku: A Creative Approach to Deeping Understanding of Academic Vocabulary

Catlin Tucker

Write a haiku poem for that term, using the guidelines for writing a haiku. In addition to being an engaging activity, this strategy was a great way for me to assess my students’ understanding of the academic vocabulary informally. The directions for creating a vocabulary haiku are simple. Select a vocabulary term. Additional Tips!

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SLAM Card resources for narrative language assessment

SpeechTechie

While supervising this semester at Boston University, I was informed about the resources available through the Leaders Project at Columbia University for narrative language sampling. The School Age Language Assessment Measures (SLAM) materials are a series of story cards and questions with rubrics that are all FREE.

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Risk assessments are awful, but necessary

eSchool News

While risk assessments are one of the best things a K-12 school can do to understand their cybersecurity vulnerabilities in order to be strategic about how to protect against them, this critical tool is often avoided. Yes, risk assessments are far from sunshine and roses. In fact, the best assessments are done through teamwork.

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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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Peer Feedback: Making It Meaningful

Catlin Tucker

Peer feedback is most effective when it is focused, and students have clear guidelines for giving feedback. As students move through the writing process, they may forget some of these requirements and benefit from a peer editor who can review their work to ensure it complies with the stated guidelines for the assignment.