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Formative Assessment: Collecting Data & Designing Differentiated Learning Experiences in Class or Online

Catlin Tucker

The more physical distance between the teacher and the learner, the more challenging it is to collect formative assessment data consistently. The more formative assessment data a teacher collects, the more effective they’ll be in differentiating learning experiences to meet a diverse group of students’ needs.

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How to minimize cheating in online assessments

Neo LMS

In the end, it’s a balance between empathetic decisions made by educators and less biased decisions made by the software. As the name suggests, the proctoring feature ensures that assessments are carried out safely. Through this feature, you typically limit students’ access to assessments until the day of the exam.

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Choosing Tech That Grows From Your Schooling Into Your Career

Ask a Tech Teacher

Assess your academic and future job roles and responsibilities to determine the tools that are essential for your daily tasks. As a student, you may prioritize portability and battery life, but as you transition into your career, performance and compatibility with industry-standard software become more critical.

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Curriculum-based Assessments–A Powerful Diagnostic Tool

Ask a Tech Teacher

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. There is no setup required to start using CBA — no website signup or software download. How does it work. How does it work.

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Assessing the Value of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB's)

A Principal's Reflections

Many of the devices even come with excellent software packages that can be used to increase student engagement. It is important that any piece of display technology does not become a glorified direct instruction or presentation tool. I recently shared this on Twitter.

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20 Ways to Assess Prior Knowledge

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this post, we delve into various strategies educators can use to assess students’ prior knowledge. From interactive classroom activities like quizzes and mind maps to reflective practices like learning logs and self-assessments, these methods offer a diverse range of ways to gauge what students know and how they think.

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Tons of Online Resources About Classroom Management

Ask a Tech Teacher

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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