Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. For example, a picture taken in Google Earth is added to a slide deck for a geography report. Students are expected to collaborate and share online as young as kindergarten when they read digital books or draw pictures using iPad apps.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

STEM in Iowa’s Re-Envisioned Economic Development Roadmap (2014 Battelle Report) , Kathryn Kunert & Carrie Rankin. See Iowa’s 2014 Battelle Report. instead of being openly accessible via a blog, web site, wiki, etc. How do we assess student growth / development? Our current assessments aren’t up to the task.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2016

Have a class discussion using a Discussion Board, blog post, wiki, the class Twitter stream, a collaborative board like Padlet or Linoit –or have students use each method, at different times for the balance of the school year. Easily adapted to any age group. Here’s a thorough lesson plan.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

In addition, Gooru offers a wiki-assessment system with millions of questions teachers can use to assess student learning. Material from a press release was used in this report. Teachers and students using Gooru can now adapt these high-quality resources for their classrooms.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Lamar students have reported being able to get these tools unblocked for their students because they are able to show instructional uses of the tools. Now the professors create a class wiki or site so all of the students can easily stay connected and in touch. Presentation link: [link].

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 1, 2015

Around this time each year we share the year and we report on accomplishments. They’re great for pre- and post assessments, but you can. Socrative This free tool works across devices using quizzes, quick questions, a competitive game, or a pre-designed exit ticket to assess learning and understanding.

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wwwatanabe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Does the assessment measure the learning? Taking the traditional research report and adding in technology to create a digital presentation does not change what it is -- it''s just a fancy research report. Is there variety in project outcome due to student choice and critical reasoning? How do you know?

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Mark Smithers

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Dear Faculty Member or Academic (whichever you would prefer), I was delighted to see your response to Joshua Kim’s post on experiences working with Learning Designers which he reports here on the Inside Higher Education web site. You may wish to include some peer assessment. Education != You did know that didn’t you?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

Create a class discussion using a Discussion Board, blog post, wiki, the class Twitter stream, a collaborative board like Padlet or Linoit –or have students use each method, at different times for the balance of the school year. Easily adapted to any age group. If you want specific lesson plans on any of these topics, click here.

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MSEDTechie

AUGUST 11, 2012

They have to write a report, and create a presentation. This required students to type a report in a word processing document, then use poster board to cut out, and paste, draw, sketch, etc. Embed the voki on class blogs, wikis, websites, and more. Perfect for self-assessment purposes for foreign language classrooms.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

So far, more than 9 million students have used OpenStax books, the nonprofit reports, calculating their cumulative savings to students at $800 million. Based on the number of faculty-reported adoptions, OpenStax estimates its physics textbook is now No. 1 in the market. Tutor pushes beyond simple multiple-choice quizzes.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 30, 2017

Gather assessment info about students' social skills, such as cooperation, and report to parents. Two-player activities help kids quickly assess small quantities as a team. Start a project where each student adds to the wiki and creates tags to sort and filter the content. Math Gracie and Friends Treasure Bubbles.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 30, 2017

Gather assessment info about students' social skills, such as cooperation, and report to parents. Two-player activities help kids quickly assess small quantities as a team. Start a project where each student adds to the wiki and creates tags to sort and filter the content. Wikispaces.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

And shamelessly swiped from Diane Cordell''s AWEsome blog Journeys : "Teachers, if you are searching for alternatives to the traditional written book report, having your students produce book trailers might be the perfect way to foster critical thinking and creativity while encouraging a love of literature.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 23, 2011

Creating a 24/7 Library through blogging, wiki web resources, & Twittering Librarians can up their web presence and promote their practice to the community. The goal - creatively and collaboratively build a Google slidedeck, & wiki pages of product ideas. It''s Ok to be Feelin Kinda Shy! And when you''re ready to be "out there!"

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

(graphic by Tim Holt) The digital shift revolution in educational practice isn''t about throwing everything out that has been done before (sometimes to Ad nauseam ) but to add projects & product choices that enhance learning and better demonstrate research assessments and the comprehension of data.

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Mark Smithers

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Dear Faculty Member or Academic (whichever you would prefer), I was delighted to see your response to Joshua Kim’s post on experiences working with Learning Designers which he reports here on the Inside Higher Education web site. You may wish to include some peer assessment. Education != You did know that didn’t you?

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Wave replaces the need for multiple services such as a Wiki to post work, Google Docs to collaborate on documents, email to communicate asynchronously, and instant messaging services to communicate synchronously. Wave would be a great tool to use during formal lab reports. Education has been compartmentalized for too long.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 3, 2014

This often produces a disastrous effect as the pedagogy does not support the use of the technology tool in arriving to or assessing learning outcomes. I have seen all too often technology just get dumped on teachers and schools with no rhyme or reason. Educators today are pressured to integrate technology as society becomes more digitized.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

a backchannel device–to assess student learning while it’s happening (with tools such as Socrative, Today’s Meet, or Google Apps). Today’s classwork means starting a report at school and finishing it at home. a digital class calendar–with due dates, activities, and other events. That’s social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2015

He received numerous calls that night and rather than hanging up, he had his operators find the location of Santa Claus and reported it to every child who phoned in. This site is perfect for the holidays when you want to slow things down a bit, as well as during annual assessments when students need an injection of humor.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 26, 2010

They found us through this blog and the interview focused on the future of school libraries, digital literacy, creating a positive digital footprint, research strategies, creating student assessment products, audio books, and how we always push the love of reading to our kids! The students got the science just right, too. Thank you SO much!

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

“What Decades Of Covering School Shootings Has Taught Me” by NPR’s longtime education reporter, Claudio Sanchez. And there’s data about pay in the research and reports section below. Wikispaces Classroom (and free wikis from the company, now owned by TES ) joins the ed-tech dead pool. School Shooting.

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