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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

They inform teachers how to optimize time by teaching what students need to learn, not wasting time on what students already know. Tools: Use an app like Blendspace, Socrative , Frolyc , Schoology , or ExitTicket. Encourage them to strategize how to work best as a team. Warm-ups and Exit Tickets. Time: five-ten minutes.

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10 New Ideas for Creating Literacy Centers – From Beth Holland

EdTechTeacher

Next, ask students come up with as many examples as possible for each letter sound (e.g. How To Writing. Meghan’s How To Writing & App Smashing. ThingLink (or Padlet or Blendspace ) could be a great way to guide students through research. In watching her, I realized that it could make a great literacy center activity.

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Common Sense Education Resources from ISTE 2015

Graphite Blog

Available online or as an app, learn how to use this new student-guided interactive with students. Learn how to help your students boost their reading skills with resources like Lightsail, ReadWorks, and StudySync. Hear how you can use Get the Math and Mathalicious to encourage critical thinking through real-life problem solving.

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Flipping Instruction for Struggling Students

Teacher Reboot Camp

We can get students to learn at home with engaging content and show them how to use web tools and apps to seek help. Below are tips, ideas, and a slide presentation ( download the pdf ) to help you flip your classes and ensure all your students know how to receive the individual help they need. See my idioms playlist as an example.

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Flipping Instruction for Struggling Students

Teacher Reboot Camp

We can get students to learn at home with engaging content and show them how to use web tools and apps to seek help. Below are tips, ideas, and a slide presentation ( download the pdf ) to help you flip your classes and ensure all your students know how to receive the individual help they need. See my idioms playlist as an example.

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?? Do you teach with a paper-based mindset? ??

The Electric Educator

How to break out of "the box" in your classroom: Use tools that don’t feel like paper (Video, Prezi, Google Drawing) Transform your paper worksheets using tools like Blendspace, EdPuzzle, or Quizlet If you use Google Docs, remember that you can change the size and color of your document to fit the project. Simply revise and continue.

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The 2015 Global Education Conference Starts Today - All Online - Full Session Listing - Join Us!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Klees, Professor of International Education Policy / Carol Anne Spreen A Global Shift in Mindset: How to develop innovative leaders? Senior Officer – Training & Facilitation Globalizing US History: How to do It! Ryan Makhani, M. Ed AFS-USA's Intercultural Learning eTool: Culture Trek: Classroom Connections / Tonya Muro, Ed.D.,