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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Online Assessment. Assessment must respect learners, provide actionable feedback, and motivate. Sometimes this feels like a Herculean task, but there are best practices to help all of us get better at assessment. When you take time to improve assessment, students can improve their learning.

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Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

By combining these more flexible assessments with a collection of student data, teachers get a more accurate snapshot of how a student is internalizing the material and focusing on more data-driven instructions. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out opportunities for schools to apply for personalized learning funding!

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

edWeb.net

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Assessing Students Over Time and Also Saving Teachers’ Time

edWeb.net

Tosin pointed out that digital tools like Teams are now used in many workplaces, so building a familiarity with these types of tools will help students prepare for 21 st century careers, as will their ability to respond effectively to online assessments and use a variety of formats to communicate. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Key Questions and Recommendations for Online Assessment

edWeb.net

Even in today’s tech-heavy environment, before moving to online assessments, leadership needs to ask: Should we? During their presentation, “Online Assessment: An Evolving Landscape and New Opportunities,” they discussed the lessons they learned when they made the transition and what they would change if they could.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Because moving around has been shown to bring many benefits to students, she often designs activities that take her kids outside the classroom, ingeniously folding in the features of her edtech resources.

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