article thumbnail

How to Prepare Students for PARCC/SBACC Tests

Ask a Tech Teacher

It won’t surprise any adult when I say using an iPad isn’t the same as using a computer. And typing on an IPad virtual keyboard is not the same. Students should understand how to maneuver through a website without distraction. A good idea is to have students take some online assessments prior to this summative one.

article thumbnail

6 reasons it’s important to create your own online assessments

eSchool News

Homegrown online assessments prove invaluable to one district. Assessments are critical to our efforts to improve instruction in K-12 education. At Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD), we began the transition to online assessment more than three years ago. Online assessment saves teachers’ time.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Co-Teaching Helped Our New Teachers Support Students, In-Person and Online

Edsurge

There were no iPads, no online assessments and no Zoom. They appreciated this flexibility, but it also meant that preservice teachers like Tonja would need to apply everything they learned about teaching to two very different modalities: in-person and online. Having online learners added new challenges.

article thumbnail

Reimagining Student Supports in a Year of Distance Instruction

Digital Promise

Even though kids had iPads, parents were not sure [how to use them for class]. In many cases, parent involvement understandably extends to supporting students in taking online assessments. We sent cheat sheets to parents. Teachers adapted from screen to screen, gave step-by-step directions out loud.”.

article thumbnail

100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

How to Manage a Classroom in Google. They have tons of resources and how-to’s. Assessment. Online Assessment with Google Forms – this document gives walk throughs for Flubaroo and other tools to help you assess using Google Forms. Flubaroo – help for grading online assessments.

Google 120
article thumbnail

6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

That means new teachers must learn how to teach science, technology, engineering and math on-the-job. Many schools now provide digital devices for students, often a Chromebook or an iPad. The question is: Who’s teaching students how to thrive in this brave new world? Students who can keyboard well blossom.

article thumbnail

Fighting Apathy, Neglect and Racism to Give Left-Behind Learners a Chance

Edsurge

People have noticed that I’m strengthening relationships with my students, I’ve designed a curriculum that’s engaging for the toughest kids, and I’m using the iPads I found in a corner. We spent a lot of money on devices that we didn’t know how to use. So I took the iPads while no one was looking.

iPad 123