Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

Have students complete interactive activities and exercises online. There are a number of websites that offer interactive activities and exercises for students to complete in order to prepare for their exams. To help students prepare for exams, I also like to create digital study guides that can be accessed online.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 8, 2015

Teachers can create exercises such as quizzes, matching, writing, sorting, equations, sequences and more and assign them to their students to complete. There are also exercises created by other teachers that you can use and even edit. Edueto is a free service that allows teachers to create their own online activities for students.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Recently Shaelynn Farnsworth and I had a great and engaging discussion on the topic of Formative Assessment for ACER Education. Some of the highlights: What Is Formative Assessment —As you can tell from our video, there are many ways to describe formative assessment. Formative Assessments should not be graded assessments.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Standardized tests aren’t inclusive and often lead to unnecessary stress Educators should shift focus from standardized tests to ensuring students become independent learners See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? The pressure to align curricula with the test format has led to a prioritization of short-stories.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 13, 2018

This post is co-authored with Sherif Osman ( @the_sosman ), CLT Senior Officer, Pedagogy and Assessment, Center for Learning and Teaching, American University in Cairo and Co-founder and Chief Learning Designer of ERGO Ed Design. Assessment. Have you conducted a mapping exercise before? Student Engagement. Digital Humanities.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

A challenging exercise for students using the hashtag concept is to develop a relevant hashtag for a particular event or lesson concept. I assigned students to develop a running conversation between historical personalities such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton for a quick formative assessment for one lesson.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It’s crucial to have this feedback loop at the heart of our grading and assessment, because learning takes time. A significant portion of both my sections have not yet demonstrated skill on the assessment for conditional statements; for the assessment on basic set operations the pass rate is less than 50%.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2015

By Mike Chapple Learn about tools used for these exercises and the insights they can provide.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Steve Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0 : "The "Best Boss – Worst Boss" Exercise: Assessing Yourself as a Library Leader" One way to think about how to be a better library leader is to think about who was a good leader for you. A useful exercise in improving your leadership skills.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

based provider of instructional software and formative assessment tools that is on a buying spree. In the past, it’s focused on pairing assessments with digital instructional materials. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition marks an expansion in Renaissance’s offerings. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

says one of the paper’s authors, Dylan Wiliam, an emeritus professor of educational assessment at University College of London’s Institute of Education. The goal behind the thought exercise is to get ahead of a rapidly changing technology, and to avoid what the scholars call the “worst-case scenarios” that could result.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

These plans may include: Strategies and protocols to address potential threats Emergency response procedures Evacuation plans Effective communication strategies Schoolsafety.gov provides a Safety Readiness Tool with a series of 10 questions covering the following topics: Designated staff School climate Reporting systems Threat assessment Emergency (..)

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In the last two blogs, I have focused on strategies teachers can use to 1) assess prior knowledge before a lesson and 2) check for understanding during a lesson. I’ve suggested that teachers build mechanisms into their lessons to collect formative assessment data. The third piece to this puzzle is a post-lesson reflection.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

exercises designed to cultivate students’ Passion, Original thinking, and Power to change the world. These exercises enable Poptential students to gain a profound understanding of the world and how they can positively impact society. In addition to American Principles, Poptential e-books now feature Pop!

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 19, 2021

Forced to go virtual in the spring of 2020 and unable to do the quarterly concert assessment, Kelli was left with makeshift music lessons focused on community-building exercises. […]. The post Choir Transformed from Traditional to Tech-Enabled in Fairfax County first appeared on EdNews Daily.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Station Rotation Students are grouped based on data and move through a variety of set activities typically consisting of targeted instruction with the teacher, collaborative exercises, independent work, and online tasks that are personalized for individual learners.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The goal of assessment has traditionally been to measure student mastery. The final product that results from a creative assessment is a unique expression of each students thinking and learning. Why Creative Assessments Are a Challenge for Educators In traditional tests and quizzes, answers tend to be correct or incorrect.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We started a running document listing these shared challenges—a rather therapeutic exercise. The more we talked, we discovered that we had a greater number of shared challenges than we did unique ones. At the end of the day, the list was still overwhelming, but at least it was laid out before us so we could begin tackling it together.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

From there, districts should assess their current budgets and future projections, including their reliance on ESSER dollars to sustain staffing and operations, and assess if budget gaps exist, particularly if they anticipate continued enrollment decline cost increases, and staffing issues.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion. As the educators I spoke with lamented, “the product is so hard to assess.” Use technology?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

The automatic grading feature will save time for teachers who have diagrams that need to be assessed and marked. I also like the PE teacher who had students match muscles with exercises and then encouraged them to do the exercise after completing the match. Matching Columns Games.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 19, 2020

For instance, why not use 3D printing to teach geometry, why not have a drone in the classroom and show students how helicopters work, and why not use artificial intelligence to improve learning processes and assessment tools? 3D printing. Drones are an excellent tool for STEM classes both at K-12 and at the university level.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

You can find ways to bring in tools and assessments that mirror the functionality of the tests. If you can replace a traditionally paper and pencil test prep exercise with a computer-based one, do it! Or, assuming you have enough computers in your classroom, try online writing exercises. Practice makes perfect.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

I have always believed that assessment should be primarily for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. I concede that teachers need to know how their students are progressing, and this is very much a part of the assessment process. However, assessment of learning is not as important as assessment for learning.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Encourage self-assessment. Self-assessment exercises encourage students to develop their metacognitive muscles while providing the teacher with useful information about the factors that are positively or negatively impacting student engagement.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, lessons can be divided into short exercises (two to four minutes) on slightly different but related topics. These activities deemphasize direct instruction and can include discussion questions and group exercises, as well as problem-posing and -solving sessions, to get the concepts across in a meaningful and memorable way.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Making a cybersecurity plan without an initial assessment of the status quo is like making an airplane reservation without knowing what city you’re flying out of , said Frosty Walker, CISO for the Texas Education Agency, at the Texas Computer Education Association Convention & Exposition in San Antonio on Monday. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 30, 2019

The post How to Choose a Digital Assessment Strategy – SULS010 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. But just because you like the activity doesn’t mean that it will assess the skills you NEED to assess. But just because you like the activity doesn’t mean that it will assess the skills you NEED to assess.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Learner: Teaching computational thinking is as much a learning exercise for educators as it is for their students. Facilitator: According to ISTE, teachers can facilitate computational thinking through a balance of student empowerment, and formative and alternative assessments.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2019

Some schools administer a diagnostic benchmark assessment that students take at the beginning of the school year to give a broader view of their learning profile. . Others will use formative assessments in the classroom on a daily basis, although I think both should be applied. One example is observational assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2022

You can include this in the curriculum by helping students assess their skills and interests, students can then begin to narrow down their options and find a career that is a good fit. One way to ease the pressure is to help students understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and how these match up with different careers. In Summary.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The CDW report shows that organizations improve their security posture with network access controls, security assessment tools and supplementary email security. Cybersecurity Is an Ongoing Exercise in Schools. Data security should be an ongoing exercise in schools. Schools should scan their networks for vulnerabilities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Adaptive technology can assess students’ current literacy levels through formative, diagnostic assessments and then create personalized learning paths for each student. Gamification, interactive exercises, and multimedia resources can capture students’ attention and keep them motivated to practice literacy skills.

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Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Foundational Components of MTSS MTSS takes a proactive approach to identify struggling students in need, striving for an early assessment and subsequent intervention that will enable struggling students to “catch up” with their peer group. Continued assessments monitor progress toward goals, and student plans are adjusted accordingly.

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