Easy Assessment App. Posted on December 18, 2011 by mrrobbo As you will all be aware I have a major interest, some might say obsession with mobile applications. However one thing that has been lacking is an app that could replace/improve the assessment process that I currently use with my students. In order for an app to be a viable replacement, It would need to not only replicate what is possible using more traditional methods, but it should make the once impossible, possible and it should do it in a simple straight forward manner. Well that was my intention behind the development of the Easy Assessment app, which I am happy to say was released on the iTunes store over the weekend.
Not only does it allow for easy development of rubrics for assessment, but it makes use of the camera so that teachers can capture learning and make their subsequent assessments. Download Easy Assessment from the iTunes Store Filed under: apps. 15 Tools to Help You Go Paperless - TheApple.com. Become a Teacher >> Browse Articles >> Online Learning Featured Author: Mrs. Kelly Tenkely Kelly Tenkely is a technology teacher in a private school. Schools are notorious for enormous copy budgets. Paperless students and teachers: 1. Spelling city is a free online environment where students can practice and study spelling words. 2.
Every month teachers all over the world print out hundreds of fact practice worksheets. 3. Popling’s motto is “Learning without studying”. 4. Knowtes is a flash card based learning community that allows teachers and students to build flash card decks online. Continue reading 4-9 on the next page…
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(Cross-posted at TechLearning) Many years ago I helped operate a soup kitchen on San Jose’s (CA) Skid Row. We were well-meaning, but not the most responsible neighbors. On day I was sweeping around the passed-out men and women on our front porch when a police car drove-up. An officer got out and started yelling me, saying that we couldn’t control thing and they received many complaints about us. As the officer continued, one of the men on the porch pulled himself up on the railing and yelled out, “Officer, Larry tries.
He tries hard. I’ve often thought about that incident during my nineteen year career as a community organizer and six years as a public school teacher. The issue of educational technology is, I believe, no different. In my community organizing career, I learned that a key to engaging people to move beyond their comfort zone is to first build a relationship — a reciprocal one. 1) Using a Computer Projector. 2) Using a Document Camera. Tackk is another one. Free4Teachers - Classroom Resources and Display ideas. Special Needs – Teacher Resources. Highlights 2016 Presidential Elections Election season is here. Help your students understand the process of our national elections, from the President down to local representatives, with our election activities.
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Most of the supplemental suggestions fall into the bottom two tiers of Bloom’s Taxonomy (Remember and Understand). I want to show teachers that just because these activities help students practice basic skills and remember and understand, there are SO many more options that will reach the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy! I created the Bloomin’ Peacock to show teachers the Blooms Taxonomy break down and the Bloomin’ digital Peacock that shows how the digital tools in the supplement break down. Below are the tools listed in my Bloomin’ Digital Peacock Bloomin' Digital Peacock Remember: BBC Skillwise- Spelling City- Starfall- Discovery Streaming- Lexipedia- YouTube- Gamegoo- PBS Kids- Apply:
KidzTimez - Todays News for Kids, by Kids. Teaching Channel: Videos, Lesson Plans and Other Resources for Teachers. Feds Crack Down On Schools Skirting Disabilities Act. Congress awarded students with disabilities extra protections in recent years. Now, the U.S. Department of Education is stepping up its efforts to ensure that schools are following the new rules. In a letter sent this week to school districts and state education leaders, officials at the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights took pains to spell out the obligations schools have under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act. Though the ADA update took effect three years ago, the correspondence suggests that many schools may not be abiding by it.
In light of this, federal officials are offering technical guidance and say that they will be upping their enforcement efforts. “We must continue to take steps to enable every child, regardless of disability, to reach their full potential,” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. The ADA update broadened the definition of disability that schools must honor and asked districts to simplify the special education evaluation process.