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OK2Ask: Authentic Assessment with Flipgrid, Sway, and more!

— TeachersFirst

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How It Works

This recording of an OK2Ask online professional learning session is from July 2021. You can register and immediately view the archive of the session. rn

rnAre you looking for ways to make your formative and summative assessments more effective? Join us to learn how to use Flipgrid, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Sway to create authentic assessments throughout your units. Whether it’s formative or summative assessment, finding ways to measure students’ understanding effectively is crucial to ensuring student progress and future success. In this session, we will explore how you can use free Office products to create better formative and summative assessments that reliably measure student learning, promote critical thinking, and help students develop real-world skills. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Explore the meaning of the term "authentic assessment;" 2. Evaluate several formats of assessment for their usefulness in assessing student learning; and 3. Identify a variety of assessment methods and plan for their use in the classroom. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.

In the Classroom

The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.

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Tag(s): professional development, Formative Assessment, assessment,

OK2Ask: 3 Cool Tools for Formative Assessment

— TeachersFirst

K-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://sourceforlearning.eventbuilder.com/event/48234 Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:50 share

How It Works

This recording of an OK2Ask online professional learning session is from July 2021. You can register and immediately view the archive of the session. rn

rnStudents achieve more when we engage them during the learning process. Come to this session to learn the three steps in the formative assessment and feedback loop, explore three online formative assessment tools that will help you gather evidence of student progress, and discuss a variety of formative assessment strategies you can use to increase gains in student learning. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Understand the three steps in the formative assessment feedback loop to support learning gains; 2. Explore three tools and how each gathers evidence of student progress in content areas; and 3. Plan for the use of digital formative assessment tools in the classroom. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.

In the Classroom

The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.

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Tag(s): Formative Assessment, professional development,

OK2Ask: Engage & Inspire: Comics in the Classroom

— TeachersFirst

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How It Works

This recording of an OK2Ask online professional learning session is from July 2021. You can register and immediately view the archive of the session. rn

rnLooking for an easy way to infuse visual literacy in your instruction? Try using comics in the classroom! Visual literacy is quickly becoming a must-have skill, and infusing comics in your instruction can help students easily learn and practice it. In this workshop, you will learn to help students create comics that demonstrate both their visual literacy skills and comprehension of the content they are learning. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Learn to use comics to teach visual literacy strategies; 2. Explore tools to create comics; and 3. Discuss assessment strategies for using comics in the classroom. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.

In the Classroom

The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.

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Tag(s): professional development, visual literacy, comics and cartoons,

Twitter Chat: Effective Feedback & Assessment Strategies

— TeachersFirst

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How It Works

This archived Twitter chat is from July 2021 and will open in Wakelet. The title of this chat is: Effective Feedback & Assessment Strategies. During this chat, participants: 1. Discussed assessment techniques and strategies. 2. Shared tech tools that assist in assessing students and providing feedback, and 3. Explored new ideas for how to best assess your students and provide feedback.

In the Classroom

Find resources and information about effective feedback and assessment strategies. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for tools and resources on playlists and choice boards.

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Tag(s): assessment, twitterchatarchive, Formative Assessment,

Introducing South Africa

— Google Arts and Culture

3-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://artsandculture.google.com/story/introducing-south-africa/uQISrgvLt3poLw Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:50 share

How It Works

Explore beautiful landscapes and visit famous South African museums with this Arts and Culture presentation from Google. Scroll through the page to take a 360-degree look at Cape Peninsula and Table Mountain. Learn about the Cape of Good Hope and Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias. Additional images share the flora that is unique to the country. On a more serious note, visit Robben Island, home to the imprisoned African leader Nelson Mandela from 1964 - 1982.

In the Classroom

Engage students with this interesting site by asking them to explore it independently to introduce your unit on African countries or when learning about Nelson Mandela and his home. Be sure to show students how to use the arrows to view images from the many different angles provided. As students begin your lessons, create a Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to share interesting information learned from students’ explorations. Use their notes to guide students toward enhancing learning by choosing specific areas to explore further. For example, some students may want to learn more about the geography found in South Africa, while others may want to learn about animals or famous people. Have students share the findings of their research by writing blogs using Edublogs, reviewed here, or use Google My Maps, reviewed here, to create virtual tours around South Africa that include links to images, videos, or student writing projects to tell the story of the country.

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Tag(s): civil rights, south africa, africa,

Twitter Chat: Student-Centered Learning Ideas with Playlists and Choice Boards

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How It Works

This archived Twitter chat is from June 2021 and will open in Wakelet. The title of this chat is: Student-Centered Learning Ideas with Playlists and Choice Boards. During this chat, participants: 1. Defined and discussed the basic elements of playlists and choice boards. 2. Shared tech tools and resources that support playlists and choice boards, and 3. Collaborated on ideas to integrate playlists and choice boards across your curriculum.

In the Classroom

Find resources and information about student-centered learning ideas with playlists and choice boards. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for tools and resources on playlists and choice boards.

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Tag(s): differentiation, twitterchatarchive,

Twitter Chat: Using Technology to Support ELL and ENL Students

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How It Works

This archived Twitter chat is from May 2021 and will open in Wakelet. The title of this chat is: Using Technology to Support ELL and ENL Students. During this chat, participants: 1. Discussed ways to use technology to empower ELL and ENL students, 2. Explored strategies that support ELL and ENL students, and 3. Shared instructional approaches that are consistent with Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

In the Classroom

Find resources and information about ePortfolios. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for tools and resources on ePortfolios.

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Tag(s): twitterchatarchive, ELL/ESL,

Twitter Chat: OK2Ask Campfire: Digital Storytelling Strategies and Resources

— TeachersFirst

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How It Works

This archived Twitter chat is from March 2021 and will open in Wakelet. The title of this chat is OK2Ask Campfire: Digital Storytelling Strategies and Resources. During this chat, participants: 1. Defined and discussed the basic elements of digital storytelling, 2. Shared tech tools and resources that support digital story experiences, and 3. Explored ideas to integrate digital storytelling across your curriculum.

In the Classroom

Find resources and information about digital storytelling. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for tools and resources on digital storytelling.

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Tag(s): twitterchatarchive, digital storytelling,

Binumi

— Anthony Copping

-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://www.binumi.com/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:50 share

How It Works

Create short, powerful video stories using Binumi’s ready-to-go templates and multimedia library. Begin by selecting from the large library of templates to watch a preview, then select one to personalize and create your video. Templates offer a wide range of options, divided into categories, or use the search feature to find a specific topic. Use Binumi’s drag and drop library to add videos and images to your film or upload images from your device. Other options include adding title cards and adding voice-overs to your video. When finished, publish videos to your library to share by email, Google Classroom, YouTube, or social media. Additional options allow you to adjust settings to private or public or access the embed code to embed on web pages. Free Storyteller accounts provide you with access to the starter library of templates and multimedia, with limits on storage for uploads and personal files.

In the Classroom

Binumi is a great choice for educators and students to create video stories easily and quickly without prior video-creation knowledge. Use the templates to provide engaging introductions to new lessons. For example, use the 15-second template to focus on the main idea to introduce and feature highlights of an upcoming novel. Share Binumi with students to use as part of any multimedia project to show what they know through video and images. Include their Binumi video within Sway, reviewed here, or Adobe Spark for Education, reviewed here, as part of a more comprehensive project that includes student writing, links to references, and more. Ask students to include a short video as part of their portfolio or blogging activities.

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Tag(s): movies, images, video, DAT device agnostic tool,

BouncyMaps

— Mapping Worlds

4-11 0 favorites 0 promising practices https://www.bouncymaps.com/ Last updated: Fri, 08/27/2021 - 11:50 share

How It Works

BouncyMaps provides maps from a different perspective than physical size, showing how large the map would be based on other criteria. Choose from the provided topics to see maps change size proportionally to population, economy, religion, and more. Use the button to toggle back and forth between the regular and bouncy maps. Scroll down past each map to view a list of countries and data used to create the map.

In the Classroom

BouncyMaps is an excellent way to help students visualize large numbers and provide perspective to data. Use the embed code found on the site to share on your webpage or download images and data using the provided links. Start a discussion using one of the regular maps and hover over countries to show details. After reviewing a standard map, switch to the BouncyMap to show how it changes based on data. This site is an excellent one to share with students to explore during computer centers or at home. After allowing students time to look on their own, ask them to choose one map that surprised them and discuss their findings. Ask them to research the information further with the goal of trying to learn why there are such differences between countries. When finished, ask students to share their findings by creating an infographic using Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here, or another free infographic creation tool. When teaching world history, these maps provide context when teaching about major conflicts. For example, when teaching about tensions in the Middle East, refer students to the religious maps to help them understand how different populations of Jewish people and Muslims within that area are key to the conflicts.

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Tag(s): population, agriculture, visualizations, religions, maps, minerals,
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