Tech Tips of the Week
September 26-30, 2016 #proudtobeajet #mcslearn
Know Students Better: 15 Tools for Formative Assessment
When teachers know their students well, they can build strong connections that lead to better learning. Knowing students’ interests, strengths, and weaknesses help teachers tailor learning experiences for their students. Formative assessment involves the teacher collecting information about what students know, don’t know, and want to learn. This information takes many forms, including observations, exit tickets, discussions, games, and quizzes. These kinds of informal assessments can also help teachers get to know their students as learners and as people.
There is a very wide variety of digital formative assessment tools that can be used for free (often charging for extra features). Click the button below to access 15 of these tools. Most of these tools work with any web browser, so they are great for laptops, computer labs, iPads, Chromebooks, tablets, and smartphones.
One of the biggest advantages to using these kinds of tools is that they give every student in a class a voice. Students are spared the embarrassment of having to volunteer or be called on to answer a question out loud because everyone answers. While most of the tools require students to have some sort of device that can connect to the internet, there are a few that work when students have no technology at all. Others can be set up at a center or station for students to rotate through.
Vincent, Tony. "Know Students Better: 15 Tools For Formative Assessment".Learning in Hand. N. p., 2016. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
3D Printing Tied To CCSS/NGSS Standards with Thingiverse Education & MakerBot
Thingiverse Education provides over a hundred free lessons that make teaching with a 3D printer easier and more effective for a variety of grade levels and subjects. It also provides a community where educators can exchange best practices or remix projects.
Thingiverse Education combined with MakerBot in the Classroom: An Introduction to 3D Printing and Design can empower your students to design, collaborate, and create amazing things you never thought possible. Packed with resources, MakerBot in the Classroom gives you the basics of 3D printing in the classroom and design as well as ideas, projects, and activities for integrating 3D printers in your curriculum. Preview the book by clicking the button below and complete the form to download your copy of MakerBot in the Classroom.
"Makerbot Thingiverse".Thingiverse.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
We're All In This TOGETHER!
The JCHS Library is ready and able to assist with the migration to using Google.
We offer one on one, small group and co teaching (to help your kids learn the new system) opportunities for this and all technology related interests.
We can come to your classroom or the Harvard Room can be reserved.
To book a time with the JCHS Library just follow these steps in the Lab & Resource Scheduler:
- Schedule ME (NRobertson-under Library tab)
- Schedule a laptop/Chromebook cart
- Schedule Harvard Room (optional)
Be sure to email me as there is not a notifications feature from the Lab & Resource Scheduler when someone "reserves" me. : )
"Mighty Little Librarian | Librarian Tiff's Blog". Mightylittlelibrarian.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 16 Sept. 2016.
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