FSSD Instructional Technology
Newsletter Volume I Issue II (Pre K-4)
Compass + STAR Integration
Renaissance Learning™ STAR™ assessments and Compass Learning pinpoint each student’s areas of need and automatically generate an individualized learning path to facilitate personalized learning. The Compass Learning/Renaissance Learning partnership leverages a “test translator” to feed STAR assessment data directly into the Compass Learning management system, where it is automatically translated into scale score-aligned personalized learning paths to help students bridge gaps and make faster progress towards mastery of standards-aligned objectives.
At the end of the FSSD benchmark period, the Renaissance Learning™ STAR™ scores will automatically be transferred to Compass using the test translator, creating your students' learning paths. (*Note-any current assignments will remain). This is an outstanding opportunity to provide differentiated practice for your students!
Spotlight on Learning: Math at MES
Students in Lorrie Graves' second grade class used writing, math, and technology in this integrated approach to teaching multiplication. Students learned about arrays during various math lessons. One activity included each child creating a poster to demonstrate understanding of the math standard (shown below). Rather than write the answer to the multiplication problem on their posters, students used the website qrstuff.com to create their own QR codes to show the answer. Then students wrote a four paragraph explanation of what they did and what they learned. Finally, the children invited another class to read their informative writing, solve the problems on their posters, and use the iPads to scan the QR codes to check their answers!
Teacher Tech Tips: Differentiated Instruction
Wonders Collaboration
Making Words
Math Slides
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