Month: March 2013

How to Get Hesitant Teachers to Use Technology

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See on Scoop.it – Leader of Pedagogy

As a tech advocate, I often find myself coaxing established educators to incorporate new tools & technologies. Here are some ways I’ve found to be successful.

Ness Crouch‘s insight:

Currently, all our Leaders of Pedagogy are facing this situation. How do we encourage resistant technology users? This article gives us a few simple but useful ways of encouraging those not eager to use or jump into technology. 

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5 Great Apps for Assessing with Quizzes

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“Assessment reports and online grading tools take away the tedious task of collecting and grading quizzes, as well as provide educators with spreadsheet-style assessment results that can focus on the student, the question, or even the topic. To help bring solutions to the classroom, our Teq PD team created this eBook, to inform you about some of our favorite and most useful assessment apps.”

Ness Crouch‘s insight:

Certainly not my favourite way of assessing but a useful way of seeing progress. I sometimes use quizzes as formative assessment and sometimes as a pre assessment to gauge current knowledge.

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5 Great Apps for Assessing with Quizzes

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See on Scoop.it – Leader of Pedagogy

“Assessment reports and online grading tools take away the tedious task of collecting and grading quizzes, as well as provide educators with spreadsheet-style assessment results that can focus on the student, the question, or even the topic. To help bring solutions to the classroom, our Teq PD team created this eBook, to inform you about some of our favorite and most useful assessment apps.”

See on teq.sites.hubspot.com

Four Meaningful Ways Students Can Contribute | MindShift

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“Bestselling author and educational expert Alan November’s new book Who Owns the Learning?: Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age compiles lessons learned over 30 years of educational experience. Beginning with his first teaching job, November began to realize that the most powerful education happens when students take ownership of their learning and when they feel that what they produce contributes meaningfully to a community.”

Ness Crouch‘s insight:

I certainly agree. Giving students choice and control of their learning empowers them, encourages risk taking in learning and also inspires confidence. In my experience when children are guided through a learning process first they develop skills and confidence to independently learn. 

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