Collecting #ELL Anecdotal Records with #OneNoteEDU #msftedu
Most language learning assessment tools are rooted in paper and pencil. As Surface tablets, iPads, and Chromebooks find their way into teachers’ hands, new technologies can move us
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RTI4Success and Old Friends at #iplza15 @pfite
What a joy it is to run into old friends! As I walked the halls of Eanes ISD High School, I found myself drawn to a familiar voice coming from one of the classrooms at the end of t
Does Testing Hamper Creativity? @diben
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#Free for Education - Voxdox #iPad app #Text2Speech
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The Network Strikes Back - Speech to Text
A few months ago, I had a conversation with an assessment services director about the best tools for conduct the state oral assessment. Here are some of my hastily scribbled notes
Device-Agnostic State Assessments: Dream or Soon to Be Reality? TestNAV, iStation and iPads and/or Chromebooks
When will the state education agencies (SEA) stop telling school districts what equipment to use for state assessments and tutorials, and instead, ask, "What equipment do school di
Assessing Digital Learning Environments #samr #txeduchat
Assessing Digital Learning Environments samr txeduchat
From Grade-based to ePortfolios
Some time in the last two weeks, I fou
Classroom Learning Activity Rubric
A few of us have been hacking away at an existing rubric that attempts to capture what one should see when they walk into the classroom. Every rubric reveals a bit of our biases an
Classroom Walkthroughs with HEAT
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Pointing Out the Fly in Pearson's Soup #ok #oklahoma @pearson
H as Pearson told anyone else that they need to put a windows firewall exception in a firewall service that is turned off? Seems to me that if the firewall is OFF then the se
TCEA Promises NCLB 8th Grade Technology Literacy Assessment
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TPRI/CIRCLE Assessment
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NCLB Tech Assessment for Administrators (Texas)
There has been some question regarding a memo published by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Below is my take on it, along
Cost of Testing vs Technology
A month or two ago, a colleague in Texas shared the following information with the TEC SIG list: TEA has recommended that we do online testing in conjunction with the replacement
Texas Tech Literacy for Students - Learning.com's Response
In response to this blog entry on Transparency in Texas Technology Literacy for Student Assessments,
Why Use Web Apps over Handhelds
Note: This post is another attempt to think through, to consider, various perspectives about Wireless Generation's continued emphasis on the use of handhelds for learning assessm
Wireless Generation on Handheld Assessments
A follow up on the blog entry about FOSS Handheld App or Web based App. The question in that entry was:
SchoolNet Merges with Campusware
Late breaking news...originally shared here: SchoolNet Merges with Campusware Provider of Leading Online Grade Book:
TCEA2009 - Texas CTO Meeting with Texas Education Agency's John Lopez
John Lopez (Texas Education Agency) shared some interesting information at the Texas CTO (COSN) meeting today that took place at the Hilton, adjacent to the TCEA Convention in Aust
The Biggest Disparity
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Gradespeed Update (Revised 01/13/2009)
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Instrument Possibilities for 8th Grade NCLB Tech Lit assessment
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TX Gradebook Wrangle (Updated September 2010)
Update September, 2010: It's now been a few years and TxGradebook appears to have improved significantly, garnering positive testimonials from Texas technology directors quoted
Transparency in Texas Tech Literacy for Student Assessments
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Atomic Learning Tech Literacy Assessment Tool
Atomic Learning recently announced there Tech Assessment program for students, just in time for Thanksgiving Break, which means most Texas schools won't be able to use the assessme
Pop the Bubble in Your District
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