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Evaluating Ed Tech Tools: Our New System

August 6, 2014 by Casey Daigle

During a recent workshop at CES, a participant asked us to develop a system for evaluating edtech tools. She said, all she wants is a simple red, yellow, green rating that was informed by a list of criteria. Based on her request, we have developed a system & are testing it on this blog (lucky you!).

Check back to see reviews of edtech tools. If you have any that you’d like us to evaluate, send them along!… [Read More]

Filed Under: EdTech Review, News Tagged With: EdTech, research, resources, Review, rubric, tech tools

One (Rubric) for All?

April 29, 2014 by Casey Daigle

How do we create guidelines and rubrics that allow flexibility for student-selected demonstrations of learning?

Recently, we have been working with middle school technology teachers to develop a DDM (District Determined Measure – more on those here, better get some coffee first). Once we selected the standard* we wanted to use, we started in on the rubric. Drafting the rubric–what we wanted students to be able to do, demonstrate, understand, and apply–wasn’t so difficult. The challenge came in creating the prompt (activity, assessment) that would give the teachers enough information to identify if students got it or where they needed more practice and instruction.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Amy Burvall, citation, classroom, classroom teachers, ddm, EdTech, ISTE, ISTE NETS, plagiarism, research, rubric

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