District Wide Information

Profile for Technology Literate Students


This week's example is from the Profiles for Technology Literate Students for grades 6-8.

1. Describe and illustrate a content-related concept or process using a model, simulation, or concept-mapping software. (1,2)

For teachers interested, my FLY presentation relates to this.  I am presenting four resources by WETA (Public Broadcasting for Greater Washington) and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  These four website resources provide reading strategies, best practices and other resources.  These will help with the profile above which is indicated for grades 6-8, but the websites are for PK-12.  Check out http://www.adlit.org/ for grades 4-12, http://www.readingrockets.org/ for grades PK-3, LDOnline for help with students with learning disabilities or ADHD, and Colorin' Colorado for resources for ELL students and families.

Formative Assessments and Technology
I attended the SW/WC Technology Conference on Friday.  One session was titled Formative Assessments and Technology.  I will highlight some of the technology tools that I thought were interesting.  If anyone would like a copy of the hand-out I received to try other technology tools for formative assessments, just send me an email.
1. Educreations - http://www.educreations.com/ or Educreations app
This is a recordable virtual whiteboard that can be used to create video lessons or explanations and then uploaded to the Educreations website. These lessons can be emailed if needed.
2. Socrative - http://www.socrative.com/ 
This is a response/assessment tool.  Teachers create questions and students access them through a wireless device with a web browser.  Socrative provides color-coded reports of student performance so you can analyze student performance results quickly and easily.
3. PaperRater - http://www.paperrater.com/
Paper Rater is a free tool that gives students feedback on writing assignments including a grammar checker, plagiarism detector, writing suggestions and a tentative grade based on word choice, spelling, grammar, and more.