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Maintaining Student Work Portfolios with Google Drive

I distinctly remember being told to maintain student writing portfolios when I first started teaching. I did not like doing it. When I say student writing portfolio, I mean a few milk crates with hanging folders stuffed sporadically with student work. It was a clumsy process and I often put student work in the portfolios…

BYOD and Assessment: A Brief Video

Here is a brief video about how to use technology for assessment in districts with a BYOD policy in place. Share This:

Be the Authority! 5 Tips for Improving Engagement and Learning

Ownership of learning is an important part of engagement. Students who take ownership and pride in their learning will be more engaged in the process and walk away from their work having learned more. I try to impress upon my high school psychology students that anyone who visits our class (administrators) should be able to…

Highlighting Tool: A Great Google Add-On Resource

Add-ons are a great resource to use in Google Drive. They open a host of options when using Google Apps. There are add-ons available for several of the different available apps. These include self grading add-ons for Google Forms like Flubaroo and Easy Bib for easing the task of citing your sources when writing a research…

Flipped Classrooms and Online Discussions

The term “flipped classroom” is one of the biggest buzzwords in education today. A flipped classroom is defined as “a form of blended learning in which students learn content online by watching video lectures, usually at home, and homework is done in class” (Flipped classroom, n.d., para. 1). I like the concept of flipped classrooms,…