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Socrative | EdSurge - 0 views

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One of the applications I tried out was Socrative. It can best be described as online clickers. Here is an article that describes it more in detail. Since I teach at college and EVERYONE has cellphones, it is very easy (and fun) for students to use. And teachers get immediate feedback!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of the applications I tried out was Socrative. It can best be described as online clickers. Here is an article that describes it more in detail. Since I teach at college and EVERYONE has cellphones, it is very easy (and fun) for students to use. And teachers get immediate feedback!</div>

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Pinyin Practice | Mandarin Pronunciation Exercises and Learning Components - 2 views

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I like to share this blog with teachers who are teaching Chinese. It has many great apps and creative tools to help students learning Pinyin, which can be the most difficult initial hurdle to get over in learning Chinese.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I like to share this blog with teachers who are teaching Chinese. It has many great apps and creative tools to help students learning Pinyin, which can be the most difficult initial hurdle to get over in learning Chinese.</div>

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yflanders on 20 Jul 14

Awesome website, thanks for sharing. :D

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What's the best way to teach languages? | Teacher Network | The Guardian - 7 views

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- Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 15
  
  The opposite of most traditional language courses.
  
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anonymous on 17 Jul 15

Although this article is about British language education and it's two years old, my interest was piqued when I read it: ""Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learnt. The best way is to tell students right away that they are responsible for their own learning process, and the teacher is just a guide who has to motivate them."" Made me think about relevancy and how Tech is only one part of that.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Although this article is about British language education and it's two years old, my interest was piqued when I read it: ""Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learnt. The best way is to tell students right away that they are responsible for their own learning process, and the teacher is just a guide who has to motivate them."" Made me think about relevancy and how Tech is only one part of that.</div>

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Caroline Switzer Kelly on 18 Jul 15

Fascinating article. Quotes a professor of linguistics who suggests that one reason for the move to Task Based learning is that in the UK, unlike in Europe, students don't know English grammar - so teachers can no longer use that as a bridge between languages! The article also quotes Michael Erard, author of 'Babel No More,' - a study of people who speak multiple languages - says: "They use a mix [of methods], with a focus on accomplishing tasks, whether it's communicative tasks or translation tasks."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fascinating article. Quotes a professor of linguistics who suggests that one reason for the move to Task Based learning is that in the UK, unlike in Europe, students don't know English grammar - so teachers can no longer use that as a bridge between languages! The article also quotes Michael Erard, author of 'Babel No More,' - a study of people who speak multiple languages - says: "They use a mix [of methods], with a focus on accomplishing tasks, whether it's communicative tasks or translation tasks."</div>

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anonymous on 19 Jul 15

Yes, the Erard quote really gets to the heart of it: what combination of learning methods will work for each, individual student? Learning is personal and those who develop their own methods (hopefully with effective guidance) will go far.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yes, the Erard quote really gets to the heart of it: what combination of learning methods will work for each, individual student? Learning is personal and those who develop their own methods (hopefully with effective guidance) will go far.</div>

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marispi on 20 Jul 15

Really interesting. I wonder if we changed the setting to the U.S. if the same difficulties would apply. I never really thought about grammar being discarded simply because students don't know it well enough. While I've found that most students we teach don't understand their mother tongue, I still think that the shift to task-based work had as much to do with the lack of real communication skills. Just teaching them grammar and relying on them to go abroad to learn to speak wasn't doing it. That being said, I think the mixture of methods is best, and by mixture I mean the integration of many methods into accomplishing a task. And I agree that the meta-learning is key.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Really interesting. I wonder if we changed the setting to the U.S. if the same difficulties would apply. I never really thought about grammar being discarded simply because students don't know it well enough. While I've found that most students we teach don't understand their mother tongue, I still think that the shift to task-based work had as much to do with the lack of real communication skills. Just teaching them grammar and relying on them to go abroad to learn to speak wasn't doing it. That being said, I think the mixture of methods is best, and by mixture I mean the integration of many methods into accomplishing a task. And I agree that the meta-learning is key.</div>

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Marlene Johnshoy on 21 Jul 15

I remember getting a comment from a student once, many years ago, that she had learned more about English grammar in my Spanish class than anywhere else... (sigh)

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NCSSFL-ACTFL Global Can-Do Benchmarks | American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages - 1 views

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benchmarks ACTFL assessment carlatech15

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Very helpful for those who are still getting to know ACTFL standards. Includes short, non-jargony descriptions for studnts, and linked PDFs with various skills/tasks that they can check off for monitoring of their own progress in the interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive modes.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very helpful for those who are still getting to know ACTFL standards. Includes short, non-jargony descriptions for studnts, and linked PDFs with various skills/tasks that they can check off for monitoring of their own progress in the interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive modes.</div>

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How to teach a young introvert | ideas.ted.com - 4 views

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- Alyssa Ruesch on 21 Jul 15
  
  Apps to participate through electronic devices: Socrative, Kahoot, NearPod, TodaysMeet
  
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- Marlene Johnshoy on 22 Jul 15
  
  Plickers might be interesting for quick multiple choice responses.
  
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giving them opportunities to contribute to a class blog or something where their classmates will get to see their hearts and minds in this other forum. I think that really opens things up.
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But Cain particularly feels for one group of introverts: the quiet kids in a classroom.
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Our most important institutions, like schools and workplaces, are designed for extroverts,
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why is it that kids who prefer to go off by themselves or to work alone are seen as outliers?
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How about the very definition of “class participation?”
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how best to cultivate the talent of those students.
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a student who has one or two or three friends, and prefers to go deep with their friendships instead of being one of a big gang, there’s nothing wrong with that at all, in terms of it being a predictor for adulthood.
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If the kid is perfectly happy the way they are, they need to get the message that the way they are is cool.
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make sure to build quiet time into the school day, especially when kids are younger. Have 15 minutes set aside every day where the students just read.
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maximize choice.
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less group work in general.
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do more work in pairs, which is a way that both introverts and extroverts can thrive.
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challenge teachers to rethink what they mean by class participation and start thinking of it as classroom engagement instead.
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account the research of Anders Ericsson, who invented the concept of “deliberate practice.”
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tools that allow students to participate through their electronic devices as opposed to raising their hand.
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Apps that allow students to contribute to class discussions, sometimes anonymously and sometimes not.
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- Diane Nordin on 22 Jul 15
  
  I agree this statement of "Number one would be to make sure to build quiet time into the school day, especially when kids are younger. Have 15 minutes set aside every day where the students just read." Question: As a classroom teacher, I am with my students 42 minutes per day, how can I take almost half of this time for reading? Shouldn't this issue be addressed as a whole school wide??
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I agree this statement of "Number one would be to make sure to build quiet time into the school day, especially when kids are younger. Have 15 minutes set aside every day where the students just read." Question: As a classroom teacher, I am with my students 42 minutes per day, how can I take almost half of this time for reading? Shouldn't this issue be addressed as a whole school wide??</div>
  
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- Alyssa Ruesch on 22 Jul 15
  
  I agree with you Diane - that would be way too much time for reading in just your class. In some classes, I do a 5 - 10 minute "free-writing" exercise that is individual. It seems like you'd need to scale the time so that it's appropriate for your class.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I agree with you Diane - that would be way too much time for reading in just your class. In some classes, I do a 5 - 10 minute "free-writing" exercise that is individual. It seems like you'd need to scale the time so that it's appropriate for your class. </div>
  
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A lot of students who might be reticent at first will feel emboldened by having first discussed it with a partner.
- Diane Nordin on 22 Jul 15
  
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Small-scale socializing. Socializing in pairs and small groups.
- Diane Nordin on 22 Jul 15
  
  My groups are mostly formed in 3 to 4 students, so it is easier to form a think-pair-share and compare best answer for their group.
  
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anonymous on 02 Aug 15

Wow, just imagine how much calmer the world could be if classrooms were set up to allow for multiple temperaments as well as learning styles?! Also, the think-pair-share concept is fantastic; I've been using the "alone-paired-large group" sequence for language learners in groups since I got my CELTA certification and it's been hugely successful. Nobody wants to be wrong in public, and when learners have a chance to discuss it with a partner first, they are more likely to share their ideas.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wow, just imagine how much calmer the world could be if classrooms were set up to allow for multiple temperaments as well as learning styles?! Also, the think-pair-share concept is fantastic; I've been using the "alone-paired-large group" sequence for language learners in groups since I got my CELTA certification and it's been hugely successful. Nobody wants to be wrong in public, and when learners have a chance to discuss it with a partner first, they are more likely to share their ideas.</div>

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Questions from First-Time Online Instructors - 1 views

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There are a lot of questions that are pretty obvious that teachers new to online teaching will ask. and then there are all the questions that they don't even know they should ask - until they get into things!

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How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class | Ditch That Textbook - 1 views

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"The digital age has opened classrooms up to a figurative stack of magazines that's virtually unlimited, searchable and easily usable. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The digital age has opened classrooms up to a figurative stack of magazines that's virtually unlimited, searchable and easily usable. "</div>

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Tip of the Week: Tumblr in your classroom? Maybe. Just maybe. | History Tech - 2 views

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carlatech15 tumblr socialnetworking blog

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The truth is, every platform has its strengths and weaknesses. My argument here is pretty simple–there is no perfect platform for student blogging because everything that does exactly what a teacher wants sucks for students, and anything that is exactly what a student wants will probably get a teacher fired.
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- ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
  
  Tumblr was a bit hard to navigate for me but it allowed for a lot for creativity, I can see why students would like it.
  
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seven quick reasons why Tumblr may be perfect for the writing / blogging / posting / literacy piece in your room: Students can post by email. There’s an “ask” system. It’s social-by-design. Hashtags, sharing, reblogging, tweeting–it operates both as social media and a blogging system. It’s flexible. It can be visual or textual; video or gifs; audio or links; conversational or one-sided. It’s already on their phones. Well, most of them. Though they may delete it when they found out that you know. It’s dead simple to use. Reblogging is an interesting way to share thinking–and simple too. Maybe too simple to be considered cognitive heavy lifting, but that’s all in how you use it. Liking posts, using hashtags, posting new blogs–all simple to do from a tablet, phone, laptop, or desktop. It’s platform-agnostic. It works (almost) equally well across operating systems, much like Evernote. In fact, it can be thought of as the Evernote of blogging platforms.
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- ncsargo on 01 Aug 15
  
  All of these functions are pretty impressive, I feel like tumblr is a little more flexible than other blogs in what content you can add to the blog such as gifs, audio, video, links etc.
  
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Tumblr is microblogging and social networking website that many of your students are using. As of last week, there were over 200 million Tumblr blogs out there. Think of a cross between Twitter and Facebook and you start to get a sense of what it looks like. It’s not really a tweet. It’s not really a blog. It’s not really a website
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6 Creative Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom | Edudemic - 3 views

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4. Use it for tutoring.
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  In Skype Classroom, you will find some people who are providing tutoring service there.
  
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5. Host a virtual Career Exploration Day.
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The Tools That Help
- Diane Nordin on 07 Aug 15
  
  Nice list of tools that can be used with (or without) Skype.
  
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Skype is one more free and infinitely useful tool that educators can add to their toolbox
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1. Use it to collaborate with other classrooms.
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3. Enable participation (and catch-up) for students outside of the classroom.
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2. Use it to conduct expert interviews.
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Q&A or more of a lecture
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doing some research and coming up with questions in advance, so they have an opportunity to interact with the expert and learn more.
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Students will get a glimpse into different career options and learn a little more about their peers, and parents get a chance to be more involved with the class
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marispi on 09 Aug 15

The expert interviews are something I need to do more of. Love the idea of a virtual Career day. Would be a good way to keep alums connected.

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Language Learning & Technology - 4 views

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technology language journal LLT

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If you're not familiar with this online journal yet, you should get to know it! All about languages and technology.

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Mobile Learning on the iPhone - Getting Started by Paul Clothier : Learning Solutions Magazine - 0 views

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how to develop programming for the mobile crowd - without special tools or technology. Formats, design considerations, aspect ratio and template

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Facebook Gets 3D Voice Chat - 1 views

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3d facebook chat

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We need to try this!

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Digital Storytelling in the Foreign Language Classroom | ELTWorldOnline.com - 0 views

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Abstract "Digital storytelling is a compelling activity for the language classroom. Easy to use for both writing and speaking practice, digital storytelling can be a good way to motivate students to use the language both inside and outside the classroom. Many teachers report high motivation levels, and not only for their students! In this practical article I will briefly outline what digital storytelling is and give some tips on how to get started."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Abstract "Digital storytelling is a compelling activity for the language classroom. Easy to use for both writing and speaking practice, digital storytelling can be a good way to motivate students to use the language both inside and outside the classroom. Many teachers report high motivation levels, and not only for their students! In this practical article I will briefly outline what digital storytelling is and give some tips on how to get started."</div>

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Views: Myths About Fair Use - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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Marlene Johnshoy on 02 Aug 11

This gets talked about all the time - here's another article that is supposed to help make things clearer...

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Summer PD: New Teacher Boot Camp Week 3 - Using Storybird | Edutopia - 1 views

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storybird storytelling bootcamp edutopia

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Marlene Johnshoy on 15 Aug 11

We need to get all of the "Boot Camp" pages in here, I think! This one is on Storybird

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Facebook: el peor enemigo del rendimiento escolar - Univision Vida y Familia - 0 views

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Is Facebook making students more narcissistic or are narcissistic students drawn to Facebook? Checking Facebook every 15 minutes during an hour of study? You'll get worse grades...

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21st Century Icebreakers: 13 Ways To Get To Know Your Students with Technology | TeachBytes - 5 views

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icebreakers carlatech14 week 3 tech technology Carla

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I like this listing of ice breakers. Many would work in a language classroom with some tweaking, depending on the level. I like 2, 7, and 9 for novice low-mid students.

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Edutopia News - 1 views

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If you don't get the Edutopia newsletters, or haven't taken a look around their site - please do so! They are not all about technology, but have lots of teaching and learning information in innovative ways - and also a section dedicated to technology use!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If you don't get the Edutopia newsletters, or haven't taken a look around their site - please do so! They are not all about technology, but have lots of teaching and learning information in innovative ways - and also a section dedicated to technology use!</div>

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10 ways for teachers, students to share links in class | Ditch That Textbook - 0 views

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links share URLs collect dtt Matt

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How to collect a number of URLs and get them to your students easily. Most of these would work for F2F and online.

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Multiple Choice Exam Theory (Just In Time For The New Term) - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 2 views

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multiplechoice MOOC test

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Marlene Johnshoy on 11 Jan 13

This doesn't really apply to language level exams, but for those of you who are interested in the MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) and how to get beyond Bloom's level 1 in testing, this article has an interesting idea for multiple choice tests.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This doesn't really apply to language level exams, but for those of you who are interested in the MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) and how to get beyond Bloom's level 1 in testing, this article has an interesting idea for multiple choice tests.</div>

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Jacqueline Trademan on 12 Jan 13

thanks for the article link, Marlene. I am collecting articles/info about assessment and testing for a board I have going on Pinterest and for a Diigo group I have set up for my students here at my school in Chicago. It's a private group, but I am happy to invite you in if you are interested.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">thanks for the article link, Marlene. I am collecting articles/info about assessment and testing for a board I have going on Pinterest and for a Diigo group I have set up for my students here at my school in Chicago. It's a private group, but I am happy to invite you in if you are interested.</div>

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