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This is a blog post -with a template for copying - that shows how to create a rubric for every student that can be used to evaluate work.

"Vibby is a new service for breaking YouTube videos into segments and inserting comments into those segments. To segment a YouTube video on Vibby simply grab the URL for the video and paste into the Vibby editor. Once inserted into Vibby you can highlight a segment on the video timeline. Vibby then play only the sections you've highlighted. Click on a highlighted section to add a comment to it. Videos edited through Vibby can be shared via email, social media, or embedded into a blog or website."

AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. Use it as a tool for online brainstorming or embed it on your website or blog as a poll or guestbook.

A good article about using rubrics to measure growth without using identical pre- and post-tests

"Everystockphoto is an excellent search engine that allows you to conduct quick searches for free photos. Students can use it to look for images to use in their class projects and/or in their blogs and websites. Everystockphoto indexes and searches millions of free photos in all around the web. Photos returned in search results come under different licenses. Students need to verify the source license of images and make sure they have the permission to use them in their work."

A great list of great books!

A great guide to Chrome, including apps and extensions.

Good List of formative tools

Thinking of changing the way we grade

This week's Poetry Pairing features "American Income" by Afaa Michael Weaver and "Reflections on the Road to Yale" by Travis Reginal.

A good list of BYOD and Mobile learning apps

In our Olympic Sport Activity Packs you'll find everything you need to teach your students about four of the top events at this year's winter Olympic games. Each sport contains an overview and history of the sport, featured athletes, competing countries, and a primary and secondary Authentic Learning lesson plan

180 Days of Ideas for Discussion in Math