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Rather than assessing students by traditional tests, a portfolio offers a more creative expression of student skills.It shows the strengths of a student, regardless of if they are strong test takers, and is more adaptable to the individual.

Resource #4: I enjoyed this resource because it can be paired with the brain pop video in resource #3. This quiz can be used to inform students about digital etiquette and test their knowledge for what is and is not acceptable when communicating with technology.

This is a website that elementary school teachers can go to and create a classroom website. It costs $29 for the year but the website literally becomes your own, URL and all. You can design the website anyway you would like and then you just share the URL with your students and teachers and they can access what you are learning from their home.

Pinterest gives users access to everything from creative ways to make lesson plans, to DIY crafts in the classroom, to external links to worksheets for all subjects. We felt education boards on Pinterest could be useful because they are easy to navigate and can expose teachers to new websites and resources.

Join a game of Kahoot! here. Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn - any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages! A great tool for testing review!

This is an excellent mini clip about why creativity is important for human development! It also teaches you some great tips on how to help your creativity flow!

This is an excellent mini clip about why creativity is important for human development! It also teaches you some great tips on how to help your creativity flow!

A great collection of assessments that function within the bounds of formative and summative in order to measure students in a differentiated classroom. Testing to discover learning style as well as appropriate technological aid is incredible important and beneficial within a classroom that is working towards 21st century standards.

This site is a great free website to make tests, quizzes, etc. You can view your students' results easily.

This is a great article because it gives the opinions/perspectives of three different professionals about assessment with technology.

This resource is a web-based learning management system.Which allows you to be organize and connect with your students. It's just like D2L.

This is one of the websites from week 7's Blendspace stations.

Rob Miller is a middle school principal in Jenks and has unique and interesting views about the state department, state superintendent, state testing and specifically the A-F report card. His blog is well written and always interesting. Enjoy.

Article about using instructional websites to differentiate

I think this site is perfect for chapter 8 because it is an excellent resource for finding iPad apps suitable for all age groups and subject areas. It even has apps for Bloom's Taxonomy!

This is a great website that talks about different apps for teachers and students, it is categorized into many groups for easy access.

Get recommended app lists, webcasts and resources selected by Apple Distinguished Educators. Our recommended apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. We are what we app! I chose this resource for chapter 8 because it has recommended apps for numerous grade levels and subjects along with apps for special education students and teachers. This is a reliable source that can be useful with searching for educational apps.

This looks really cool and would be great for incorporating lots of photos into a production or as a stand-alone.

According to the textbook, this is a great source to use to "bundle" all of one lessor, or a whole course into one, easy to use site. By using My Big Campus, you are using Web-Based Learning Management Systems (LMS) to incorporate student management tools into your daily learning.

A Learning Management Systems is a wonderful tool that gives you access to class information at your fingertips! The features include: syllabi, teaching materials, quizzes, tests, survey, email, discussion forums, automatic grade book and drop box, just to name a few. Most school districts provide an LMS but if not, My Big Campus is a good resource.

My Big Campus is a Learning Management System that extends the classroom to a safe and engaging online environment, balancing educational use of Web technologies with network and student safety.

A good checklist that can be used in or out of the classroom to help students identify reliable resources.

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