Ed Tech @ OSU

This website is a great resource because it provides 12 great academic search engines that teachers and students can use in the classroom. Search engines make it easier and safer for students because they narrow the search down, using only selected sites pertaining to the specific content area.

Google Custom Search twitter account is a great way to discover how the search engine functions. It is also a could source to collect ideas on different ways to use the search engine in general or even in the classroom. The twitter account's default reads: "News, tips and updates from the Custom Search team."

This video is extremely helpful because it walks a person through using a search engine. The article on this same site also relates useful information. One part of the article reads: "This little crash course will teach you how to explore the Net more efficiently."

This particular site is for English teachers and gives 101 excellent other sites that English teachers can use in the classroom. Also, students can take part in fun and engaging activities that have to do with English. goedonline.com is a great resource in general because it provides useful sites for all content areas. I used it to select 10 or so sites for each content area to give to my classmates when they are creating their custom search engine.

This video is lengthy, but it is definitely worth watching for information on how to search effectively using Google. The man speaking throughout gives tips on what to search and how to search without getting thousands of hits on each search. You all should watch it!

This site shows assessments of school districts

This site shows assessments of school districts

This site lists the academic standards of Oklahoma

This site lists the academic standards of Oklahoma

Find information on the Standards Setting Steering Committee and about the process of developing new state standards in math and English language arts. Visit the hub for Oklahoma's new K-12 academic standards. Oklahoma Academic Standards serve as expectations for what students should know and be able to do by the end of the school year.

Site shows how to evaluate educators in Oklahoma

Site shows how to evaluate educators in Oklahoma

This site shows the two assessment types for students - Formative and Summative

Differentiated assessment is an ongoing process of evaluation where the teacher gathers information and data before, during, and after instruction to better facilitate the learning. This website gives several examples that teachers can use for assessing.

I thought this was a nice resource for ideas to differentiate your assessments. One of the items for fair assessment was many different kinds of measures. This source provides you with a lot of good ideas as well as cool activities

This article discusses assessment practices and how to make them fair for every student

This article discusses assessment practices and how to make them fair for every student

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

This blog post is great because she discusses different technological venues to receive feedback from students.

This blog explains the different uses for an app called ClassDojo. This app is a tool for classroom management and student behavior assessment.

This page is an awesome resource for assessing students and creating rubrics.

Here is a useful guide by Kathy Shrock to help with assessment and rubrics.

An interesting article discussing how assessments and testing need to be altered to keep up with technology.