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Welcome to the Balanced Assessment Wiki! Goals Increase knowledge of types of assessment Make connections between 21st-century learning and assessment Explore research to support balanced assessment and technology integration in assessment Recognize the impact of Higher Order Thinking Skills in effective integration of technology into assessment Demonstrate activities that integrate technology tools Discuss questions related to the implementation of assessment supported by technology tools

"The CCRS Center, in partnership with the Center on Great Teachers and LeadersExternal Links icon (GTL Center) and RTI InternationalExternal Links icon, developed Integrating Employability Skills: A Framework for All Educators, a Professional Learning Module (PLM), to support regional comprehensive centers, state educational agency staff, and state regional centers in building their knowledge and capacity to integrate and prioritize employability skills at the state and local levels. This interactive module - a collection PowerPoint slides, handouts, sample agenda, a workbook and tools for individuals or state workgroups, and a facilitator's guide - provides the following activities:"

"Using RabbleBrowser, one person can lead or facilitate a shared experience with an unlimited number of locally connected peers. As the leader browses the Web or views files, the others in the session with them will see the path they are taking. Integrated group chat, private chat and bookmark sharing keeps the collaboration levels high. Using the easy integrated social tools, anyone in the session can share URLs to the Web via email, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook."

"is new Padagogy Wheel (which honestly is less about iPads and more about technology integration now) should encourage you to focus on redefining your current standards, the current role tech plays in your classroom, and just about everything else. The new visual wants you to start creating, not just understanding or analyzing."

"This policy brief provides a synthesis of the key takeaways from the Annotated Bibliography and describes policy considerations for integrating LLS into education objectives. Staff working in state education agencies can use the resources found in the Annotated Bibliography to provide a rationale for integrating LLS into a state's college and career readiness strategies and initiatives."

"Research & Best Practices How does the integration of technology and media improve instruction and student learning? Our collection of recent research and best practices provides answers and can help you plan the best approach for your students. The resources are divided into the following categories: Access & The Digital Divide Accessible/Assistive Technologies Distance Education Emerging Technologies Evaluating Programs & Practices Internet Safety Leadership & Technology Research Clearinghouses & Publications Student Learning Teacher Practice & Professional Development Visual Media"

"Visible Thinking includes a large number of classroom routines, easily and flexibly integrated with content learning, and representing areas of thinking such as understanding, truth and evidence, fairness and moral reasoning, creativity, self-management, and decision making. It also provides tools for integrating the arts with subject-matter content. Finally, it includes a practical framework for how to create "cultures of thinking" in individual classrooms and within an entire school."

"Since the dawn of time, English teachers have been requiring their students to write and present persuasive speeches.  By integrating student use of a number of technology tools, we have not only enlivened our rather tired persuasive speech unit, but also enhanced critical thinking opportunities for students and teachers alike.  Our new unit, a partnership between English teachers and the teacher librarian, integrates activities that meet virtually all the ELA standards."

"All your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That's Slack. - Real time messaging, file sharing, supporting one-to-one and group conversations - Powerful search and archiving, meaning no one is ever left out of the loop - Dozens of integrations with tools including: Dropbox, Asana, Google+ Hangouts, Twitter, Zendesk - New integrations and features added frequently - Inline images and video, with rich link summaries giving context without leaving the app - Instantly synced across all devices - Configurable notifications for desktop, mobile push and email - Scientifically proven (or at least rumored) to make your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive"

"Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College that develops and provides lesson plans, media materials, training, and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels, including integration with the new common core standards."

"By rethinking the schedule and integrating the curriculum, we were able to create a program that is adaptable to student needs and more tightly tied to their chosen trades. Students rarely ask "Why do I need to know this" because they are given the opportunity to apply their learning to their engineering, IT, or performing arts career areas immediately. All of this is made possible by leveraging technology to add asynchronous components to the learning environment, allowing students to move more quickly than their peers or receive additional help from members of the learning community."

"Souhegan High School is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, founded by Ted Sizer of Brown University.  Since it opened in 1992 inclusive education has been an integral part of its philosophy and practice.   This film illustrates how eight essential elements of school reform all work together to create an "inclusive community of learners" for each and every student at the school.  A student with significant disabilities, Amro Diab, is shown in a number of academic, social, and extracurricular situations, as an example of how "all means all" at this break-the-mold school. "

"Student friendly learning goals force teachers to clarify key outcomes together, make it easier to integrate student self-assessment into your lessons, and serve as the perfect tool for communicating essential standards to parents and practitioners beyond your classroom. "

Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters. An extensive and adaptable collection of practices, Visible Thinking has a double goal: on the one hand, to cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions, and, on the other, to deepen content learning. By thinking dispositions, we mean curiosity, concern for truth and understanding, a creative mindset, not just being skilled but also alert to thinking and learning opportunities and eager to take them

"The Teaching Innovation Progression Chart helps provide teachers with a structure for self-reflection and growth. It is designed to encourage conversation around 21st Century learning and assess progress to meet the goal of full integration of a 21st Century classroom"

"Learning logs are a simple and straightforward way to help students integrate content, process, and personal feelings. Learning logs operate from the stance that students learn from writing rather than writing what they have learned"

"Many people who have disabilities require a diverse set of strategic supports and resources in order to realize their full potential. It is through such supports and resources that these individuals can realize goals such as full, integrated competitive employment. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), such as communication boards and devices, give a "voice" to people who experience challenges communicating in more traditional ways. This website provides on-line multimedia resources to support your journey in successfully achieving vocational goals through more independent communication. "

"Among the curriculum innovations Williamson examines are High Tech High, a charter school network in San Diego that integrates technical and academic education; Opening Minds, a "competence-based" curriculum used in 200 British secondary schools; and Quest to Learn, a "high school for digital kids" in New York City (with a sister school in Chicago). He also describes two major partnerships: the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, which advocates for "21st century readiness" for American students; and the Whole Education Alliance in Britain, a network of "third sector" educational organizations."

"Welcome! This is the place to find 'best of class' ed tech to integrate in Common Core curriculum. We'll identify web resources and tablet apps that students can use to demonstrate deep knowledge in creative and engaging ways. We'll also highlight information from other ed tech blogs, and provide a way to communicate about "Common Core ed tech.""