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Examples of computer enhanced assessment questions Doesn't work on iPad -flash based

Wiki from Etech presentation

Andreas' Evernote notebook on all things Apple

PaperHelper uniquely splits your iPad screen in half providing you with a Internet Browser and a Document writer. 

Nice description on the use of formative assessment in angry birds

"Ever feel like your communication fails? Avoid this"

"With the growing popularity of YouTube there emerged several tools designed specifically to help users perform certain tasks on YouTube videos such as cropping, saving, sharing, downloading and many more. Not all these tools are free and some you need to pay for to start using. Luckily enough there is a bunch of important applications that are completely free and can be easily used by anyone to do the same job."

save youtube downloader

"Every year, more than 1 million students-that's 7,000 every school day-do not graduate from high school on time. Nationwide, only 69 percent of students earn their high school diplomas. Among minority students, only 56 percent of Hispanic, 54 percent of African American, and 51 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native students in the U.S. graduate with a regular diploma, compared to 77 percent of white students and 81 percent of Asian Americans."

"Videodropper lets you send YouTube videos directly to your Dropbox folder, so that you can watch them later at your leisure. You can also choose to optimize videos for viewing in an iPhone/iPod Touch. Login with your Dropbox to start the action. Or sign up on Dropbox(it's awesome!)."

recently assigned a new project to my 11th grade English students: The 20% Project. Although it's called a "project", that term is merely for student understanding and lack of a better word. This project is based on the "20 percent time" Google employees have to work on something other than their job description. It has been well documented, and Google has exponentially grown as a company while giving this 20 percent time

Great series of blog posts on education change

Ewan Mcintosh blog "One of seven posts about collaboration and why it nearly always fails to deliver results, inspired by Morten T Hansen's Collaboration. The quality of the teacher is the number one factor in the improvement of an education system, collaboration is the key factor in improving the quality of that teacher."

from PD 360

"The Progressive Science Initiative (PSI) is a program designed to support high levels ofPSI logo student achievement in physics, chemistry, and biology and was developed over 10 years by teachers. This program has led to high levels of Advanced Placement (AP) participation and passing rates. Using the same research-based, successful approaches as PSI, the ProgressivePMI logo Mathematics Initiative (PMI) was developed by teachers to support all of K-12 mathematics. Developed first to support the teaching of Algebra, these courses now also lead to AP Calculus."

"In this conversation, Alan November and Bob Goodman, Director of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning, discuss the inspiring work he his leading in the redesign of science curriculum. Through a logical reorganization of content, a rethinking of what good homework looks like and a robust teacher development program that has been initiated, students are graduating high school with an understanding of science at a depth that is truly remarkable."

"Differentiated Instruction: Setting the Pedagogy Straight Article Description: Rick Wormeli responds to criticisms and questions about the effectiveness of differentiated instruction."

This site is devoted to teaching educators how to use vodcasting to flip your classroom. This is the brainchild of Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams who are pioneers in the field of using vodcasts in the classroom. They have devised a new method of teaching called Pre-Vodcasting and the Flipped Classroom. In this model, students watch vodcasts at home and class time is spent in engaging hands-on activities and directed problem solving. Thus far, teachers and students using the Flipped Class model have been very successful in mastering science, mathematics and foreign language.