Score Keeper – What is it and how can I use it? Platform – iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad Price – free in the App Store (NOTE: this is listed as an iPhone app) Download – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/score-keeper-by-learning-dojo/id954956153?mt=8 Overview Using Team Based Learning or Gaming in your classroom? Having a hard time easily keeping or resetting the score? Score…
Category Archives: Assessment
Technology Standards for Assessment/Activities
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) is the leader in supporting “the use of information technology to aid in learning, teaching of K-12 students and teachers.” This not-for-profit organization has created standards for students and instructors regarding the use of technology. These ISTE Standards are the standards for learning, teaching and leading in the…
Paper + Clickers = Plickers: an easy way to add interaction to your classes
Clickers (or audience response systems) are a great way to check for understanding, poll students’ opinions, and even give quizzes. Normally it requires the students to have a purchased clicker such as iClicker or Turning Point or a phone, tablet or computer for use with software like Poll Everywhere. Either way, there is an investment…
Guest Post: Scaffolding through screen casting and flipped classrooms for digital natives
Margaret Hagood, Associate Professor in Teacher Education, writes about how she altered an existing assignment to scaffold learning. I teach literacy education courses to students in the department of Teacher Education. The field of literacy has changed considerably over the past 10 years, now encompassing the ability to read and write words in traditional printed…
Activity Makeover – Transforming a Current Events Assignment
Twitter? Tweet? Hash tag? What does it all mean? Well to Louise Ackerman, in Health & Human Performance, it means a way to transform a traditional current events assignment into something more fluid and relevant using Twitter *. The Old Assignment So here’s the old assignment: The goal is for the students to stay abreast…