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Padlet is like a digital notice board or communication poster. Padlet is a living document where students and teachers are able to post content such as assignments, images, videos, and links. Padlet promotes creativity, communication, and collaboration. Padlet is great for students in grades 4-8 that already have some experience with digital tools and platforms. Students in grades 4-8 are able to utilize all of Padlet's features to maximize learning.

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Flip is a video sharing digital platform. Students are able to connect and demonstrate their learning in new and exciting ways. Flip can be a classroom game-changer, especially for struggling readers and writers. Students make and respond to peers in a video format. Flip is adaptable to any grade level but especially suited for grades 4-8. Students in this grade range generally enjoy making videos and viewing peer's videos and have enough experience to navigate the website effectively.

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Flip can be used for a variety of subjects and activities. For formative assessments start with students explaining a process or their understanding of a lesson or topic. For example, instruct students to create a video explaining the process of partial quotient division. Allow students to incorporate visual aids such as whiteboards, anchor charts, or images. This formative assessment will quickly establish which students need to be retaught and which ones are ready for extension. For a summative assessment, consider adding oral presentation or demonstration via Flip as an option for an end of unit demonstration of knowledge. This option can help struggling readers and writers to demonstrate their knowledge in less stressful manner. Examples could include science project presentations, reader's theater performances, historical biography presentations, poetry recitals, etc.

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Blooket lends itself best to formative assessment. Basic fact recall and definition or formula memorization are great examples of ways to use Blooket in the classroom. To use Blooket as a formative assessment in your classroom, start with math. Choose from hundreds of games focused on the memorization of multiplication (or division) facts. Allow students to select a different version of the game each time you play. You can play live as a class or assign it as part of their math work. After facts have been mastered by most students, move on to Blookets that review multiplication properties or any other target you need to revisit.

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Blooket is a quiz style learning platform that students love. Teachers are able to create their own assessments as well as select different versions of the games. Students enjoy leveling up and selecting avatars. Students can work individually or collaboratively. Blooket is an engaging and customizable platform perfect for students in grades 4-8.

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Blooket provides a live leaderboard for a quick formative assessment or exit ticket. Teachers can also review reports after the game for classroom trends as well as individual student data. This information can be used to inform instruction. Teachers can assign additional Blookets or create groups and/or assignments to address student needs based on game data.

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Flip offers anecdotal evidence and data. Teachers will be able to observe how students responded to the prompt as well as observe their general understanding of the topic, target, or standard. Teachers will also observe how students interact with each other by reading all posts, comments, and replies. Teachers can use this information to maximize learning by reteaching students who are not meeting the standard. Teachers can also offer Flip as an accommodation for EL students, students with anxiety, low readers and writers, or any student who feels comfortable on the platform. Flip can also be used as a great SEL check-in for self-reflection and to help teachers decide which lessons would be most appropriate for their students (Teach BeTween the Lines, 2017).

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Nearpod lessons have embedded checks for understanding such as polls, opportunities to illustrate, matching activities, quizzes, free response, etc. Depending on lesson objectives, these forms of assessment could be used formatively and/or summatively. For a fun introduction to Nearpod try one of their lessons on cultural celebrations. Use formative assessments like the poll feature to gauge how much knowledge students already have on the subject or what specifically they would like to learn. A summative assessment of the lesson could include students illustrating a thinking map, creating a timeline, or written description of the holiday.

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Nearpod is an interactive digital lesson program. Nearpod has thousands of pre-made lessons and assessments in the form of slides. Teachers can edit all activities or create their own. Students can interact with the lessons both synchronously and asynchronously. Teachers are able to view live student participation. Nearpod is ideal for grades 4-8 because it is engaging, supportive, and efficient. Students in these grades enjoy the embedded games, videos, and virtual field trips.

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Nearpod gives live formative results to questions and activities as well as detailed reports on all student interactions with the platform. Teachers can examine responses to individual questions as well as view data charts on whole classroom participation and accuracy. To inform instruction, teachers can view information live to help determine the pace of the lesson and/or to select group discussion questions. Nearpod data can be used to group students for RTI. These reports can also be shared with parents to increase family communication.

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Padlet is an interactive message board best used to formatively assess. Padlet is a collaborative method to examine a subject. One way to use Padlet is to have students upload a photo of an assignment and grade themselves based on a rubric. Another activity could be where students link a narrative and students are then asked to critique or comment on the work using the, Two Stars and a Wish method (Math & Science Collaborative Inquiry Project, 2011).

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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1.1.c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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Most of the data received from a Padlet activity will be anecdotal. Teachers are able to observe student's understanding of the learning objective as well as their interactions with peers. When using Padlet to self-assess, teachers can determine if students are able to self-reflect and make revisions based on their reflections. Padlet also has activity reports for basic interactions on the platform. Padlet helps to maximize student learning by facilitating a creative, collaborative, and engaging environment for teachers to assess student learning in an innovative way.

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MobyMax offers both formative and summative assessment options within their program. For grades 4-8, MobyMax is especially useful for summative or progress monitoring assessments. MobyMax offers lessons, graphics, articles, and videos to help support learning and to aid in assessment. Because of this, students interact with standards for longer periods of time than other types learning platforms. It is best to analyze MobyMax data at the completion of lessons or units. MobyMax data and inform instruction and maximize learning by determining student grouping for RTI. MobyMax is also great to fill in student learning gaps and to modify and support students on an IEP.

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MobyMax is adaptive and will automatically use current data to assign individualized assignments and tasks. This is especially helpful when the actual teacher is not present or available like in the case of an emergency absence, class splits, or when the teacher is working in small groups. MobyMax provides data on individual lessons and assessments as well as student's individual progress toward the standard. Teachers are also able to create their own assessments and preferred delivery method of data such as a spreadsheet. Teachers can use MobyMax data as a Tier 2 resource to respond to student needs by assigning specific lessons and activities or meeting with students in a small group setting.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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1.1.b Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
(ISTE, 2022)

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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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ISTE Standard: 1.2: Digital Citizenship: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

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ISTE Standard: 1.2: Digital Citizenship: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

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1.2.b Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
(ISTE, 2022)

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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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ISTE Standard: 1.2: Digital Citizenship: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

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ISTE Standard: 1.2: Digital Citizenship: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

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1.2.b Students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices.
(ISTE, 2022)

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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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1.1.b Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
(ISTE, 2022)

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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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ISTE Standard: 1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

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1.1.c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
(ISTE, 2022)

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The ISTE Student Standards guide educators toward student-driven learning practices that prepare students to thrive in an evolving technological landscape.

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International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (2022). ISTE standards: students. https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students

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Math & Science Collaborative Inquiry Project. (2011). Formative assessment techniques to employ students as learning resources for each other. Northwest educational service district 189. https://www.nwesd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/LR_Two_Stars_and_a_Wish_kdj.pdf

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Teach BeTween the Lines. (2017). 10 Unique and creative reflection techniques & lessons for the secondary students. Teachwriting.org. https://www.teachwriting.org/612th/2017/12/28/10-unique-and-creative-reflection-techniques-lessons-for-the-secondary-

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One of my favorite reflection lessons is the Reflect 'n' Sketch activity. When I began teaching, I only saw my students as readers and writers. I could see their struggles and successes within my subject alone. Then, after teaching tone and mood to a group of eighth graders, I asked students to draw a picture of the mood of a poem. Through this activity, I saw my struggling readers excel with beautiful artwork. I realized that my subject, English, is not the only skill to be had. Many of my students excelled in other areas, especially those who struggled in my class. This experience inspired my Reflect 'n' Sketch activity. This gives students the option to draw their reflections on a project or activity. Guiding questions guide their artwork, and students can still deliver deep reflections with a medium that inspires them.

5. Reflection Vlog

I tried this for the first time this past fall, and my students absolutely rave about the Reflection Vlog. I gave students the guiding questions found within the Reflect 'n' Sketch activity, and asked them to create a personal Vlog. After each major project or assessment, I asked students to add to their Vlog. Some students chose to upload their videos to YouTube, and others preferred the privacy of simply creating an iMovie or Windows Moviemaker video. With this medium of reflection, students were free to speak about their work, display their work, or add videos and pictures of the process of creating their work. Not only did students find this engaging, but they found that they were able speak freely about their learning. They have commented that they did not feel bound by words, grammar, structure, and organization within the reflection, so they felt that they were better able to express their truest feelings. I can attest to this as I watched their Vlog videos. They opened up more through this 'on camera' experience, than in any other reflection technique!

6. Analyze your work from the teacher's perspective.

When introducing a writing assignment, I would often provide exemplars, or mentor texts, and ask students to assess these using the rubric that would assess their own work. Not only did students better understand the rubric, they better understood the expectations for the writing. This inspired me to have students assess their own work in a similar manner. I ask students to assess their own work from my perspective. This can be via rubric or by simply providing feedback that they believe I would give. Once students get to know me, this feedback can be eerily correct! This helps students to see their work from a new perspective, and often will encourage students to make revisions before they submit their final work!

7. Scrapbook

I have asked my students to create a scrapbook reflection on larger projects; this is especially effective for group work. Students take pictures of the process of their work, students working in their group roles, and of their final project. Each group member can showcase their own pictures or drawings of the groups work. Then students can reflect on their roles within the group, the process of collaboration, their impact on the groups success/failures, and on the learning that was derived from the project's completion. Some students get very creative with this process, and truly enjoy this as much (or more) than the project itself!

8. The Cube of Reflection

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10 Unique and Creative Reflection Techniques & Lessons for the Secondary Student - TeachWriting.org

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As educators, we know how critical reflection is to the learning process. Getting students to reflect- deeply and meaningfully- is often one of the most challenging lessons we teach. I have found that both my middle school and high school students will often scoff at these reflection activities, pro

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MobyMax is an asynchronous standards-based learning platform for all subjects grades K-12. Students are continuously assessed and automatically assigned lessons based on assessment performance. Teachers can also assign specific goals and activities for students while easily modifying and creating scaffolded groups. MobyMax works for students in grades 4-8 to help them take charge of their education and gain independence. Students in this grade range are also able to take advantage of the student data tracking feature for goal setting.