Blogs as an Assessment Tool in Kindergarten? YES! Bryan Cosham, St. Mary School, Simsbury Kindergarten Assessment in kindergarten is taken to a whole new level with technology! Kindergarteners use Blogger to create a blog that they post to each month with pictures of projects and writing samples, creating an electronic portfolio that they can continue throughout their educational experience. The Power of Pre-assessments - Maximize Student Potential to Achieve! Virginia Gore, St. Mary School, Simsbury Grades 1-4 Learn and share effective strategies to assess students before the learning begins. This workshop will demonstrate how pre-assessments can drive instruction and the variety of methods that can be used for pre-assessing elementary students. 21st Century Learning: Using Blogs and Khan Academy to Differentiate Learning Gina Raymond, St. Mary School, Simsbury Grades 6-8 We all know that students learn in different ways and at different speeds. How can we engage and enrich education for our students in our 21st Century world without spending money? Blogger is a free tool that can establish a web presence and provide a vehicle to communicate as well as differentiate learning in your class. Khan is a free resource that can be used to enrich and remediate within your class. View a live blog in an Algebra class. See how Khan can be used to remediate or enrich your students. Explore the concept of a "flipped classroom." |
