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Next-gen learning: 5 digital tools to engage and inspire

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Gimkit: Gimkit is a game-based learning platform where teachers can create learning games or quizzes that students play in real-time. So, let’s take the plunge and turn our classrooms into hubs of curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking! Though it does have a cost – between $6.99

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Rethinking student assessment: Tools and strategies for meaningful evaluation

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It allows students to compile evidence of learning through text, images, videos, and links, fostering creativity and critical thinking. Adobe Express: Adobe Express allows students to record video responses to prompts, making it a good choice for educators looking to assess verbal communication, critical thinking, and creativity.

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5 news literacy resources for students

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How to teach with news and media sources For more news on media literacy, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub News literacy skills are of paramount importance in today’s world, and are especially key for students, who must be able to critically assess information sources and vet resources effectively.

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SMART Technologies Launches AI Assist in Lumio to Save Teachers Time

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Designing effective quizzes takes timeespecially when crafting well-balanced multiple-choice questions with plausible wrong answers to encourage critical thinking. Game Show : A front-of-class experience that turns quizzes into an interactive game show, perfect for review sessions and whole-class participation.

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OpenAI releases ChatGPT teaching guide

eSchool News

Building quizzes, tests, and lesson plans from curriculum materials: Fran Bellas, a professor at Universidade da Coruña in Spain, recommends teachers use ChatGPT as an assistant in crafting quizzes, exams and lesson plans for classes.

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What are the Three Active Strategies?

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Let’s explore how these strategies promote engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding among students, enhancing academic success. Active learning strategies for students in K-12 encompass a range of techniques designed to promote engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding.

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Formative Assessment is Key to Being Responsive

Catlin Tucker

Observational Assessments The teacher’s observations of student behaviors, interactions, and work provide valuable qualitative data (or information that is descriptive and non-numeric) that complements quantitative assessments, like quizzes that produce numerical data. materials, technology, references)?

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