Tag Archives: assessment

3-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core

Posted on July 21, 2014 by karen mahon

I really enjoyed this simple (and, I thought, elegant) explanation of why the Common Core State Standards are important! See what you think….

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Five Tips for Using Student Response Systems for Formative Assessment

Posted on August 2, 2012 by karen mahon

This post originally appeared on the Promethean Planet community blog on May 17, 2012.   There are a few redundancies with another of my posts, Top 12 Best Practices for Clickers in the Classroom, but the current post endeavors to focus specifically … Continue reading →

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Three Revised Things to Unlearn About Learning

Posted on July 10, 2012 by karen mahon

Tina Barseghian wrote a nice piece today for Mind Shift about Will Richardson‘s 2012 ISTE presentation.  I often find myself disagreeing with Will’s posts on his site and this time is no exception.  My biggest point of disagreement with Will … Continue reading →

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