Great Back to School Read

I love summer! It's a great time to reflect, rejuvenate, and catch up on reading professional literature. This book was recently recommended by 2 "runners" in my district. I ordered it immediately, couldn't stop reading it, and ordered 3 more copies to give the younger educators in our family (just one of the perks of continuing the family business...education...gifts include another book to read).

Whether you are a runner, jogger, walker, rider or driver on your team, this is a great book to place on your back to school supply list. 

5 Tech Tools Great for Formative Assessment

According to John Hattie's book Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning, providing formative evaluation is the 4th ranked influencer of academic achievement. 

Rick Wormelli

Formative and Summative Assessments

The Formative Classroom

In our classrooms we are always looking for better ways to gather feedback about the progress of our students.  Check out the 5 tech tools below. These tools can quickly be used to create a formative assessment for any classroom.

1. Goformative

2. Padlet

3. Kahoot

4. Popplet

5. Answer Garden