Formative Assessment

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Newby, Ms. Tinsley, and Ms. Esplin, Stansbury Elementary

December 2015Josh Whiting

Watch Tracy Newby’s 4th Grade class at Stansbury Elementary engage in a Kahoot quiz, competing remotely against another 4th grade classroom led by Erin Esplin. Karen Tinsley, the school technology specialist, collaborated with the teachers to create this activity, and the teachers coordinated with each other during the event using Skype. These teachers take assessment of student learning to an exciting new level of collaboration and friendly competition.

Spotlight Creator: Cherie Anderson, Granite District Educational Technology Specialist

GSD Chromebook Camp 2015 in Photos and Tweets

June 2015Josh Whiting

Earlier this week, the Granite Educational Technology Dept. hosted a Summer Chromebook Camp for teachers in Granite School District. [Read more…] about GSD Chromebook Camp 2015 in Photos and Tweets

Featured Resource: PowerMyLearning

May 2015Josh Whiting

PowerMyLearning is a free personalized learning platform that allows teachers and parents to design and assign custom activity playlists for students by choosing from thousands of games, interactives, videos, and simulations selected from across the world wide web. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: PowerMyLearning

Featured Resource: Kahoot!

May 2015Josh Whiting

Kahoot! is a game-based classroom response system that can be accessed from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection. Kahoot can be used to create learning games, ask questions, take surveys, engage students in discussions, and assess students in real-time.