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Assigment 1:

• "Assessment is evidence - not what the teacher says or provides to a student."
• "Doctors do not think about how they dispense drugs but rather whether the patients get better or not."
• "Learners now create and share knowledge differently from other generations of learners."

Assessment is effective when students are able to show what they have learned and are able to explain the process they used to get their information. Teachers should teach students they way that is best for them to learn. No student is alike, students learn differently. Learning is different from when I was in school.  We used books and paper to learn. Students now are learning through technology. They have more resources and more access to those resources than people my age had. There are new things to leaarn every day.

Assignment 2:

Popplet is a resource that stuudents can use to collect information. All of their ideas will be on one page and they are able to sort out ideas, You can add pictures and even draw on your popplet. I would use this with projects so that my students will be able to quickly post their ideas.

I think Illustrative Mathematics will be a very useful tool to use during math time. There are standards that the teacher can select for the students to learn. The standards have practice problems that the students can work on. When students have completed a standard they can prograss to another standard.

Keyspace is a fun way for students to learn how to type. It shows ways to get your fingers used to the keys on the keyboard. I find this useful because students are typing their work more than they are writing it down. Students should learn how to type effectively and quickly. This program does cost but there is a free trial that can be used. I'm sure even using the program for a short time can make a difference.

Common Core Progressive Continuum Web App is a good resource for teachers to use. It provides teachers with a visual enhancement for their teaching standards. This allows students to get the visual image of what they are learning. I would use this or a similar program in my classroom.

Rubistar is a resource where a teacher can create a rubric for assignments and projects.  This is very helpful to both the teacher and the students. Teachers will know what to pay special attention to certain things while grading and students will know what to be sure to include in their work. With my class, I will do my best to make sure my students know what I will be looking for when they do their assignments.

Storybird is a good resource to help students improve their writing skills. They are able to take pictures to tell their own story. This program will help with their creative writing skills. This will be a good program to use with a class.