53 Ways to Check for Understanding – Formative Assessment Ideas from Edutopia

With Utah’s new SAGE Assessments and the SAGE Formative system, formative assessment has been on my mind quite a bit this year. Since it’s not always easy (or even possible some days) to get your students into a computer lab, you can’t always use these online tools to gauge your student’s learning and comprehension. Thanks… Continue reading 53 Ways to Check for Understanding – Formative Assessment Ideas from Edutopia

Utah Compose

Access at http://utahcompose.com/ Default Logins for teachers: TCactusID Default PW’s for teachers: Birthday mmddyyyy Student Login: State Student ID# (7 digits) Student PW’s: SSID (same as login): Students will be prompted to pick a new password on their first login Utah Compose is a tool. It’s not a replacement for good teaching and writing instruction.… Continue reading Utah Compose