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Curriculum and Assessment Resources
As schools get ready for a new school year, we face a great deal of uncertainty. Even in communities where schools say they will be back in business full-time, it’s clear that some percentage of families will want to stay with the social distancing for at least a while longer. Given that, there are ideas […]
Supporting Rhode Island’s April Reading Challenge with Richer Picture
Richer Picture is supporting Rhode Island’s April Reading Challenge. In Rhode Island, Governor Gina Raimondo and Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green have challenged all students in Rhode Island to read for at least 20-60 minutes every single day in the month of April. Students can easily keep track of their reading with a “Reading Log” on the Richer Picture platform. […]
No Final Exams? Use Portfolios To Capture the Year of Learning
It’s becoming increasingly likely that some schools may not re-open before the end of the school year. So what can schools do instead of having a traditional final exam? Digital Portfolios can achieve the same goal as your exam: to demonstrate what your students have learned in your course. The portfolio can honor and reward […]
Personal Entries: How To Capture Home Learning Moments
With students spending lots (and lots!) of time at home, they are probably looking for things to do. Families are getting creative; kids are learning to cook or helping more with younger siblings or finally picking up the musical instrument. So even if they are not in the classroom, students certainly are learning new things – […]
Personalizing Assessment with Digital Badges
“Personalization” is one of those things that educators all agree is important, but have found it hard to do in practice. The structure of schools is designed to work with students in large groups, and to essentially treat all students the same. There are a few strategies that can help with personalizing assessments. Some have […]
Demonstrating the Whole Child with Digital Badges
Digital Badges can help students show all the ways in which they are learning and growing. Schools can set up badges that represent a student’s academic knowledge, work habits, social skills, and personal interests. All of these areas of growth can be present in any entry of student work. Consider a group of students working […]
Project-Based Learning and Digital Portfolios
Think back to your own years in school. What academic work do you remember? You probably don’t remember a specific test or the questions at the end of the chapter. More likely, you remember something like a science fair activity, a re-enactment in social studies or a stock market game. What usually comes to mind […]
Individual Learning Plans and Digital Badges
Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) are common across the country. Whether your state calls them ILPs, Student Success Plans, or some other name, students are asked to think about their goals and how they want to achieve them. All too often, though, the ILPs are just seen as a side activity; the students write down some […]
Using Data Dashboards Effectively
For a long time, data was difficult to access in schools. Plenty of us still remember “permanent records,” filed away in locked cabinets. Now, there’s a lot of data about each student – from the main schedules and attendance stored in student information systems to the test scores and information in each teaching app. Part […]
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The New ASCD Book from David Niguidula
Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges & Portfolio
Step by step, this book lays out how your school can become more personalized and achieve higher degrees of mastery simultaneously