My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (May 11, 2014)

• Shifting Our Focus To Local Assessment

  From Grant Wiggins

  tags: assessment localassessment grantwiggins commoncore

• Computerized Grading: Purloining the Analysis, the Most Fundamental Exposition of Humanity

  From Anthony Cody in Edweek

  tags: grading computer-based analysis

• OpenStax

  Tech resources that can be used in lieu of textbooks from Rice University

  tags: textbooks textless beyondthetextbook

• 4 Powerful Formative Assessment Tools For The Chromebook Classroom

  tags: formative assessment chromebooks

• Competency-based Teacher Infographic | e-Learning Infographics

  How the role of teachers is changing amid broader shifts to personalized, blended and Deeper Learning. http://t.co/t6uin2PaRv #k12 #educhat

  tags: k12 educhat

• The Challenge of “Calibrating” Teacher Observations

  The Challenge of Calibrating Teacher Observations http://t.co/QT9s3fNyZ4

• This is not a John Lennon quote and I lose my mind

  This is not a John Lennon quote and I lose my mind every time I see it. RT @HUMANBElNGS http://t.co/1zhf1RvzU3

• Canvas by Instructure: The Perfect LMS? Quite Possibly - Getting Smart by John Hardison - #blendchat, blended, edchat, EdTech, LMS | Getting Smart

  A good overview of the Canvas LMS

  tags: canvas

• Early Reports Suggest Few Field-Testing Snags

  From EdWeek

  tags: fieldtest commoncore

• Rewordify.com: Understand what you read

  Rewordify.com helps you read more, understand difficult English faster, and learn words in new ways. Just paste in difficult English (or enter a web page URL) and click the yellow button.

  tags: Reading literacy tools Vocabulary ESL ell

• You should know what “net neutrality” is. If you don’t, here’s a quick, fun way to catch up…

  From 22 words 

  tags: netneutrality

• The Best Digital Citizenship Curriculum @coolcatteacher

  tags: digitalcitizenship curriculum

• 16 Websites and Apps for Making Videos and Animation

  tags: videos animation apps making websites

• Is Raging Against the Machine Our Only Option?

  From Cathy Davidson 

  tags: testing grading assessments

• Project Based Learning - An Explanation and Model Rubrics

  From Richard Byrne 

  tags: projectbasedlearning

• The Best Google Docs Features You're Probably Not Using

  tags: googledocs

• Rethinking Classroom Observation

  From ASCD's Ed. Leadership - Flipped peer observation leads to job-embedded teacher learning.

  tags: teacherobservation observations leadership

• Reimagined:Your 1:1 Program: Can You Answer These 10 Questions?

  tags: 1:1 goals

• Social media advice for career-minded students. 10 things to consider.

  tags: socialmedia digitalfootprint resume online students

• Are You Checking Work Email in Bed? At the Dinner Table? On Vacation?

  From Clive Thompson in Mother Jones: New research suggests that asking too much of workers during off hours can seriously backfire.

  tags: balance unplugged email

• YES Technology

  ISTE based learning experiences available from @cathywo https://t.co/ime324ct7x #edcampbos

  tags: edcampbos

• Games Are Good for You! What Games Teach Us About STEM & Learning

  For more coding ideas after @katewilson13 session, check out her webinar from last week http://t.co/0axGAqesUV #HLBC14

  tags: HLBC14

• Free Technology for Teachers: AnswerGarden - Embed an Open Response Feedback Tool Into Your Blog

  AnswerGarden - Embed an Open Response Feedback Tool Into Your Blog via Free Technology for ... http://t.co/olHaHxZFK3

• Pearson Wins Major Contract From Common-Core Testing Consortium - Marketplace K-12 - Education Week

  Pearson gets the PARCC contract. And was the only ultimate bidder: http://t.co/1YlMCSTmUu

• Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference

  The Call for Presenters for CMTC 2014 is now open! http://t.co/PbZJug9TAs #nhcmtc #edcampBos

  tags: nhcmtc edcampBos

• Great Tech for Online Writing and Blogging

  Writing clearly is an essential skill for all students. Take their abilities to another level: http://t.co/jEoiYgHv0J http://t.co/yRIXs8mXre

• Summer of Learning 2014 | Evolving Educators

  RT @ScottRRocco: Summer of Learning 2014 http://t.co/ob2hb6zmCq #satchat #njed

  tags: satchat njed

• Response: 'The Grading System We Need to Have' - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

  Response:'The Grading System We Need to Have' is my new Ed Week post w/ @RickWormeli & others http://t.co/Fd6ojsqNQh http://t.co/ZmSmN19mza Wow, @RickWormeli on "Grading System We Need 2 Have" may end up being most popular post ever in my Ed Wk advice blog http://t.co/0vsRrQXsxO

• NY State Assessment Blues - YouTube

  NY State Assessment Blues: http://t.co/dkCidOENOT @carolburris @dianeravitch @leoniehaimson @scfeeney @donald_gately @posroff @dgamberg

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.