Brain Flips Flash Cards October 11, 2009
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BrainFlips, Inc. is committed to building the most user-friendly and effective flashcards anywhere, for students and self-motivated learners of all ages and academic levels. BrainFlips.com is your free one-stop source for flashcards on any subject. We offer tools and features unavailable anywhere else. Features include:
- Full multimedia flashcards: text, images, audio, and video
- Fun, easy to use interface
- Outstanding community features like study groups and wiki flashcard decks
- Multiple modes of study
- Artificial intelligence that targets learning and makes study time more efficient
- And much, much more!
Guide to Effective Essential Questions September 23, 2009
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Thanks to Donna Murray with Hickory Public School for these links to Essential Questions.
Guide to Effective Essential Questions
150 Essential Questions for Math Instruction
Important Concepts Essential Questions
Social Studies Essential Questions
A Discussion of Essential Questions
Three Story Intellect September 21, 2009
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Three Story Intellect — New Take on Bloom’s Taxonomy Model
Quick Reading Assessment September 20, 2009
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San Diego Quick Reading Assessment is a quick way to assess a student’s basic vocabulary recognition level.
“Speedy” Instructional Strategies September 18, 2009
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Thanks to Kathy Greene and LCBOE teachers for providing this desktop quick reference guides to instructional strategies.
Speedy Pre and Post Assessments
Engrade Calendar & Grading Program September 16, 2009
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Engrade Online Grading Program
I set up an account and it does look easy to manage classroom assessments through this program. The best part is that it is truly free.
Engrade is a free set of web-based tools for educators allowing them to manage their classes online while providing parents and students with 24/7 real-time online class information. It’s private, secure, truly free, and unbelievably easy to use
Free World U Flash Cards September 8, 2009
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FreeWorldU.org Online Flash Cards for Elementary School
Every week, hundreds of new standards-based flashcards are added to the website.
Preassessment: A Differentiation Power Tool September 2, 2009
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Preassessment: A Differentiation Power Tool is a great article by Catherine Brighton, Ph.D, University of Virginia. If you are going to effectively differentiate instruction, preassessment is a MUST.
From our very own Loudon County Web Site are a list of effective preassessment strategies including grafitti walls, squaring off, and five hardest questions.
Research on Standards Based Report Cards August 31, 2009
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Standards Based Report Card Research
ASCD examines the movement toward standards based report cards and includes research from Marzano.
More research at Principals Partnership and ASCD Seven Reasons for Standards Based Grading
Skills Tutor Update August 14, 2009
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Skills Tutor Quick Start Guide
Hello everyone!
I need to let you know about some changes to Skills Tutor for this year. I have attached a Quick Start Guide for setting up classes. But there are a few bugs you need to know about. When you are enrolling students in a class, the Enroll Students button is sluggish as well as the Done Enrolling Students button. Wait a little bit for them to come up. Also, you can assign an icon for your class so that when you go to the labe you can tell the students to click on the apple or bus, etc… You do this by clicking on your class and then clicking Edit Class Properties.
Another bug they are working on is with Internet Explorer. Sometimes you will not find a scrollbar on a report which is something they were fixing. It shouldn’t happen with Firefox or Safari. If it does happen to you, please let me know so I can notify them the problem continues to lurk. 
Don’t forget to turn off the pop-up blocker when using Skills Tutor, especially when trying to print reports.
When students are working, they no longer have to keep hitting the done button. They can hit home to get back to their assignment list. On the assignment list, it will show the student how they scored on the assignment. If you click the score, it will show how many times they took it and their score for each.
You will find more drop downs for data as well. Anything that is blue highlighted should be a hyperlink.
Presently, if you have new students, I must add them. Please email me their names. If we have the state id number, I will set them up with that. If not, I will set them up with a different user name until the id comes in. Mrs. Amburn said that can take up to a month. 
If you have forgotten how to log in, let me know and I will send you that information.
Lastly, a little tip. When you are giving assignments, you can put a number of assignments under one assignment name. For example, you could call it First 6 Weeks Language Arts, and give all of the assignments for LArts under that heading. That way, you should be able to see all of those when you are looking at assignments in the gradebook.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you need any help setting up your classes!
Thanks!
Kathy
