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Empowering Teachers with Online PD Opportunities To provide professional development opportunities for K-12 educators who are working remotely,  Defined Learning offers an online PD course on authentic performance tasks. This course features Jay McTighe, co-author of Understanding by Design (UbD), who provides practical strategies for engaging students in meaningful performance tasks that build future-ready skills. This engaging online PD course includes four modules that can be done in the order they are provided or individually in a self-paced manner. Teachers who complete the course will receive a certificate and digital badge. Topics covered in four 45-minute modules:  Module 1: Understanding educational foundations, strategies and applications of PBL & performance tasks Module 2: Identifying high-quality performance tasks Module 3: Assessing student learning ...

Ideas  for Assessing At Home Learning The following are examples of assessment formats to consider with at home learning. Live Table of Contents Elementary Literacy/ELA Numeracy/Mathematics Middle school and high school Short essays, research papers, case study responses Online Discussion: Asynchronous discussion activities (i.e. Google Classroom, discussion board, blog or wiki) Concept Maps or Mind Mapping Presentations Test/quiz/exam Elementary Literacy/ELA Students can read to teachers: Over the phone On google chat (teachers can use google chat to call a phone number if students do not have technology) Through zoom Students can read to parents and send a video recording to the teacher: Most parents have phones and can upload a file to the teacher email Students can share responses to stories/poems/articles/videos through: Pictures Character sketches Models or drawings of scenes captured on video or with a picture Telephone/zoom...

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Elementary Literacy/ELA Students can read to teachers: Over the phone On google chat (teachers can use google chat to call a phone number if students do not have technology) Through zoom Students can read to parents and send a video recording to the teacher: Most parents have phones and can upload a file to the teacher email Students can share responses to stories/poems/articles/videos through: Pictures  Character sketches Models or drawings of scenes captured on video or with a picture  Telephone/zoom/google chat conferences With pictures of writing in their journals sent to teachers  Thinking routines ePortfolios Journals can be sent on a biweekly schedule - two journals per student - one with the student at home and one with the teacher at school for feedback and dialogue. Send students outside to: Find images of concepts you are reading and writing about and share their understanding of how the concepts ...