1. Impact Learning Ed Tips
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2. What is Impact Learning?
Impact Learning is a network of schools and districts engaged in innovative practices promoting personalized, student-centered learning designed to ensure all students graduate prepared for their future.
Services provided by Impact Learning are based on six foundational design principles:
Ready for College and Career
Require Powerful Teaching and Learning
Personalization
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Leadership
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3. What are Impact Learning Ed Tips?
We will release bimonthly Ed Tips to our Slide Deck and to Twitter.
Impact Learning Ed Tips
Resources for you to use in your classroom.
Focus on cross-curricular and content specific resources.
Using you can share with us how this resource has worked in your classroom.
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ACT Academy
Are you looking for free personalized practice for the ACT? Try Act Academy:
ACT Academy provides:
Sample schedules for ACT practice
Math, Science, English, and Reading resources by test strand
Tips and Strategies for the ACT
Personalized reports on your progress with ACT Academy
Summary of ACT Academy
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Quick Start Guide

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Kaizena
Are you looking for a way to provide feedback to your students? Try Kaizena
With Kaizena you can:
Provide voice comments
Give your students targeted support with various lessons
Track your students’ progress over time
Video Tutorial on Kaizena:
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Steps for Installing Kaizena

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Khan Academy Math Missions and Assignments
Looking to provide personalized support for your students in science, math, and social studies? Try Khan Academy Math Missions and assignments.
Math Missions students can:
Learn at their own pace
Master skills that are challenging
Receive work that is at an appropriate level
Use videos to learn and review
Assignments feature you can:
Assign videos, articles, and exercises to your entire class or specific students.
Example of a Math Mission:
Resources:
Khan Academy Math Mission Overview

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Flubaroo
Looking for an easy way to grade Google Form assignments? Try Flubaroo:
Flubaroo allows you to:
Grade assignments and assessments
Get an analysis on student performance
Send scores to students
Video Tutorial on Flubaroo:
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Steps on how to set up Flubaroo

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Flipgrid
Looking for a way for students to collaborate in your classroom?
Try Flipgrid:
Steps for Flipgrid:
Add a topic to begin a discussion
Students post responses
Classroom Application
Self-reflection
Share ideas
Discuss projects
Collaboration with their peers
Video Tutorial on Flipgrid
Resource:
Guide to Flipgrid

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Ted Ed Lessons
Looking for an engaging way to begin a lesson? Try using a Ted Ed lesson:
Ted Ed offers a variety of lessons on:
The Arts
Business and Economics
Engineering
Literature
Mathematics
Science and Technology
Social Studies
Thinking and Learning
Ted Ed Thinking and Learning lessons provide students with opportunities to build their critical thinking skills.
Example Thinking and Learning lesson from Ted Ed:
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Steps to make your own Ted Ed Lesson

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Rubrics
Looking for a way to utilize rubrics in your classroom? Try using Learner.org and Rubistar.
On Learner.org you can create rubrics with various criteria you want to assess within writing. hswriting/interactives/rubric/build.html
Looking for a customizable rubrics for Oral Projects Science, Science Labs, Research, and Work Skills? Try Rubistar:
Video on reasons to use a rubric:
Resources:
Learner.org Tutorial
Rubistar Tutorial

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Create Custom Sticky Notes with Google Slides
Are you looking for a way to personalize
resources and feedback for students?
Try using: Custom Sticky Notes
Types of custom sticky notes:
Reminders
To Do List
I feel..
Today’s Goal
Paper Tweets
Group Roles
Editing Marks
Done Early
Notes of Encouragement
How to create your own custom sticky notes:
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Ideas on how to use sticky note feedback
Post-It app for organizing ideas

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Rewordify
Do your students have difficulty with understanding complex texts? Try
Rewordify can:
Reword text to be easier to understand.
Provide a vocabulary list with and without definitions of complex vocabulary terms.
Include a Cloze Activity
Help with better understanding of Primary Sources.
Video on using Rewordify:
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Quick Start Guide

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Plickers
Plickers is a formative assessment tool.
You only need one device to use Plickers.
Plickers gives you real time formative assessment data to inform your instruction.
Have you had success with using Plickers?
Tell us about
Video on Plickers:
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Steps for Using Plickers

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Formative versus Summative Assessments
Formative Assessments
Happens during instruction
The goal is continuous improvement
Checking on students’ understanding
Helps plan instruction
Provides immediate feedback to students
Summative Assessments
Happens after instruction
The goal is to show improvement
Used at the end of a unit
Shows a level of mastery of a standard
Students receive a grade
Video on Formative and Summative Assessments
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Examples of Formative Assessments
Examples of Summative Assessments