The forces of technology and formative assessment combined!

Formative assessment is a must for educators, but it can be difficult to juggle with all the other demands of a busy teacher’s to-do list. Fortunately, technology tools can help you work smarter, not harder. In #FormativeTech, you’ll find:

Practical tips on how to use technology in formative assessment, including quick “pulse checks” for the whole class Formative assessment strategies for small groups and individual students Ideas for assessing project-based and inquiry-based approaches How to evaluate data and communicate results with families 

Find out how to effectively create, use, and track QR codes

QR (Quick Response) codes are popping up everywhere, and businesses are reaping the rewards. Get in on the action with the no-nonsense advice in this streamlined, portable guide. You'll find out how to get started, plan your strategy, and actually create the codes. Then you'll learn to link codes to mobile-friendly content, track your results, and develop ways to give your customers value that will keep them coming back. It's all presented in the straightforward style you've come to know and love, with a dash of humor thrown in.

Businesses large and small are using QR codes to share product information, coupons and special offers, and to process payments from customers' smartphones This small guide is packed with the information you need to start using QR codes with your business Covers what QR codes are and how to get started, plan a QR code campaign, create the codes, and link them to mobile-friendly content Explains code management systems and how to track your results, ways to deliver genuine value to your users, and how to plan for the future Includes ten cool campaign ideas

QR Codes For Dummies, Portable Edition helps you take advantage of this hot trend with practical knowledge you can use right away.

Leverage technology to engage students with learning disabilities!

Harness the power of today’s technology to improve learning and engagement for students with learning disabilities.  By engaging students with learning disabilities using the technology already at your fingertips, you’ll see your students begin to thrive and grow in exciting new ways. In this volume in the Connected Educators Series, you’ll discover:

New ideas for using assistive technology to teach core subjects and study skills How to build positive opportunities for students to show what they know Tools to provide better content accessibility How to help students connect and share through technology tools

What’s keeping your school behind the technology curve? Is it a fear of the unfamiliar? Expenses? Or some other myth? Have you considered how students with special needs or students learning a second language may benefit from using digital tools?

If you’ve fallen for the perception that technology is too expensive, unnecessary for real learning, or a distraction in the classroom, then you need this book. You use technology in your job. Why not help your students use it in theirs?

Educator Matt Renwick debunks five common myths about technology and helps you consider how to fund and manage the devices and create a supportive, schoolwide program. Renwick uses his school’s experiences and examples as a foundation to explain how you can assess and answer your students’ technology needs in terms of access, purpose, and audience--and why you and your school cannot afford to keep students from using technology in their education.

Learn to use QR codes to engage learners and provide resources that can be accessed immediately through mobile devices.  

Place Your Students At The Forefront of 21st Century Media Production

All education hinges on effective communication. This book shows how student mastery of media literacy and creation is the key to demonstrating learning in the 21st Century. 

The strategies and tactics these pages offer equip educators to make their students enthusiastic experts at producing dynamic media projects. Content includes: The how, why, and when of prompting students to create their own media across content areas. The benefits of media sharing, and how to do it responsibly.  The innovative use of Augmented Reality, so readers can activate a video on the book’s printed pages with their mobile devices.

Let technology pave the way to Common Core success.

Engage your students by delving into the Common Core ELA standards with the tools they use the most. As you explore the creative road to academic success, with the Common Core ELA and literacy standards—you will turn your classroom into a student-centered learning environment that fosters collaboration, individualizes instruction, and cultivates technological literacy. Features include:

Specific recommendations for free apps and tech tools that support the Common Core Step-by-step guidelines to breaking down standards by grade and subject Teacher-tested, research-supported lesson ideas and strategies Replicable resources, including prewriting activities and writing templates Real-life examples

Let mobile devices transform teaching and learning

Don’t just know how to use mobile technology. Know how to use it to transform learning. This refreshingly easy-to-use workbook shows educators how to make mobile devices a natural part of their classrooms by optimizing technology, no matter what the content. Discover: practical mobile device management skills such as how to project and use devices as a whiteboard and tools to capture student responses. fun strategies students will love such as teaching vocabulary using text speak and slang or using a digital assistant (like Siri) instead of writing. helpful resources to enhance professional learning.  

Transform students from content consumers to content creators!

This comprehensive guide by recognized education expert Susan Brooks-Young provides manageable, research-based strategies to help you:

Confidently plan and manage mobile technology activities across grade levels Explore new uses and applications for multiple devices Evaluate appropriate, cross-platform educational apps Use tablets in learning centers or small groups Tap student ingenuity and improve critical thinking skills

Covers a wide range of apps with step-by-step instructions across content areas for photography, video, ePublishing, and more. Transform students into content creators with this must-have resource!

If you are wondering what mobile technology adoption means for your library or how to get started, Mobile Technologies for Every Library will answer your questions!

Wondering what the opportunities and pitfalls are of mobile technology use in libraries? This book will answer these questions. Thinking of starting a mobile program in your library? Want to improve on existing services or add new ones? This book will answer your questions about platforms, options, security, best practices and more.
The book will preview many useful apps for libraries. Web links and resources are also included.

Chapter coverage includes history and existing types of mobile technologies, mobile devices and supporting technology, ways to provide mobile technology for your users, a survey of currently available apps, ways to use mobile technology for library work, best practices, and future directions. Each chapter is organized by subtopics with tips and examples from real library programs to help you get started.