Posts by Joel Gendler
metacog Releases Automated Real-time Rubric-based Scoring API
Victory’s spinoff metacog just released its advanced scoring analytics API at ISTE 2015 in Philadelphia. See the press release here, and feel free to share it with your colleagues. Why Assessment Has Changed Assessments have been evolving rapidly, mostly due to these factors: The new standards (Common Core and Next Generation Science) focus on practices…
Read MoreRead MoreWhat’s Next? Part 1: The Purpose of Education
In these times of change, it is good to focus on what hasn’t changed: the purpose of education. We see this as a guiding light that will help us chart a course for success on each and every project. In this 4-minute video, the Victory team shares some perspectives on what’s new and what’s next…
Read MoreRead MoreWhy Instrument an Educational Simulation?
In earlier blogs, I showed how we are using metacog to instrument some of our prototype TEIs (technology enhanced items). The idea is simple: as thousands or millions of learners use a DLO (digital learning object), their actions can be streamed anonymously to the metacog™ servers. This happens in the background without interfering with the…
Read MoreRead MoreEdTech Tip: Using Screencasts for Feedback
I once worked for an editorial director who held us to a very high standard: If even one student could misinterpret our text, then it was unclear. We went back and forth as to whether this was a realistic goal, but it certainly improved our products. I often think back to it when we direct…
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EdTech Tip: Sharing Calendars
EduGames for Developing Mathematical Practices
A little while ago we posted about using a game-like simulation for authentic assessment. We used a different approach with Drop Zone, a two-person EduGame Victory developed for the NCTM Calculation Nation web site. Here there’s no pretense of authenticity; the goal is simply to make adding fractions fun (and develop CCSS Mathematical Practices). Please watch this…
Read MoreRead MoreEdTech Tip: Image Search
Did You Know… …you can drop an image into a search box and find that image on the Internet? Image Search is a powerful tool in EdTech. Here are a few of your options: https://www.google.com/imghp To get here fast, google “Image.” Not surprisingly, Google Images comes up as the first link. TIP: If Chrome is your browser of choice, save time by right-clicking…
Read MoreRead MoreTest Drive a Science CEPA (Curriculum-Embedded Performance Assessment)
TEI (Technology-Enhanced Item) for EBSR
Common Core assessments are going digital. We’ve made great progress in developing exciting technology-enhanced items (TEIs) for math and science. You can do so much with TEIs in these disciplines because it’s all about the math. But what about making TEIs for English language arts (ELA)? That’s a bit of a problem, because ELA is too open ended—there…
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