For+the+Teacher

For the Teacher...

**Survey Monkey** is used for collecting data and creating polls. Survey Monkey can also be used for class warmups. Using a multiple choice format, a teacher can get the percentage of students who answered each response. Survey Monkey provides teachers with a great way to assess student understanding and progress. Click below to see a sample warmup survey. Examine the sample results in the table below. [|Warmup] **Google Docs** allows creating, editing and sharing of documents. It is a great way to collaborate with colleagues. For example, in middle schools that send their students to a regional school, teachers from each school could collaborate on shared goals and concerns. Within a school, curriculum mapping would no longer take hours of meetings. Grade levels could fill a google docs to record when and how long they work within a specific content strand. The applications are endless. **Bookbinders** is a great social bookmarking site. Teachers can create binders that hold and organize bookmarks on a given topic. There are many existing binders to explore with some great ideas and resources for teachers. Check out an example of LiveBinder on the video page.

**Rubistar** is a site which offers a variety of rubrics. Rubistar is an excellent resource for teachers in that the rubrics can be used as is or editted to allow teachers to adapt the rubric to their needs. Note the highlighted change to the rubric below.



 