The Pursuit of Excellence: Week 3.6

Celebrate Excellence
Welcome back!!! As we leave 2015 behind and embrace 2016, I wanted to share a cool idea for a New Year's Resolution from Sylvia Duckworth. She is a very innovative educator to follow as her graphic work helps me see learning and leading differently.

New #sketchnote: Some New Year's #Resolutions to Think About #edchat #edtech cc @dougpete @zecool #gafesummit pic.twitter.com/4Ac2qzdnOf
— Sylvia Duckworth (@sylviaduckworth) December 30, 2015

Growing Excellence (+10 for ALL)
Our 3rd 6 weeks formative assessment will be given on Monday, January 11 through Thursday, January 14. . All students data must be in DMAC by Friday, January 15.

Have you ever had your students evaluate your lesson?
Below is a neat idea to have students use emojis to rate how students feel about their learning as an Exit Ticket.

Neat way to formatively assess students by using emojis! via @edutopia #education #edchat pic.twitter.com/0q8yoth88L
— Dr. Justin Tarte (@justintarte) December 30, 2015

College AND Career
College readiness is an indicator on STAAR, and in order for a student to perform at the college readiness level, they need to earn a score that is equivalent to the final passing standard. If you go to this link, and look at the blue column (Quintile 4), you will find the college readiness score on STAAR for almost every test is in the 60-70 range.

Take time this week to educate and motivate your kids to earn a college readiness score on their formative assessments next week.

Google Me This
EdTech Venn Diagram - Check out this cool tool that Angie Garcia is using to teach kids how to create a Venn diagram based on the passage they are reading.

Click this link to learn how to use Google Forms as a Bell Ringer Activity

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