Contributing to the Profession

This allowed me to assess the students in a video game way. It tracks the questions they get correct/incorrect and are aligned with NGSS! Games range from "Instructional" to "Question" and can be used as a pre- or post-assessment.

In Science, we're still getting acclimated to NGSS and how that looks like in the classroom. The Stanford curriculum gave me a great base of what and how I should teach the standards. Everything is available from teaching slides to the teacher's manual to the student's manual. I was able to pick and choose what I liked/disliked. But it was nice not to have to create a curriculum from scratch.

Using Google Forms has been a game-changer in so many ways. First, I'm able to get to know my students at the beginning of the year. Secondly, I'm able to take surveys of how new strategies and resources are used and liked in the class. Thirdly, I'm able to use it for my varied assessments. With assessments, it also cuts down on the time to grade the assessments. My colleague and I were able to determine a way to have 3 sections of "BASIC", "PROFICIENT", "ADVANCED PROFICIENT" to vary assessment based on student's ability. The idea is that students who answer all of the "BASIC" questions correctly will get a passing grade of a "C". There is also so much more Forms are capable of that I'm excited to dive in and determine more.