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Blog Post #12 - Be GLAD

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This Blog entry is about a tool of my choosing. Link:  https://begladtraining.com/about Description: Be GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) is a professional development model for language and literacy. This site promotes high academic achievement and college/career ready skills. Ease of Use: I would rate this a 7/10. You have to purchase these trainings but they seem very helpful and focused on differentiated instruction. This helps build scores and it user friendly to students and teachers. Versatility: I would rate this a 9/10. This is because it has trainings for teachers and students and it has ways that it includes differentiated instruction. They provide training for elementary, spanish, secondary, and pre-k.  Use it?: I would rate this a 8/10. While I probably wont use it as often because it is not free, it may be helpful when it comes to ELLs in the classroom or a struggling reader. It is just another source to have in my back pocket. Conceptual Connection:...
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Blog Post #11 - Gradescope

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This Blog entry is about a tool of my choosing. Link:  https://www.gradescope.com/ Description: The platform Gradescope helps teacher, admin, and more to grade and save time through their platform. This works by scanning the work them submitting grades and feedback then giving the instructor data to analyze the grades.  Ease of Use: I would rate ease of use a 8/10. This platform is created to make grading easier and more efficient for teachers. This allows many different features that help make a teachers life easier like providing data to see grade trends.  Versatility: For versatility I will rate it a 8/10. This is because it works for many levels and many different subjects. You would have to make the worksheet easy for the site to understand but overall this could be used in many aspects. Use it?: I would rate this a 6/10. I don't think I would use this for every grading assignment because I do want to see my students progress and really understand their learning. If ...
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Blog Post #10 - Khan Academy

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 This Blog entry is about a tool of my choosing. Link:  https://www.khanacademy.org/ Description:  Khan Academy is a well versed platform that provides teachers and people with interactive lessons in multiple different aspects. With K-12 lessons they help to educate anyone who goes through their site.  Ease of Use: For ease of use I will rank this a 8/10. The initial website has a lot of different areas to navigate but when reading about the site it seems relatively easy to use and is managed by a drop down menu. This is also a non-profit and they provide free education to anyone anywhere fueled by donations. Versatility: For versatility I would rate this a 10/10. This site has lessons K-12 on science, math, grammar, etc. The list goes on and on and has many areas of study included.  Use it?: I would rate this a 9/10. This is because it has a large variety of lessons that could easily be applied to my classroom no matter what grade I choose. I also like that the...
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Blog Post #9 - Nearpod

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 This blog entry is about a tool of my choosing. Link:  https://nearpod.com/  Description:  Nearpod is a platform that uses interactive presentations to engage the students while also asking assessment questions. This platform uses AI to save teachers time while still creating engaging lessons. This site also provides over 22,000 lessons, videos, and activities designed by a expert team.   Ease of Use: I would rate Nearpod's ease of use as a 9/10 . This site has so many different lesson choices and it also uses AI so that the teacher can have a lighter work load. The site is fairly easy to navigate and has a lots of different potential ways of use.  Versatility: For versatility, I would rate this site a 10/10 . Like I mentioned previously, this site has over 22,000 lessons that teachers can use and students can interact with. These make it easy it find a lesson for whatever you need. Use it?: For use it, I would rank this a 9/10 . I give it this becaus...
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Blog #8 - ClassDojo

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 This blog entry is about a tool from the Fall 2025 T3PP results. Link:  https://www.classdojo.com/ Description:  ClassDojo is a platform that helps create community in the classroom. ClassDojo offers organization, communication, and planning for students, teachers, and families. ClassDojo offers calendar and communication to families but it also offers social-emotional learning for its students.  Ease Of Use: I would give ease of use a  9/10 . ClassDojo is a very organized platform that uses visuals and colors to help student understand it as well. This is a fun way to get students engaged and focused on learning. The platform uses drop down bars and other organization tools to make it easy for users to navigate.  Versatility:  I will give versatility a  9/10 . This site has a place for educators, families, students, school leaders, and even district leaders. This is a great way for organization and interaction to come into play with students and...
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Blog #7 - Lexia

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 This blog entry is about a tool that was mentioned in my T3PP interview.  Link:  https://www.lexialearning.com/ Description:  Lexia is platform that is based on the Science of Reading (SOR) research and curriculum. Lexia is a place where educators and district workers can come to learn more and access curriculum of the SOR so they can teach their students better reading skills.  Ease Of Use: I would give ease of use a  9/10 . I think Lexia's website is very easy to navigate and understand. With many drop-down bars and explanations of the curriculum educators can easily access this knowledge. Lexia also uses videos and other visual tools to help with understanding.  Versatility:  I will give versatility an 7/10 . This platform does a great job of hitting all grades and ages but it only focuses on one subject. This is a really good educator tool but it doesn't allow for the kids to have direct usage. Use it?:  I would give using it in the clas...
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Blog #6 - Seesaw

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 This blog entry is about a tool from the Fall 2025 T3PP results. Link:  https://seesaw.com/ Description:  Seesaw is a all-inclusive learning platform that connects teachers, students, parents, and administrators. This platform also has many options for students learning without switching systems. Seesaw provides teachers with collective data over multiple subject areas so their data is also not scattered.  Here is a video that explains how Seesaw boosts learning: Ease Of Use: I would rank Seesaw a 9/10 . This platform is very easy to navigate and understand. While there are many ways this can be used it still keeps an easy organizing system. This platform also makes it easy for parents and students to use as well.  Versatility:  For versatility I will give a  9/10 . Like I mentioned previously this can be used by many people involved with the students. It also keeps all learning in one place for better data so this increases versatility as well. This ...
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