This week’s main content was on digital platforms to help teachers in their classroom and running records practice.

One of the digital platforms that the presenter came in and introduced to us was Freshgrade, which is a digital platform that allows the teacher and the students to use and create their digital portfolio as the semester progresses. This allows constant recording of data and the progress that the students have throughout the year and could be used as a good both formative and summative assessment tool.

The running record practice was quite difficult. It was a very thorough process of recording a student’s reading skills by carefully recording every details of mistakes, repeats and completion of sentences. I don’t know if it would come in handy during my practicum experiences, but it was good to know that this particular practice exists.