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The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations

Catlin Tucker

This twist on the station rotation model combines the strategic collection and use of data with student agency to create a more personalized and student-centered approach to this blended learning model. In a traditional station rotation, all students rotate through the same sequence of learning activities or stations.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing deepens learning and positively impacts academic performance, improves our students’ ability to establish and maintain relationships, and helps students manage their complex emotions. The lack of focus on writing in education is baffling, given the positive impacts of writing on learning. Kiuhara, S. A., & MacKay, M.

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Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI)

Catlin Tucker

They are useful for integrating various subjects and can make learning more engaging by connecting different areas of study through a common theme. The beauty of skill-based choice boards is they can often be used repeatedly throughout the year as the tasks stay relevant and are not tied to a specific lesson or unit of study.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that is based on a scientific understanding of how people learn. The goal of UDL is to design “barrier-free, instructionally rich learning environments and lessons that provide access to all students” (Nelson, 2). Engagement. Self-Regulation.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. In her qualitative study, she found that when schools meet this challenge head-on, student achievement increased and behavioral challenges decreased. Learn More. Online and Digital Instruction.

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How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

EdTechTeam

You design an assessment to measure this standard. The flexibility of this EduProtocols is key to keeping things fresh in your classroom and formative assessment: In Language Arts: vocabulary, figurative language, character traits, theme, literary devices. Kim incorporates best practices including WICOR, UDL, ELL.

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

Defined Learning makes using project-based content easy to bring into any subject. These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. Each project will have P erformance Tasks.

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