Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

There Should Be Something for Everyone For educators, the biggest advantage of digital resources is the ability to personalize content for students. Educators use a variety of resources to meet the needs and interests of individual students, including videos, images, games, non-fiction text and varying types of assessments.

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Survey Differentiated Instruction Common Core Student Engagement 212

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 123

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Its pages are visual and easy-to-understand, enabling teachers to quickly create lesson plans, find targeted resources, and determine how students are doing. Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). Click here for my full review.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Academic Standards LMS 174

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 124

Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

Lesson plans serve as a teacher guideline for what students will learn, why they are learning a skill and how they will learn it and demonstrate their proficiency. The first step to planning an effective lesson is to decide what skill you will teach using the Common Core or state standards specific to your content area and grade level.

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Hapara Examples Assessment Common Core 144

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2016

The Independent OpenCourseWare Study (IOCS) that I co-created with Julie Meehan when I was principal at New Milford High School represents an uncommon learning experience for secondary students that allows them to fully utilize OCW to pursue learning that focuses on their passions, interests, and career aspirations.

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Personalized Learning Learning Secondary Course 150

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a well-respected writer on both the NCTM Focal Points and Common Core State Standards, Fennell served as President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2006–2008 and was a founding member of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. For more information, please visit www.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning. Read the original version here.

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UDL Common Core Guidelines Exercises 120

Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has come with specific challenges for teachers: Keeping students engaged during hybrid or fully remote learning, addressing systemic inequity and the digital divide, and coping with days of seemingly endless multitasking are just a few among so many other obstacles. Screencastify and the power of voice.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Best of all using BoomWriter''s educational portal, teachers can manage student accounts and monitor and assess all work that has been submitted. Also, educators can use ProjectWriter to develop vocabulary skills by including key words and concepts into their assignments (think WordWriter). Here are some more features of ProjectWriter.

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Common Core Assessment Groups Student Engagement 47

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JANUARY 17, 2021

Not surprisingly, I struggled to keep my students engaged. All higher-level thinking skills are difficult to assess. Is it any surprise that our test-driven educational system relies so heavily on multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, one-possible-answer assessments? By Jeremy Royster. Then I remembered.

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System Common Core Exercises Assessment 52

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2018

I wanted to use Serial as a primary text for at least a few weeks, but I wasn’t sure how it would fit in with Common Core or how it might affect my students’ reading habits. But many aren’t sure how to justify using podcasts in the classroom. That’s how I got started.

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Common Core Assessment Strategy Student Engagement 62

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Prodigy is a game-like fantasy world where students engage in math along their adventures. Prodigy is a virtual world where students can play together with classmates. In the virtual world, students are wizards who learn magic and spells to defeat over 100 monsters.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2015

An annual report examines the persistent gender gap in reading performance, how the Common Core is impacting reading achievement, and how intrinsic motivation plays a key role in student engagement, and offers analyses in all three areas.

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Common Core Education Report Student Engagement 40

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Alma Technologies, a provider of a holistic student engagement platform for K-12 schools, has added a standards tracking tool intended to empower educators more effectively teach to proficiency against any set of academic standards. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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Common Core Academic Standards LMS Trends 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Excerpted from “ Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement ” by Heather Wolpert-Gawron. Read the companion piece, “Why Choice Matters to Student Learning,” for more about the research on student engagement and choice. Student choice, therefore, helps me to help them.

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Classroom Student Engagement Common Core Assessment 50

wwwatanabe

JANUARY 31, 2014

This morning, I saw the "light bulb" illuminate as a team realized that Webb''s Depth of Knowledge Level 3 (DOK 3) tasks aren''t more "difficult" problems, but rather it''s when students engage with content learning at deeper cognitive levels. 21st Century Learning Common Core DOK' How did this post connect with you?

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Common Core Examples Assessment Data 58

wwwatanabe

JULY 20, 2015

It is great differentiation for all students including ELs , gifted, and special needs. It increases student engagement in a meaningful and relevant task. It can be used as an authentic assessment. Here are some of the Common Core Standards that digital storytelling and digital stories address: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 16, 2016

Sign up for websites that provide support for student learning. There are many sites with resources that help make lessons more visually interesting and/or support student engagement; make an account, and create playlists or files. From timing to awarding points, these tools help keep students engaged and on-task.

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EdTech Common Core Video Student Engagement 40

Reading By Example

DECEMBER 24, 2015

This is a follow up to a previous post about our school’s collective efforts to increase student engagement in reading, especially in their dispositions around talking about and sharing their reading lives. Our students’ work, collaboratively assessed through grade level and vertical teams, has shown great gains.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Teachers have had to get more creative in helping students understand new concepts, and students have had to take a lot more responsibility for their own learning. Sitting quietly at the back of the room is no longer an option in classrooms that prize student engagement. Instead of just saying, ‘Mr.

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Common Core Advocacy System Personalized Learning 94

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

They have a lot of great ideas for teaching and for leading a classroom, but minimal experience establishing and maintaining structures that keep students engaged and productively learning. Related: Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards.

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Common Core Professional Learning Meeting Report 73

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning. Under ESSA, states will now be responsible for determining if schools are successful in meeting the needs of every student. educational policy: College and Career Readiness.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 8, 2015

Its goal is to help educators with the creation of assessment rubrics for a wide variety of student activities. There are numerous STEM possibilities that will guide student learning and assessment. Rubistar – This is a wonderful free tool, supported by a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

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STEM Resources Common Core Industry 60

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards. See examples at varying grade levels of successful PBL projects aligned to Common Core and ISTE NET Standards and for various subject areas.

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

One deals with the actual writing process and the others provides tools and resources for various writing opportunities and student engagement In this post I will deal the first concept and the following posts will explore that wide range of writing and engagement opportunities. I see this as really multiple concepts.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

The Electric Educator

MARCH 16, 2018

This makes it easy for a teacher to identify which students do not have a permission slip on file. Book report generator - Writing reflectively is a key component of the common core standards. Engagement tracker - Are your students engaged in classroom learning on a daily basis?

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Examples Google Classroom Conference 94

Educator Innovator

MAY 12, 2014

Week 2: July 14 — How can we use Connected Learning principles to promote 21st century learning and address Common Core State Standards? Week 4: July 28 — How do you engage millennials in civic discourse and promote community engagement? The skills required of 21st century learners are clear.

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MOOC Digital Citizenship Social Media Common Core 30

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

As a former New York City high school teacher, I know that parent-teacher conferences seldom provide parents with enough time to process what their children learned, what they’re interested in, and what needs improvement.

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Conference Blended Learning Data Accessibility 139

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 29, 2015

But centers are also a tremendous amount of work for the teacher, as both differentiation and assessment can be time consuming and difficult. Are the activities on an appropriate level for each student? Take anecdotal notes and/or informally assess children in meaningful contexts. Are the kids really learning? – Tracy N.

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Strategy Common Core Assessment Elementary 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

While our curriculum is traditional in the sense that it must follow the common core standards, the delivery is very different. For example, in middle school, students might do a role-playing game for the semester while studying molecules and the human body. Or, we have a math teacher who uses Minecraft as an assessment.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Common Core Assessment 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2015

That was fine–don’t get me wrong; it promotes student learning while avoiding a meltdown by the teacher–but I now have better options that keep momentum going while I am away for PD or recovering from an unexpected illness. All other students will retake the quiz. Substitute teacher knowledge: no tech knowledge.

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Khan Academy Common Core Assessment Groups 150

MindShift

MARCH 11, 2015

Godsey is one of a growing number of educators who are using podcasts like “Serial” to motivate their classrooms and address education requirements set by the Common Core state standards. If you give teachers content-based audio, you’ll get so much more student engagement,” says Brady-Myerov.

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Common Core Learning Report Exercises 28

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) stress the importance of communication, and challenge students to engage in conversation by using evidence to support an argument, while evaluating and listening to others’ perspectives. is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. VideoNot.es

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