The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. Check out Designing Online Assessments for Students — a course that can help you in this area.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2024

Various types of learning strategies are needed to boost student engagement and bring it to its highest levels. According to the Van Andel Institute for Education, every teacher hopes to ignite, empower, and engage the students who walk through their classroom door. However, implementing this is easier said than done.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Here are a few reasons why: It facilitates differentiated instruction. Every student has a specific academic background, a unique set of interests and learning needs, as well as expectations of what a great learning experience should be. It improves student engagement. Teachers of all grades are well aware of this.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Still, teachers are tirelessly putting in their best effort to make distance learning work for their students. Even though kids had iPads, parents were not sure [how to use them for class]. In many cases, parent involvement understandably extends to supporting students in taking online assessments.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

“A one-size-fits-all instructional approach doesn’t work in a classroom where every student brings their own unique learning style. More than ever, personalized learning is critical in getting students engaged and motivated to learn and supporting academic growth,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

I still can’t believe how much time and focus there was on how to manage a classroom effectively. When it came to the lesson plan piece, many of my colleagues and I in the Northeastern United States were educated in the Instructional Theory Into Practice Model (ITIP) developed by Madeline Hunter.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 28, 2023

The social studies teacher who taught you what taxes were AND how to file them. The math teacher who used student loans to show you how interest worked. YOU can be that teacher—and EVERFI wants to help you make that kind of impact with FREE digital lessons for K thru 12 students. Everyone remembers THAT teacher.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

This dichotomy of rich summative data but countless unanswered questions is the result of a growing pattern in education: schools have enough data to know that there is a problem, but they lack the right data at the right time to know when and how to address it. It would be a shame to exit the pandemic without learning something from it.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2021

The teachers at my private school, where I serve as director of studies, are incredibly adaptive and grounded in differentiated instruction and assessment, and so they adapted and made the constraints work as well as they could. Student engagement was falling off as well.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in. Going Global in the Classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

Deans for Impact instead reported the results in three separate categories: 49 percent on 14 basic cognitive science principles; 58 percent correct on 32 questions about applying these concepts in the classroom, and 67 percent on eight questions about beliefs about how kids learn. Most are training graduate students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

For starters: Algebra, history, chemistry, English and yes, even civics and how to brush your teeth. Although the grand atrium of the Kennedy Center more typically hosts ball gowns and Mozart fans than students with VR goggles swiping at invisible objects, the center is keen to show its appreciation for learning. Kennedy Center.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

So I developed the Allendale Six instructional process: bell to bell instruction. performing formative assessments. standards-based instruction. student-centered instruction. We’re using them to improve instruction across the district. How did you support your teachers? Young Eagles Aviation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Group projects and collaborative assignments foster a sense of community and interdependence among students. Additionally, student-centered learning is often intertwined with personalized learning paths. This can involve differentiated instruction strategies where tasks are tailored to each student’s learning pace and style.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Understanding Our Students’ Needs When I work with teachers to design learning experiences that strive to meet students where they are in their individual learning journeys, the first item on the agenda is pre-assessments. Before diving into the unit, he administers a pre-assessment to his diverse class of 30 students.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. . #1: 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

Further elaborating on the flexibility and opportunities UDL offers, Evans (2010) notes that it provides “flexibility and opportunity for teachers and students by incorporating collaborative partnerships, technology tools, and differentiated instruction” (p. How to Integrate UDL in Teaching?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 16, 2020

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Let’s talk about resilient teaching , or more specifically, how to create resilient designs or lesson plans w hether your school district will be using a remote learning/remote teaching model, hybrid learning/blended learning model , or conducting in-person classes. Math manipulatives.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In addition, Virginia Discovery Education Science Experience provides educators detailed lesson plans, embedded formative assessments, hands-on activities, digital simulations, and robust teacher supports that immerse students in instruction by sparking their natural curiosity about the world around them.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Students who did not engage in reading practice after school closures last spring started this school year behind where they would have been during a normal school year. These students’ reading assessments demonstrate a 20% loss in potential growth whereas even students who remained engaged after school closures experienced an 8% loss.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

For instance, a study by Louis and Marks reveals that schools with strong professional communities not only enhance student achievement and classroom organization but also lead to greater student engagement and reduced learning disparities. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I do really hope you enjoyed the prior two posts on differentiated instructions tools for reading using technology. Part 2: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … More Reading. I believe that the DI classroom must provide students some self autonomy when participating in the writing process.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Part 4: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement. I do really hope you enjoyed the past three posts involving differentiated instructional tools for reading and writing using technology. In this post, I wish to extend DI and writing in the area of student engagement.

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eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

The administrators, teachers, and students in these communities inspire us every day to keep pushing the boundaries of what it means to differentiate instruction and create lifelong learners. Read on for a look at the many ways a few of our Digital Promise district partners are boosting student engagement and academic growth.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 4, 2019

Support for this episode comes from Pear Deck , the tool that helps you supercharge student engagement. With Pear Deck, you can take any Google Slides presentation, add interactive questions or embed websites directly into your lesson, and send it to student devices so they can participate in real time while you present.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Our differentiated instruction solutions will give these kindergarteners-to-be the right start on the road to college and career success.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. A lesson on how to create a podcast. A lesson on how to create a podcast.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Student 2.0 ? Student Entrepreneurship ? Testing and Assessment ? Special Needs ? Strengths-based Education ? Teacher 2.0 ? Teaching Online ? Temperament and Learning Styles ? Unschooling ? Virtual Schooling ? World Schooling See you “online!” hours a day.

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wwwatanabe

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Instead of being wowed, I got consistent active student engagement with seamless technology integration in every classroom. The teachers were masters at differentiated instruction with technology. As I walked the classrooms, I consistently saw the students in flexible learning groups.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Learn how to use the iPad apps “Book Creator” and “Creative Book Builder” to create and share enhanced/multimedia eBooks using DropBox for free cloud storage/distribution. Enhancing Instruction with Digital Games by Andrew Miller Uncover how and why games engage us in specific and meaningful ways. A massive online game?

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

These resources include everything from guidance on how to talk with children about COVID-19, to using trauma-informed practices to support students. With that larger context in mind, let’s look at the current academic challenges, and how we are working to help schools, teachers, families and students.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

The shift in mindset involves moving away from a teaching model that is centered on curriculum and meeting benchmarks toward being student-centered in ways that demand differentiated instruction based on a child’s interests, strengths, weaknesses and background. They teach students as a class and one-on-one or in small groups.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The shift in mindset involves moving away from a teaching model that is centered on curriculum and meeting benchmarks toward being student-centered in ways that demand differentiated instruction based on a child’s interests, strengths, weaknesses and background. They teach students as a class and one-on-one or in small groups.

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