The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Outline of How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies Podcast Episode Thank you Propello for sponsoring this episode Resources Mentioned in the Podcast Jennifer Seravallo's Bio Podcast Transcript What is in the Reading Strategies 2.0 book that is new? So what are you waiting for?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Today, I’m amazed at the impact technology can have on the learning process—especially when it enables teachers to personalize learning. And I never tire of hearing stories from educators who are successfully implementing personalized approaches to provide their students a truly unique learning experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. What You Get.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

While a one-size-fits-all approach served its purpose for some of us, it doesn’t meet the diverse needs of kids today. It also doesn’t provide teachers and administrators with valuable insight on how to best support learners no matter where they are in relation to standards and critical competencies.

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Hapara

JULY 3, 2023

That way their voice is part of the process and they are more motivated to meet goals. Examples of online behavior expectations include: We will use school-issued devices for classwork rather than personal entertainment. When I’m posting on our school’s social media account, I’m aware of how it will affect my digital footprint.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

Since adverse environments and stress can disrupt executive functioning skill development, schools have to provide educational programs that teach students how to successfully plan and achieve their goals. Done inadequately, self-assessment and monitoring can lead to serious issues that can impact students’ well-being.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. A good program starts with a needs assessment, which is a way to figure out what teachers really need from their training. building a personal learning network online.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2019

In 2017, at the end of our third year of implementing personalized learning at Dallas ISD, our central personalized learning team conducted a series of stepback meetings with school leaders. We wanted to learn their biggest concerns around implementation, along with what was and wasn’t working for them.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. How to build your global classroom in 4 steps. Teachers have to assess the resources and capacities of both schools before starting a project. See #globalclassroom for inspiration.

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

The main ways to identify learning gaps are through observation and evaluation: Observation enables you to understand which students are up-to-date with their learning goals and have acquired the skills they need based on the curriculum. This is where learning gaps come to light. Closing learning gaps is easier than ever before.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Kimberly Sheppard is a personalized learning coach for Henry County Schools in Georgia. In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE).

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Why is it so hard to teach K-12 educators how to promote student agency and to provide choices around content and pacing—why is it so hard to teach educators how to personalize learning? In this case, I’d provide an end date to help them ensure that all work is completed with enough time for me to assess.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach. The next, they’ll try a Kindle.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ensure that students meet their usage goals and spot who may be at risk of falling behind. The data housed under this section is ideal for understanding how students move through each level in their ST Math objectives. Think of this location as your teaching command center.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. By offering more choices in terms of digital tools for student engagement, we can better meet specific student interests and needs.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Teachers described their challenges in combining in-person and remote teaching in a University of California, Santa Cruz, study published in January 2022. Although educators are trying to keep schools open during the pandemic, they still have to figure out how to educate children quarantining at home. So I cut out a lot of stuff.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

In my most recent school role, I was tasked with leading our school’s transition to personalized learning. Our staff saw incredible potential in using technology in thoughtful ways to meet the needs of every student. I now see that personalized learning environments require personalized learning strategies.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level. “A

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Under-resourced students and those in rural areas without internet access could not consistently attend classes, either in person or virtually. The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported steep drops in test scores , especially in mathematics. Jessie Woolley-Wilson is the CEO and president of DreamBox Learning®.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2019

Educators have figured out that technology can help to free their time from administrative tasks like grading assessments, allowing them to shift energy toward individual student relationships. Related: How to unlock students’ internal drive for learning. She named it after herself: the Montessori Method.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

That’s because edtech solutions, advanced research, practical assessments, and improved communication give them maximum control over their learning. By leveraging e-learning and other strategies, edtech can help teachers and students get back to the classroom without facing many difficulties. Conclusion.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result of this webinar and some research of my own, I compiled this list which I hope will serve as a quick menu for you and the teachers at your school to select summer professional development that will help you grow and learn. Social-Emotional Learning. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So even though students in a classroom may look alike, they each have a unique combination of background, strengths, needs and interests that affect their learning outcomes. Since classrooms are so diverse, curricula need to meet this diversity. Determine the types of content that best support their learning.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Students should master learning content but also abilities such as adaptability, resilience, and agency. Read more: How to enhance students’ work-ready skills. Mastery-based learning contains two distinct but complementary elements: the learning content and the skills and behaviors students demonstrate along the way.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Let’s take a look at how to develop K-12 open educational resources. Any type of resource you can create for instruction or to help students learn a skill can be turned into an OER. . Formative assessments like this NGSS-aligned weather formative assessment. Pre-assessments like this clouds pre-assessment.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. EdSurge: There is a lot of discussion right now about learning loss and learning gaps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Research around the pedagogy of effective blended learning will help you understand how to effectively combine your physical classroom and your online classroom.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Now, with a return to students learning at home, educators need to ensure that students don’t fall behind. . How to help : To combat remote learning loss, teachers need a way to guide students online through new concepts. Give them a chance to meet with you one-on-one to go over new material in more depth.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 12, 2021

New research from Common Sense has found that the number of teens and young adults who report feeling depressed has grown significantly throughout the pandemic , something that schools will need to reckon with during the return to in-person learning. Consider how students' digital lives are changing.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 25, 2022

A learning management system (LMS) is a powerful tool that helps you streamline teaching activities and offer students a personalized learning experience. Managing accounts, creating learning paths, games, or assessing students also rely heavily on automation. Much of what you would normally do manually (e.g.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. There are many things to consider, including setting up a pilot program, onboarding, and training teachers on how to effectively use the new LMS.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

At the same time, technology is a vehicle for innovation, effective learning, and student empowerment. It’s the key to ensuring constant access to classes, at any time, from anywhere, and offering students a personalized learning experience. Read more: How to get started with hybrid teaching.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. One of our goals this year was to increase parent communication around student learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

How does a fifth grader feel getting ready to do a live edtech demo at their local school board meeting? At last February’s Board meeting, 10-year old Ryan inspired the adults in the room to see how tech can be leveraged for learning in a whole new light. Here’s a video of Ryan’s command performance.)

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

It was during the return trip that I once again saw differentiation firmly in part of a personalized learning experience. One of my biggest goals this year was to provide purposeful and engaging differentiation in math to meet all learners' needs in my classroom. Katie helped me utilize student data to bring my vision to life.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, announced that the New York State Education Department (NYSED) has added IXL’s Real-Time Diagnostic to its list of approved assessments. Additionally, purchasing IXL gives districts access to an end-to-end learning solution.

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