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JUNE 8, 2023

Are kids learning to think or just to pass tests? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. It’s no secret many parents are frustrated with public schools.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

Discussion can be a powerful tool for learning yet engaging all students in equitable discussions can be challenging. Note: For educators interested in incorporating online discussions into their curriculum, my first book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 provides resources and strategies to support this shift. Learning'

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Common Core Schoology Groups Blended Learning 150

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. differentiate teaching for students with different learning styles. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of project. Essential Question. materials required. teacher prep required. step-by-step instructions. extensions to dig deeper into the subject.

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User Generated Education

MAY 17, 2024

” ( Young Kids Need to Learn About Social Entrepreneurship ) Third, this unit met my own criteria for an effective and powerful unit: Instructional challenges are hands-on, experiential, and naturally engaging for learners. Learning tasks are authentic, relevant, and promote life skills outside of the formal classroom.

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Prodigy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The dust has finally settled, and it looks like Common Core math is here to stay. After countless political battles (and more than one Common Core math meme floating around social media), the initiative that incorporates techniques like cooperative learning and active learning has settled into the American education system.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of the project. Essential Question. materials required. sample project.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of the project. Essential Question. materials required. sample project.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Twitter Assessment 373

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Category: ASSESSMENTS.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 28, 2016

Hacking the Common Core by Michael Fisher is the book on the CCSS that many teachers have been waiting for, says reviewer Rita Platt. The short but powerful text, in ten easy-to-read chapters, is a practical guide to making the standards work for your students.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. That’s when I heard about John Hattie at an education conference I attended and his concept of Visible Learning. When the learning is visible the teacher knows if it is occurring.

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JANUARY 2, 2022

Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of project. Essential Question. materials required. teacher prep required. step-by-step instructions. extensions to dig deeper into the subject.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 29, 2016

If my students have a love for learning, they will never be stressed over assessments, projects, and coursework. So, how can a teacher manage the Common Core to yield outstanding academic results from students? ” With second-chance learning, students are able to admit their mistakes, learn from them, and move on.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 2, 2014

As students work to master the complex reading and writing standards demanded by the Common Core, Mrs. Montecuollo and Mrs. Westbrook collaborated to create writing scaffolds that address the diverse academic needs of their 9th grade students. These teachers believe that differentiation is about access points.

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wwwatanabe

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Research shows that vocabulary acquisition plays a huge role in student learning, therefore requires attention in the classroom. With the shifts of the Common Core , students need to spend time learning both Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in a variety of ways. This fabulous tool helps with learning new vocabulary.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

More and more teachers–both new and experienced–are looking for coaching or mentoring to fill gaps in their learning, keep up to date on the latest teaching strategies, and solve problems they didn’t expect. I’ll share what I’ve learned and what works from 25 years of teaching.”

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Digital Citizenship Common Core EdTech Training 315

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JUNE 15, 2021

Educators participate in this five-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop to learn about widely-available digital tools that will help their students develop their inner writer. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Click this link to sign up.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 61

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. In this way, each standard is more like an extension of previous learning than a totally new event. A push for deeper learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2016

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards has been met with anxiety from administrators and educators at every level, because, like any major change, it can seem scary and overwhelming. When special and general ed teachers collaborate, everyone benefits. This can be a stressful time for everyone.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I am not sure any educator looks forward to these monotonous experiences (developed under the guise of learning!) The problem here was that the experience focused on hours of time on task, not on the learning itself. Whatever the case, the end result is rarely an invigorating learning experience, and time is rarely well-spent.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

In his keynote address at the Council of the Great City Schools conference in Cleveland this week, the Microsoft co-founder reflected on some lessons learned about education reform, along with plans to “invest close to $1.7 billion in U.S. public education over the next five years.”

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MARCH 9, 2023

Common Core Standards recognize the importance of this skill by addressing it in over 29 Standards, at every grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. It starts with a change in mindset: You aren’t teaching a tech tool, you’re teaching its application to learning.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

I’ll be leading a master class titled “Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology” at Alan November’s BLC Conference in Boston in July. The Common Core gives educators and opportunity to rethink how we teach and how students learn.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

The key strategy to get to this level of understanding involves a tried-and-true instructional practice: formative assessments and feedback. Although the specific approaches vary, strong practices typically include the following elements: Students have a clear understanding of their learning targets. Educator Strategies: .

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. assessment strategies. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. What’s included in each lesson plan: brief summary of the project. Essential Question. materials required. sample project.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Assessment Resources 202

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MARCH 29, 2022

They are constantly tempted to mis-spend their limited income and then must face the consequences of those actions, basing decisions on what they learned in the 32 scenarios. It is a fast-paced, interactive game that engages students in football strategy while teaching money management skills. Gen I Revolution. Age group: High school.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford.org is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. The vast majority of students need systematic and explicit instruction to build reading proficiency.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Octavio Gutierrez works with a group of students learning English, giving them a preview of what their fluent peers will learn later. And its poor Hispanic students and students still learning English performed much better than similar kids statewide. Related: Common Core tests will widen achievement gap — at first.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 19, 2012

Thomas Dewing, and Matthew Perini seem to do just that in their book The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with Common Core. Many of us are right in the midst to implementing the Common Core Standards, whether we philosophically agree or disagree with the need for their existence.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 19, 2018

Every day across the nation, students walk into schools with backpacks full of diverse experiences that impact how they behave and learn. At the same time, advancements in learning sciences paint a more dynamic and optimistic picture of human development than has ever existed before.

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Edthena

MAY 13, 2022

Video-based professional learning helps support Hartford’s District Model for Excellence, the district’s strategic operating plan. At the Learning Forward conference in Dec. At the Learning Forward conference in Dec. ” After capturing over 100 videos in a year, 5 key learnings emerged.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Too often, students–and teachers–believe learning comes from success when in truth, it’s as likely to be the product of failure. As teachers, it’s important we reinforce the concept that learning has many faces. Common Core expect students to write-edit-resubmit. What’s the Mulligan Rule?

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Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship Assessment 150

Saving Socrates

AUGUST 28, 2013

What Parents Need to Know About the Common Core and How They Can Help Their Children The Common Core is an attempt to nationalize the curriculum creating common core standards in grades K-12. This learning curve will need to be addressed. What does this practically mean? So, how can you help?

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Common Core Technology Digital Divide Assessment 40

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Are kids learning to think or just to pass tests? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. It’s no secret many parents are frustrated with public schools.

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Common Core Strategy Digital Citizenship Survey 159

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JULY 3, 2019

Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Internet connection.

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Differentiated Instruction Common Core Digital Citizenship Software 189