Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. –For more information, visit their website or their Facebook page. Student-led Classroom Management. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Bloom’s Taxonomy.

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Education Learning UDL Course 382

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Skills for online engagement with students who are experiencing anxiety (and trauma) can be especially helpful for educators struggling with student disengagement in online classrooms. Learn More.

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 487

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

I like to compare the teacher’s work designing learning experiences to the work of an architect. In my new book with Dr. Katie Novak, UDL and Blended Learning , I share a story about working with an architect to design a new home after my family lost our house in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Summer Learning Opportunities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online. UDL is tough enough in a face-to-face environment, but the real challenge might be how to implement the principles in an online world where students’ abilities and learning styles differ drastically.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

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.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Assessment 539

Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

Katie Novak to explore the complementary nature of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.”

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Meeting 545

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

Stachowiak suggests including at least three polls or opportunities to interact during each online class session. In fact, a lot of it's getting really critical, like, “What you're doing, that's not online teaching—you're not in the cool kids club.” I love what many of the universal design for learning people say.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

Instead of following along from the back of the classroom where it might be challenging to see what is projected on the front board, students have the information close up. A video can also make instruction more accessible. Adding closed captioning to videos can remove barriers and boost comprehension.

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Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction Flipped Classroom Learning 455

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. I described how blended and online learning can help educators provide opportunities for students to perceived and engage with information presented in multiple modalities. Check out my self-paced online course.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Guidelines 546

Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

3 Choose Your Learning Path Adventure. One of my favorite blog posts to write last year was my choose your learning path adventure ! When working with Dr. Katie Novak on UDL and Blended Learning , we provided an example of transforming an Engage NY/Eureka elementary math lesson into a choose your learning path adventure.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Assessment 367

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Comparison 545

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This blend of online and offline learning can happen exclusively in the classroom with the station rotation and whole group rotation models. It can combine both in-class and online learning at home with the flipped classroom and playlist models. Consuming new information (e.g., Looking for additional resources?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

In moving from classroom-based instruction to online instruction, the role of the faculty member changes from the content presenter to the facilitator of online learning. This session will look at what it takes to create an online learning community that is safe, supportive, interactive, and engaging.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Maybe we give them choices about how they complete an assignment…the tools they use, whether they work online or off, what steps they will take to get from point A to point B. 1 Relationships need to be our #1 priority. Life, at its core, is about relationships. 8 Projects can turn the world into our curriculum.

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Learning Blended Learning UDL Groups 527

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

All sessions will be publicly available to attend through the online Blackboard Collaborate platform, and every session will be recorded and made available immediately following the conference. in teaching and learning, and the URL for attending is [link]. The conference theme is the use of social media and Web 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Topics include: Personalize Your Math Professional Development, Learn About Differentiated Instruction and UDL, Personalize Your ELA Professional Development, and more. PD certificates will be available through the Learning Revolution. Visit www.edtechmonth.com for more information. More information and registration here.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

These choices can help us universally design learning experiences that strive to remove barriers and invite students to decide how to engage with information, make meaning, and demonstrate their learning. Student agency requires that we design our lessons to offer students meaningful choices.

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Blended Learning Strategy Assessment Examples 546

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It is a series of stations, or learning activities, that students rotate through. Typically, there is a teacher-led station, an online station, and an offline station. To be considered a blended learning model, at least one station must be an online learning station. Learning is, in part, a social endeavor.

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