Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Last year, I began experimenting with standards-based grading and wrote a blog titled “ Grading for Mastery and Redesigning My Gradebook. In her book, Stackstein chronicles her journey ditching grades in a traditional school setting and offers some excellent strategies a teacher can use to go gradeless.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It is integrated classroom tools for students and teachers and powerful transparency for families and school leaders. Has a great gradebook supporting traditional points-based classrooms and standards based grading. Otus is an interesting product, created by educators.

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Teacher Tech

JUNE 27, 2021

It is not something we put in the gradebook but rather a use of data to reflect on if our teaching is effective and to make adjustments. The post Try Formative – It’s Free appeared first on Teacher Tech. Formative assessment forms what we do next! I am very passionate about formative assessment.

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Teacher Tech

JUNE 26, 2020

When you download your roster from your gradebook there is a good chance it downloads as a CSV file. The post Opening a CSV File in Google Drive appeared first on Teacher Tech. Basically it’s a spreadsheet that is not a spreadsheet. So what do you do if you want to […].

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Teacher Tech

JULY 1, 2019

Which Gradebook Defines Your Classroom? The gradebook. How can one gradebook algorithm possibly define what unique and awesome things are going on in each teachers classroom? […]. The post Google Classroom: Make Your OWN Grades appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Thousands of teachers every year take education classes to renew their license, move up to the next salary range at their school (I did that–often), or learn teaching skills they didn’t get in their degree program (like remote teaching or in-depth technology). At any time, I can view my gradebook to see how I’m progressing.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 14, 2022

SmartMusic is an educational platform that provides teachers and students with a wide variety of resources to enhance music education. Related: 7 Great Music Websites for Teachers and Students ] Teachers can create classes on SmartMusic and invite students to join.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

One of the benefits of using an LMS for online teaching is that it makes teachers’ lives easier when it comes to tracking student progress and learning outcomes. While there is no doubt that an LMS can provide incredibly insightful analytics, there is no need for teachers to use them all. Let’s have a look at them: Progress analytics.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 25, 2017

I had one teacher ask me what I do when a student arrives at my teacher-led station and has not done the work required. Typically, a parent does not realize there is a problem until a zero is entered into a gradebook or report cards are mailed home. ” Her response was, “Why not make them do it?

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

Redesigning My Gradebook. This year I decided to overhaul my gradebook and assess students based on their mastery of particular skills, also referred to as standards-based grading. Instead of organizing my gradebook using traditional categories (e.g. Instead of organizing my gradebook using traditional categories (e.g.

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eSchool News

JULY 23, 2021

Teachers’ jobs involve much more than teaching in the classroom or online. Planboard , from Chalk, is a free online lesson planner and gradebook that is used by 500,000+ teachers. Lesson planning doesn’t have to be daunting. In fact, it can be downright fun with these resources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2018

TeacherKit , a useful classroom management app for iOS or Android, provides teachers with one location to log student attendance, take note of student behavior, record grades, create student-level reporting, and other tedious tasks that traditionally take time away from teaching. How it works. This includes: rote reports. seating charts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The free JotForm Tables addresses the ongoing need teachers and schools have for easy-to-understand, easy-to-customize data to help with decision-making. Parent communication log — track parent-teacher conferences and conversations. –JotForm is an Ask a Tech Teacher sponsor but the opinions in this post are my own.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They had papers stuffed into the bottom of their backpack, folders with only a couple pieces of paper and missing assignments in the gradebook. If they need more practice, they would go back and restudy and adjust or ask their teacher for help. Self-control Self-control relates to physical or emotional impulses and behavior.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 21, 2016

Did you know a web browser has many free incredible extensions (Chrome/Safari)/add-ons (Firefox)/plugins(IE) to support teachers and learners? Extensions also help teachers accomplish many time consuming tasks faster, such as grading, assessment, providing feedback, research, creating lesson plans and more. Extensions for Teachers.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 29, 2016

Kiddom is a complete gradebook system for teachers looking for additional features in their day to day classroom assessments. The post Kiddom: An Intuitive Gradebook for the Intuitive Educator | w/ @KiddomApp appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

The “attempted security incident” this month knocked out many of Illuminate Education’s digital services, including an online gradebook, Skedula, and a related parent-focused platform, PupilPath, which are used by New York’s public school system. The uptick is happening at a time of record spending on U.S. Lack of National Consensus The U.S.

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Neo LMS

JULY 21, 2020

The number of middle school teachers has fallen dramatically in the last decade or so. Teachers everywhere point to high levels of stress, long working hours, unclear expectations, and not enough support as the main issues behind their decision to part ways with the education system. The teacher shortage is real and growing.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Whether you’re a teacher seeking to minimize the hours spent grading papers or an educator looking to implement technology that provides clear, actionable feedback to your students, I’ve got you covered. Grading Tools for Teachers There are many types of grading tools available for teachers.

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Teacher Tech

JULY 23, 2019

I was working on a doctorate (I dropped out) and my research focus was “How can we make the gradebook more like world of warcraft?” The post Google Classroom Level Up Game appeared first on Teacher Tech. ” In video games we use data to motivate players. In schools we use data to make kids […].

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 7, 2019

My research focus was on “How can we make the gradebook more like World of Warcraft?” The post The First 2 Weeks by @tguskey appeared first on Teacher Tech. I first came across his research while a doctoral student (I dropped out.)

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

Welcome to the third and final post in this series focusing on teacher workload, and how technology can assist teachers with the three greatest time heavy activities. Teacher tricks: grading & assessment. Teacher tricks: grading & assessment. It also has a number of teacher-generated rubrics ready for download.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2017

Beneylu is a K-8 online learning platform that puts critical classroom applications, resources, activities, and games in a secure online universe that is accessible to parents, teachers, and students. Classrooms are personalized to student needs with apps teachers download and install via a lightning-fast, secure connection.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2024

In the realm of education, it means breaking down barriers so that educational technologies and data systems can collaborate effectively, ultimately enhancing the educational experience for leaders, staff, specialists, teachers, students and parents. This agility allows teachers to adapt learning plans to individual student needs.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how technology can help teachers mitigate bad behavior in the classroom. This year, Google has continued to improve the grading process in Google Classroom by including a new Gradebook option to help analyze quiz results all in one place. Rhode Island-based 7th-grade math teacher and education blogger.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 27, 2021

Google Sheets is a fantastic application for teachers and students. If you want to fit more text in your headers, learn how to rotate–similar to how it looks in a typical gradebook. Have you ever wanted to rotate text in your Google Sheet so it is tilted vertically like in a grade book? It’s super easy!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

During this week, teachers and students alike spend time getting to know each other, become comfortable in the classroom where they’ll spend countless hours for the next nine months, and take time to reach a comfort level with leaving summer behind. Back to school stories are a tried-and-true favorite among both students and teachers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I have previously written about the need for teachers to embrace this practice with a growth mindset and shed any negative stigmas attached to instructional coaching in order to realize its potential to improve our craft. It’s necessary to coach teachers so that they’ll trust your leadership and want to follow you.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 5, 2019

The latest features added to the line up are Locked Quizzes and a Gradebook. Check out Google for Education’s newest EDU in 90 video to see all the features of Gradebook within Google Classroom and get a live demo. Chris Webb is an experienced Math and ICT Teacher based in Montreal, Canada.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JUNE 25, 2015

June 25, 2015 Here are some good web tools teachers can use to create and manage online grade books. These tools provide a plethora of features that enable you to calculate, save, and distribute.read more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 31, 2019

It’s the first step to establishing the parent-teacher partnership. Teachers demonstrate their teaching style. Make no mistake: Teachers are equal parts entertainers and educators. Now, teachers have to make learning, fun, enticing, joyful. . A caution for teachers: Families are changing: Life is faster.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 20, 2017

How many times have you experienced teachers who based report card grades on how well students complete classwork, homework, and quizzes? Here’s a good four-minute video overview of SBG: SBG reminds teachers that the goal isn’t to write the book report but communicate ideas. Three resources .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2017

differentiation for unique student needs, meaning teachers can assign work based on student need–to the entire class, a small group, or an individual. involvement of all stakeholders in student learning including other teachers (outside of the one class) and parents. Roll out a new LMS by training teachers. whiteboard.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2015

CanaryFlow is a classroom workflow platform that makes it easy for K-12 teachers to create lessons, add and grade assignments, upload resources, comment on student work or class activities, and schedule events. Users (students and teachers) can access materials and submit work using the camera, Google Drive, or Dropbox.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2021

Good news: Lots of schools automatically update programs teachers use on school devices. One month, it might be the lesson plan for your class; another it might be the gradebook program. You MUST install these to protect against malware and secure your personal data. Clean the junk off your desktop or home screen.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2018

Thousands of teachers have used the free Wikispaces platform to share materials with students and colleagues, to run online classrooms, or as the virtual arm of a blended course. Its end has left teachers scrambling for alternatives that accomplish the same goals within a tight education budget. Build a wiki from scratch.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

This includes typical LMS (Learning Management Systems) functions like homework, classwork, schedules, quizzes, resources, and gradebooks so stakeholders–teachers and students–can access them from any location and any digital device. standards-based lesson plans which allow teachers to track completion of skills.

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