Catlin Tucker

JULY 24, 2020

Pre-video Activity: Before students watch a video, teachers can generate interest in the topic and create some context for the video content with a pre-video activity. Teachers can present students with an unfamiliar problem or prompt to pique their interest, ask them to generate questions about a topic, or assess their prior knowledge.

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Learning Video Strategy Assessment 546

Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] What are the benefits of formative feedback and assessment? Similarly, formative feedback gives learners vital information on what they’re doing in the moment that keeps them on track. What is formative feedback? Formative feedback is a process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Blendsapce –if you create your lesson plans in BlendSpace, it includes opportunities to assess learning. Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app). Gimkit –gamified assessment, like Kahoot; freemium. Go Formative (app). Google Forms (app). Flubaroo (app). Socrative (app). ThatQuiz.org.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 26, 2023

Sign up for a Free Account For this demonstration, I will select Physical Science because it includes topics I teach in computer science. So, while this is a standalone curriculum, you can select a topic within a chapter to assign to your students. Chapters in Physical Science in Propello's NGSS Science Standard aligned textbook.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 13, 2021

Students might listen to podcasts for several reasons: to learn about a topic, practice listening skills, or analyze the anatomy of an audio program. The main portions of any podcasting unit should include: listening to and analyzing published podcasts, choosing topics and formats, researching, planning, recording, editing, and distributing.

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Learning Comparison Assessment Secondary 429

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

2 Use a Quick Quiz to Assess Completion and Comprehension of the Video Instruction If teachers are worried about whether students watched or understood the flipped instruction, they can begin class with a quick formative assessment strategy, like an entrance ticket or quiz.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

There are so many sources to pull from, such as common formative assessments, routine benchmarks, and adaptive tools. When students have the freedom to choose topics, tasks, projects, or how to demonstrate understanding, they become more invested in their learning. You can even leverage data from exit tickets.

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Learning Personalized Learning Assessment Adaptive Learning 386

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea. In the Claim step, students are prompted to articulate a clear and concise assertion or statement about the topic.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Then students can decide whether they would enjoy listening, reading, or watching information on this topic. Just like the transfer of information can create barriers, so can our strategies for measuring learning and assessing understanding. The variability among learners demands flexibility in our design and assessment of learning.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This week we look at Formative Assessment, how it works and why it can be a powerful tool no matter what your teaching and learning looks like. Traditionally, teaching has been a one-way enterprise with the teacher dispelling knowledge for a period of time and then assessing what the students know either through a quiz or test.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Summative vs formative assessment is the topic of our blog post today! Navigating the realm of educational assessments can feel like a tightrope walk. On one side, we have formative assessments—those ongoing checks that help us tweak our teaching and help students steer their learning.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 11, 2024

Using the template below, customize the prompt based upon your instructional topic, competency or learning goal. Generate a Bloom’s taxonomy for students learning [insert topic, skill, competency].” You are a teacher/curriculum designer with experience developing lessons and assessments.”) ChatGPT, Gemini, CoPilot).

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Screencastify allows you to insert multiple-choice questions to check for understanding and collective formative assessment. Pairing a video with a discussion prompt in your learning management system is another way to drive higher-order thinking around topics, concepts, issues, and processes presented in a video.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

They address topics that help learners become more responsible digital citizens. These videos discuss important digital citizenship topics that relate to teens’ lives, the ways they use the internet and questions they may have. You’ll find learning goals, resources, formative assessments and extended learning opportunities.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 2, 2022

For at least two decades now we have been asking teachers to take summative and formative data and analyze the heck out of them. We implement benchmarking assessments and professional learning communities (PLCs). We’re not closing gaps with other countries on international assessments. We create data teams and data walls.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. As groups work collaboratively on the “groups do” task, the teacher can collect formative assessment data by listening and observing. Welcome Task or Bell Ringer.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 8, 2021

One of the coaching topics that came up was how to improve the Response to Intervention (RTI) process as a means to support learners. It represents a multi-tiered process to identify the behavior and learning needs of struggling students early on and then provide specific support in the form of interventions.

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Personalized Learning Data Strategy Adaptive Learning 539

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When they self-assess what they know, they can improve their understanding. This is helpful for learners to direct their attention towards specific topics and for teachers to assess the success of their lessons and what changes or improvements they should make. Remembering – What did I do? Microsoft or Google tools.

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Tools Microsoft Assessment Google 444

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Bell Ringer Retrieval practice Review activities Spiral review Spark Activity Encourage inquiry Pique interest in a topic Present a creative writing prompt Goal Setting Set an academic, personal, or behavioral goal for the week Reflect on the actions/behaviors needed to reach that goal Feedback Form Ask students to provide feedback.

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Classroom Differentiated Instruction Groups Assessment 546

Neo LMS

APRIL 19, 2022

If they can prove mastery of those competencies, students can move further in their learning instead of being forced to attend classes on that same topic together with their colleagues. Using an ILP, each student is motivated to progress by learning new topics in a digital, user-friendly, eye-catching environment.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As the fall semester comes to a close, many teachers are thinking about final exams or end of the semester summative assessments. That way, there are multiple games generated on different topics that can be used to foster review leading up to the exam. Another option is to collect answers via a Google Form.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

Over the past couple of months, I have written extensively on the topic of remote learning. Provide a few assessment options and allow students to select which one is graded. Modeling on my part and active application on their end, make these learning experiences that much richer.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea. In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue. article, video, podcast).

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments. As personalized learning becomes a more mainstream pedagogy in K–12 classrooms, teachers have started to adapt assessment processes to get a deeper look at student growth. . What Are Summative Assessments Vs. Formative Assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2022

Use a free WordPress blog, but instead convert the pages to topics discussed below. Create a slide for each topic listed below and then share it out via a link. This also includes stand-alone programs for specialized topics such as robotics, 3D printing, and drones. When that’s done, honestly assess your resume.

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Robotics Social Media Chromebook Common Core 368

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 4, 2024

It restricts students’ ability to learn at their own pace, explore topics in-depth, and engage in hands-on, practical problem-solving. Students should not be penalized for having incorrect answers on assignments designed to prepare them for an assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. Once these are in place, you devise the assessments — formative and summative — that will provide the evidence of achievement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The catalog include topics relevant to today’s K-12 education offered in a variety of approaches that meet teacher needs. assess success at completion. Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. You can watch the video, rewatch, submit assignments and assessments when you’re ready.

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Hapara

AUGUST 16, 2023

It includes teaching strategies, learning activities and assessments. They can reflect through observation, assessment data or feedback from learners. Integrative approach The integrative teaching method is focused on bridging topics to real-world experiences. Flexible grouping can also help with differentiation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. As teachers, we need to constantly refresh and update topics to improve our distance learning skills. This course is sponsored by Advancement Courses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2022

enable teachers to dig deeper into relevant topics, vertically integrate with core grade-level teachers. provide multiple authentic and organic formative and summative assessments. This maximizes productivity and student independence. share tech-in-ed pedagogy to infuse your school with technology .

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Becky Holden talks about formative assessment in kindergarten. From notetaking on how knowledge is forming as students are learning to the importance of understanding a child’s learning path, Becky relates this topic to all ages as we discuss the best practices in formative assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2022

Being that there were many topics of importance this post will focus on student agency with later posts focusing on feedback, E-Sports, and assessments. . These choice boards were for assessments in which students could choose from three content topics and three different ways of representing their learning.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2020

Whether the educator is new or well-versed in the session’s topic, they typically walk away with new ideas, collaboration, and co-educators’ contact information to further discuss this topic well after the EdCamp has concluded,” Ashly said. We just couldn’t let go of the Edcamp, which led us to the idea of going virtual.”

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Hapara

JULY 3, 2023

For starters, students can research a topic online for class and find dozens of sources instantly. They’ve been placed in differentiated groups, and each group is responsible for researching and presenting a different topic. Other learners may be able to focus on the formative assessment until it’s completed.

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Digital Learning Digital Citizenship How To Learning 144

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Today, we have more options in terms of assessing students and helping them make progress. So here are a few ideas that can help students make the most of their learning with more outside of the box ideas: Audio and video assessments. After all, many years ago, writing was indeed the easiest way to demonstrate knowledge. To sum it up.

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Wiki Video Examples Assessment 395

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2020

I take a topic that isn’t super simple — databases — and show how I teach it with 2 simple projects, some game-based learning, concrete examples, and how my students all master the topic in five days. Of interest to most of you, however, will be how I plan lessons. This may sound impossible but it can be done.

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