Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. This could mean describing the visible aspects of an image, identifying key elements in a text, or noting particular occurrences in a real-life situation.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

During my training to become a teacher, I was immersed in the work of Madeline Hunter when it came to lesson plan design. Every lesson had these elements and I often received positive feedback from administrators on these when they observed me. While visiting classrooms with Nicki, we saw a slew of outstanding practices in action.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Online learning has become a prevalent part of the educational landscape. As an educator, it is important to help students and their parents to achieve the most positive e-learning experience. We’re going to run down a few elements to consider. Work with parents to create practical schedules for classes.

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Education Elements

MAY 9, 2023

For 7 years, I worked as a classroom teacher. In my role as a Design Principal at Education Elements, I no longer work in the classroom, but I use the skills to support school leaders and districts. It was the hardest job I ever loved.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

During the conversation, we discussed AI’s potential to transform education. The piece of the design puzzle missing for me is how educators can use these AI tools to architect student-centered learning experiences that better meet the specific needs of learners.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

Providing feedback is time-consuming and often takes a back seat to other aspects of our work. In the absence of face-to-face classes, teachers can communicate they care about their students’ progress by providing them with feedback on their work. Which aspects of the work would benefit from further development?

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Yet, there are some educators and STEM professionals who disagree with this largely technical focus. After all, there is a variety of skills and mindsets an arts education provides students. This has resulted in a movement for teachers to provide a STEAM education rather than STEM. . Creativity Cultivation. Practical Arts.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2023

While research paves the way and shows us how to elicit emotion to engage others, there are also many other critical elements to be aware of when developing a narrative. Blog post and image credit My call to action to all educators is to become the storyteller-in-chief. Your work and that of your students is downright amazing.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 13, 2024

How do we leverage these technologies to enhance learning without detracting from educational objectives? Yet, there lies a risk in its allure — the potential for technology to overshadow the core goals of education, leading to cognitive overload rather than genuine learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The traditional goal of any education system is to prepare students for either college or careers. With knowledge readily available and the means to seamlessly engage in digital spaces now the norm, educators need to keep pace and ensure that the strategies they use will serve learners well into the future.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Teachers will always have students who can’t finish tasks in due time, find it challenging to focus throughout a class, work slowly or inconsistently, or have difficulties following multi-step directions. Helping the slow-working students in your classroom. Students work well in various environments, but some need quiet places.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Many kids are online every day, so it’s important for educators to help them stay safe and develop healthy boundaries with technology. There are nine elements of digital citizenship that you can incorporate into instruction. You can focus on any of the elements, no matter what age your learners are.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The 100th day of school is a special milestone celebrated in many educational institutions around the world. It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. History Research what happened the hundredth year of your home country’s existence.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

So, existing in this environment, working, learning, doing business, communicating just like we do in real life make us citizens of this digital world. Moreover, it should promote a better understanding of all its implications and contribute to the process of educating users for long term positive outcomes. Digital access.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 5, 2020

Educators, schools, and districts have earnestly rolled out remote learning plans to support students and fill in gaps as a result of extended closures. As I have been working with schools and districts to help get their remote learning off the ground, we have come to a consensus on essential elements. Are the plans perfect?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2021

Whether face-to-face, hybrid or remote , the elements of learning and good teaching remain the same. The trouble with Padlet is that they can see everyone's responses as they are posted, and some are copying others' answers instead of doing their own work. Great educators never stop chasing growth.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

If improvement is the ultimate goal, we as leaders need to focus on elements of our job that impact student learning. This will provide all teachers with consistent, concrete elements to focus on when developing learning activities. When it comes to leadership, there is no one right way or quick fix. Timely feedback is also essential.

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Conference Strategy Assessment Personal Learning Network 466

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Educators desperately want and need support. To achieve this goal, we must first examine the foundational elements that lead to successful teaching and learning, whether the environment is remote or hybrid. That is why it is not the time to re-create the wheel and work harder. Under the current circumstances, I would agree.

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Classroom Elementary Strategy Professional Learning 494

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. In the final post of this series, we’ll delve into the practical uses of the “See, Think, Me, We” thinking routine for educators.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

One way it can be used to transform teaching and learning is by providing students with access to a wealth of information, including multimedia resources, educational apps, and online databases. Digital tools naturally support and enhance high-agency elements such as voice, choice, path, pace, and place.

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Technology Learning Assessment Data 483

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2022

Kiddom is an all-in-one education platform for remote or in-person learning or a hybrid of the two that provides a high-quality digital curriculum capable of integrating curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one location. It launches presentations and pushes activities to students in real-time.

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Education Elements

MAY 23, 2022

The district team partnered with Education Elements, and during a time of increased uncertainty, chose to set a clear direction. Jim Roberts about how he is positioning the work with the community, so that together they can do the challenging work of reaching their goals.

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Education Elements Education 220

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Teaching Kids to Use Tally Charts: Fun and Educational Activities As parents and educators, we are constantly on the lookout for creative and engaging ways to teach children important skills. In this blog post, we will explore various fun and educational activities that can help you teach kids how to use tally charts effectively.

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Data Digital Citizenship Analysis Examples 267

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The improved camera alone makes this new model work the investment. Now let’s apply the same concepts of innovation and transformation in response to a disruptive world of education. One might think so much more can be included as part of an evolved education. Innovative companies don’t dwell on the past. I completely agree.

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iPhone Company System Technology 413

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 19, 2020

Today Tim Needles talks about five elements that comprise an effective STEAM mindset to help us bring these topics into our classrooms as we teach and learn together. Tim Needles – Bio as Submitted Tim Needles is an artist, writer, performer, and educator from Port Jefferson, New York. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2023

Even with all these elements and many others in place, it is rarely a smooth journey. Additionally, a study by the National Center for Education Statistics found that students who used laptops in the classroom were more likely to say that they enjoyed school and that they were motivated to learn. Cheung, A. & Slavin, R. DeWitt, S.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2023

While educators can leverage many high-agency strategies, choice might be the most essential element of personalization because it allows students to take ownership of their own learning in so many different ways. Pace by setting their own deadlines for completing assignments, projects, or when working on a personalized task.

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Learning Elementary Strategy Examples 280

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The arrangement of desks, the presence of collaborative spaces, and the infusion of technology all contribute to the atmosphere that shapes a student's educational experience. Research consistently underscores the profound impact of physical and virtual learning environments on educational outcomes.

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Personalized Learning Analysis Blended Learning Strategy 379

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT became publicly available in November 2022, the field of higher education has been focusing on its impact and applications — faculty want to understand how this will shape their work and the student experience. Our efforts to analyze data have helped us shine a light on these issues.

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Outcomes Education Groups Study 188

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Students can learn the periodic table of elements by representing each element with an emoji and explaining the connection. Students can learn the periodic table of elements by representing each element with an emoji and explaining the connection. Students can provide feedback to peer work using emojis.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 18, 2021

Over the course of many years, my work with Wells Elementary School provided a foundation that I pull from to this very day. A modified two-station model could be used at the secondary level, where half the class works with the teacher while the other completes independent work using technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

Here are three things to consider when designing digital learning experiences for students and why: Consider cognitive load Cognitive load refers to the amount of working memory being used by the brain, similar to the RAM in your computer. Visual hierarchy is the art of arranging elements in a design — a slide, poster, webpage, etc. —

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Digital Learning Learning Adobe Accessibility 125

User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

During Spring, 2022, a student in my gifted education program suggested that they build a paper city. During the course, these graduate students are asked to develop a global networked curriculum where two groups from very diverse geographical locations, preferably a country different than one’s own, work to solve an authentic problem.

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Elementary Course Groups Meeting 258

Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

In the midst of this sudden uptick in edtech, many school systems have struggled to pull teams together to review, revise, and/or build edtech processes as they work to meet the ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic. How to Center Equity in Edtech Guidance At the core of this systems guide is a focus on equity.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Educators and parents alike have noted that a one-size-fits-all approach to education is falling short for many learners. Personalized learning refers to educational approaches that customize instruction to fit the needs, strengths and interests of the individual learner. The education field has yet to agree on how to define it.

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Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Because teaching is such an intensive job, educators can greatly benefit from learning about and practicing self-care. Read on to discover what self-care is, why it’s important for educators, and how to bring it into your daily life as well as into your school. What is Self-Care? Psychological. Professional.

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How To Handbook Strategy Advocacy 360

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Nardolilli’s experience in designing educational games goes back to when he would create science-themed birthday parties at an after-school science center. More play in the classroom also addresses issues currently burning precarious holes in the education system. I noticed that the kids were afraid to take chances.

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