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4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Catlin Tucker

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). Ongoing Self-Assessment Documents. Assess where they are in relation to mastering specific skills.

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Social-Emotional Learning Part III: Responsible Decision Making

Catlin Tucker

Responsible decision-making is the ability to assess a situation, understand the benefits and consequences of different responses, consider what is ethical and safe, and make kind and productive choices. When the class has defined a set of class agreements, document those expectations for behavior and post them, so they are easy to reference.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. The Stanford History Education Group has various resources for assessing the reliability of sources, including Twitter.

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Why All Educators Need SAMR And TPACK

The Web20Classroom

SAMR Model -The SAMR Model was introduced by Ruben Puentedura in 2006. Moving a written assignment to a digital document is substitution. Sharing that digital document with a partner is augmentation. Applying the SAMR model the use of this digital tool would be a substituted (perhaps augmentated) use of formative assessment.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Please feel free to comment if you believe I’ve missed a key document or piece of crucial information, or if you have a question regarding the context of a specific statement or document. In any case, do not be surprised if I periodically return to this post to update or add key facts and documents.

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As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?

The Hechinger Report

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly. Also in 2006, ministers of education from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development member nations agreed in Athens to develop a worldwide measure of learning called the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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