The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2023

There has been a multitude of conversations regarding assessment and grading practices, focusing on shifting practice that makes more sense not only for the current time we live in but also moving forward. She had said, “How we assess drives our teaching, not the other way around.” ” I would agree.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In that capacity, she is participating—along with eighty or so of her Henry County colleagues—in the Assessment for Learning micro-credential project , led by the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE). In June, she submitted evidence for and earned all the micro-credentials in the full stack , “Leading a Performance Assessment Community.”

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Despite being incredibly busy, each classroom teacher, building administrator, and district-level leader in this group joined with the noble goal of creating practical resources for fellow educators struggling through the transition to emergency remote learning. To apply this lesson at home, gather a group of your peers.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Recently, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of international educators in Dubai grappling with these challenges. Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions Prior to our meeting in Dubai, each school group selected a challenge related to achieving deeper learning that they wanted to address.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Whole group direct instruction is often used to transfer information. Listenwise), an online article, or a video on biodiversity. The benefit of these formats is that students have a higher degree of control over the experience as compared to a whole group presentation. They can find a podcast (e.g.,

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 13, 2020

It is filled with thoughts on Creativity including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Creativity: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Make assessment of Creativity an ongoing effort. While the teacher can assess, have students assess themselves.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

It helps them find a balance between frontal lessons and individual study, interaction and reflection, formal evaluation and self-assessment. . Thus, more classroom time can go toward communication, debate, teamwork, and other group activities that support social learning. . They don’t only help educators teach and assess students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 26, 2023

Imagine a world where science concepts could be customized for a class, a group of students, or an individual student. Note: One amazing thing about this is that I can create a learning path for a district, a class, a group of students, or even an individual student. Propello makes it possible. Propello sponsored this post.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In a journal article titled “Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams,” Edomondson (1999) says a climate of psychological safety is “characterized by interpersonal trust and mutual respect in which people are comfortable being themselves.” What characterizes a psychologically safe space?

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

So, how can educational institutions offer a personalized learning environment for students without having to divide them into smaller groups based on their interests and level and get a separate teacher for each group? Online games and assessments. Each module and assessment can have associated competencies.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2023

For example, students can choose their own learning: Goals by involving them in setting individual goals, working with a group to set group goals, or choosing from a set of pre-determined goals. Materials such as a variety of textbooks, articles, websites, technology, or other resources to assist with or demonstrate learning.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 9, 2020

6 creative methods of assessment in online learning. In order to be prepared, here’s a helpful article for teachers on assessment techniques to measure student performance in online classes. In any online learning environment, the tools which you use to teach and assess is very crucial.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

The White House Council of Economic Advisors found that chronic absenteeism significantly contributed to drops in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, accounting for 16 to 27 percent of NAEP score declines in math and 36–45 percent in reading. Begin tracking chronic absence data early, no later than kindergarten.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In addition, as this article from Science News for Students tells us, studies on the effects of screen time on children that were completed prior to the pandemic show that there is a potential for even more insidious results to reveal themselves when screen time is excessive, such as mental and physical health issues.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

For some time now I’ve been critical of “disposable assessments.” ” An assessment can be characterized as “disposable” if everyone understands that its ultimate destiny is the garbage can. By project’s end, we had contributed three featured articles and eight good articles.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 19, 2022

Once they’re done with their assessments, they can move on to the next chapter and complete classes faster, making the whole experience more engaging. Improved confidence and self-assessment skills. The progress is gradual and constantly monitored through repetitive assessments. This approach builds confidence over time.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 19, 2020

teacher education Zoom meetings although they can be adapted for any age group and age level (3rd grade and up), and in training professionals. Whole Group Discussions. Whole group discussions should be just that – discussions. A favorite whole group activity I do is to have a group video viewing party.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 9, 2020

A recent Chalkbeat article highlighted the results of some surveys that alluded to this issue: And engagement with schoolwork was relatively low across the board, reflecting the challenges of keeping students engaged in a chaotic time and of teaching from a distance. In reality, formative assessment is an advanced form of feedback.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In connection with the Science of Reading Virtual Summit , Waterford.org is sharing an article series exploring the science behind how students learn to read and what administrators can do to guide school and classroom strategies. This article is the second in a two-part series on the research and impact of Waterford programs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2021

Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools. need to differentiate for varied needs of their diverse student group.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2019

The gifted group. The slow group. The behavioral issues group. Grouping in schools fell out of favor partially because educators—and parents—felt like kids were getting labeled and that groupings didn’t help students improve. both education consultants, advocated for using groups to assist student learning.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A growing number of high school teachers are adopting the flipped classroom model, where students are first introduced to information individually at home before furthering their understanding in the classroom as a group under the guidance of the teacher. 5 Suitable Flipped Classroom Activities for High Schools. Quizzes and Games.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Numerous training options are available, but an accredited TEFL certification covers various areas, including language awareness (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation), teaching skills (reading, listening, speaking, writing), methodology (PPP, TTT, Dogme, TBL), and learner assessment. Do you feel inspired?

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Digital Promise

MAY 14, 2019

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The results of large-scale tests may be used by schools or policy-makers to make important decisions such as grouping students by ability or assessing how well schools are doing. What Literacy Means Today.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

This tool is based on an analysis of the bibliographic record (including the title, keywords, author, cited references, and abstract) of articles from the Web of Science database; the network map structure is based on how the articles cite one another. Formative Assessment. Cultural Responsiveness.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 17, 2021

New Innovative SEL Tool from Aperture Education helps High School Students Build Skills for College and Career The Aperture Student Portal includes gamified goal-setting and SEL self-assessments offering a research-backed approach to understanding students’ needs Charlotte N.C.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Assess Learning and Stay Organized. I was stunned by how many kids started doing homework,” he said in a recent article by the National Education Association. Halla also uses polleverywhere.com to assess learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

. – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today introduced www.CogAT.com , a new microsite to support Riverside’s CogAT® in the Classroom initiative. Parents – Articles on how to understand ability data, as well as what parents can do to support learners at home and foster student strengths.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2019

Build a Diverse Team for a Clear Cybersecurity Assessment. The best way to move forward on these assessments, according to presenters, is to gather a group of leaders spanning different departments throughout the school. . “A Keep this page bookmarked for articles from the event. 3 Levels of School Network Security.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

English class: By the end of class, I will be able to analyze an argumentative article and identify the author’s claim and types of evidence used in the argument, as evidenced by my annotation and rhetorical précis. . Design assessments to measure understanding . Some examples of possible learning objectives include: .

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When Harbor Beach High School in Michigan decided to redesign its library , administrators there held meetings with faculty, staff and members of the student council to decide how the new space should look based on how each group envisioned its use. Teachers use group projects to better engage K–12 students and encourage collaboration.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Support for small-group instruction was recognized as a crucial part of meeting students’ specific literacy needs, and identifying those needs required not only training but also improved assessment data. Rather than relying solely on test scores, the assessment of students included artifacts and other evidence of learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 25, 2017

Welcome to the third article in a series devoted to grounding PBL in the standards. As you explore the ideas in this article I do hope you can see that our content standards provide a wonderful opportunity for our students to do, a concept at the foundation of PBL. In this post, I wish to speak to the idea of assessment in PBL.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 8, 2019

” Student access to content to demonstrate knowledge should be the baseline when considering educational technology that supports and enhances small group reading instruction. These agnostic programs when tailored can break the text down into small chunks so that students can retain the information and participate in group discussions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Standing at the front of the classroom stopped working so I researched (and tried in some cases) Whole Brain Teaching (WBT), Socratic Method , Understanding by Design , Mindfulness , and a lot more options that colleagues mentioned as helpful with their differentiated student groups. Assessment is about my impact. ability grouping.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 1, 2022

In this article, I’m going to focus on internet self-efficacy. Once they understand basic concepts, you can use in-class time to engage students and assess their understanding. For example, ask a few open-ended questions during a live session on Zoom or in specific groups created in the LMS. It can also happen in smaller groups.

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