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The Power of Connect, Extend, Challenge

Catlin Tucker

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data. Challenge: Encourage debates on any paradoxes, contradictions, or complexities in the theory.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning.

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Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

EdNews Daily

This includes empowering schools through our Innovative Tech Framework (tech.svvsd.org/support/itf) and TeCHoices, knowing that their planning will benefit students as designers, communicators, and collaborators,” said Kahle Charles, Assistant Superintendent of Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction, St. About the Learning Counsel.

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K-12 Education in the Post-COVID Era

Kitaboo on EdTech

Some classes will get higher priority, such as the lower elementary grade, lab-based subjects. Some students, especially without an acceptable setup at home, may also be able to learn at school with only a few of their classmates. Educators can also opt for a blended learning model empowered by technology.

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Four Ways You Can Use Data to Create a Personalized, Teacher-Driven PD Playbook

Edsurge

Whether from formative and summative assessments or online instructional programs, data is both a powerful indicator of teaching and a driver for personalizing professional development. By digging into your grade level data for various discrete skills, you notice a trend—75% of your third grade classes are struggling with number sentences.

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Awesome Feedback Tools, AI, and a Little Inspiration from FETC – SULS0186

Shake Up Learning

Burrus pointed out that education is in a state of change, and as educators, it’s essential to use the current trends to generate positive impacts and encourage forward thinking. One great new tool that Susan learned about was an app called The Novel Effect. Success is more about self, whereas significance focuses on others.

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EdSurge’s 2017 Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories, as Chosen by You

Edsurge

Goodbye ABCs: How One State Is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments What happens when you take away grades and grade levels? Three students share how they’re still learning, and how schools can help. So said former Chicago administrator Jennie Magiera on the show floor at ISTE, a conference she keynoted.