The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Did you do anything to document that? It’s definitely a work in progress. Kristen: Yes. Vicki: Interesting.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

Christopher Dodge is the Principal and Lead Learner of Orange Elementary Schools in Orange, Massachusetts. All Orange Elementary Schools students receive free breakfast and lunch. It definitely fit the bill. It's a pre-K–6 school district with about 500 students between two buildings. What is the biggest challenge?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. They can access these different assessments (tasks for them to do) in each G-suite, and they can complete that.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments. Bottom line: Rich with content-aligned assessments, printable worksheets, and progress analytics. Simplify communication, collaboration, and document sharing. Google Classroom. Khan Academy.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 19, 2020

First off, if you are feeling like that, you are definitely NOT a bad teacher for enjoying this new way of interacting with your students. And, think about ways to document these benefits. Observe and document which practices are getting good results (or perhaps better results than face to face instruction) for your students. .

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MindShift

JUNE 11, 2018

They hired a psychologist to come in and assess the student body. But the results of the mental health assessment showed that a lot of kids struggle, too. We asked the psychologist who did the assessment whether she was surprised by what she found. to elementary school students. Clearly, many kids here excel.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks. Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments Bottom line: Rich with content-aligned assessments, printable worksheets, and progress analytics. Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Some tools definitely have more potential than others. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments Bottom line: Rich with content-aligned assessments, printable worksheets, and progress analytics. Here's a collection of some of the most-searched-for edtech tools among today's teachers.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 5, 2018

There is no definitive list of symptoms for dyslexia, Kelli explained. Elementary-level red flags. At any grade level, it is a good idea for parents to keep a homework log which would document each piece of homework, how long it takes the student, and how much support the parent had to provide.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2015

For students, the site's assessments, digital dissection tools, and stellar 3-D viewing features help promote higher-order thinking and learning. From hip-hop songs to news sites, and literature to historical documents -- you name it, it's here. Curiosity Machine. Price: Free; Platform: Web; Grades: 2–12. Mystery Science.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

But there’s no common definition yet for what personalized learning actually is.”. EL’s definition puts two elements at its core: “expeditionary learning” projects and small groups of students called Crews who stick together from grade to grade and meet daily along with a teacher adviser to support and challenge each other.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Several of the elementary teachers at our school attended and many plan on attending again. As the technology coordinator, I used it as a time to introduce new tools and practical ways to use them that would be beneficial for all grade levels in an elementary setting. I have definitely seen positive results from this.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. .

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 17, 2021

In the pages that follow, I’ll share 12 mindset shifts and workload strategies to help you streamline, because there definitely ARE things you can do to make this easier (or harder) on yourself. How well (and easily) can I assess this task for learning/growth/progress? Document cameras have proven to be exceptionally useful as well.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

We are going to talk about classroom strategies to help you give students a global audience for their work, meaningful connections with outside classrooms and experts, and how student portfolios can support student learning even after it has been assessed. Mystery Hangouts are particularly great for elementary grade levels.

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MindShift

MAY 25, 2016

Marna Wolak’s fifth grade students at Sanchez Elementary in San Francisco are gathered on the rug for a “number talk.” It felt like during the number talk there was some steering towards Kiara’s thinking about a number line, so I’m wondering if other students were thinking number line is something I should definitely be using today.”.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sitting at my computer screen after being directed to explore the results of the latest adaptive assessment, “smart tests”, required by the district, I hear their little joke in my head and think, “No, it sure isn’t.”. As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners.

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 52

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Title for Kaylsta: 3 assessment tools that support student individuality and assets (not deficits). Original title: assessment-tools-that-support-student-individuality. There is another approach to assessment that supports students’ individuality and provides teachers with effective information about their learning.

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Assessment Study Groups Personalized Learning 52

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 26, 2015

In the news, they are painted as an eclectic mix of cutting-edge vigilante and binary terrorist, with secret documents, scary viral threats, and national security all a part of their tools and struggle. I was taught basic computer coding in the 1980s in elementary school. Hack the mainframe, change the school grades, save prom, etc.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Math centers or workstations where kids are all involved in different activities are a fundamental part of many elementary classrooms. But centers are also a tremendous amount of work for the teacher, as both differentiation and assessment can be time consuming and difficult. How do I give closure and assess the math partner game time?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

In the fall of 2009, ChiTech’s first students filed into its squat, 1950s-era building of drab yellow brick, an abandoned elementary school in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. The document also covers assessments for interpersonal skills and habits of mind. and so it makes no sense to evaluate it with assessment 1.0.”

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MindShift

JANUARY 29, 2017

Early elementary teachers like Thomson in select Rainy River District schools began using Math For Young Children lessons designed by the researchers. Bailey has noticed that students often struggle with tasks that involve spatial sense, a further indicator to her that spatial reasoning should be the norm in every early elementary classroom.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

To an observer, a typical early learning environment also appears distinctly different than most elementary school classrooms—even chaotic. This parallels one study which found that less than half of early childhood educators expect that they “definitely will continue” in the profession. A Sense of Commitment These stories are hopeful.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Let us be clear about our definition of rigor. In elementary school, the classroom teacher often serves that function. We worked with an elementary school that had multi-grade wings for long-term personalization. Make sure you have addressed relevant employment law and that you always document thoroughly.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

CREDO’s second study documented that reading achievement at charters flipped from negative to positive territory. New York City is now requiring elementary schools to choose from three different reading curriculums ; charters are exempt. No single study, no triplets of studies are going to be definitive.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I It’s definitely not always rainbows and sunshine,” said Liang-Vergara. As part of their jobs, special education teachers assess students and develop teaching plans based on each student’s skill levels.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2022

Bamboo conducted its pilot study at a charter elementary school in Oklahoma City throughout March and April. We are definitely moving in the right direction, but we’re moving very slowly,” Epstein says. “I If the answer is yes or no, they should also be able to say, ‘Are you willing to document evidence with us, in our context?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 26, 2020

Well, Keisha’s having this issue where she has to drop off her little sister at elementary school every morning, so she ends up coming to first period late almost every day. Document what you’re doing. Document the results. We got in some extra tutoring, so now he’s at a C. Okay, great. ” Exactly right.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

So the following list of public education terms is useful not so much for the definitions, but for the credibility (or at least authority) of the definitions, as they are sourced from the Department of Education itself, in this case in regards to clarify Race to the Top language and meaning. To share with colleagues. Achievement gap.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I think the phenomena of the infographic syllabus has been an effort by many teachers to make that document more accessible, more real,” she explains. “We Chattanooga Christian School in Tennessee is piloting five Echo Dot Kids Edition devices in elementary and high school classes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Quickly create assessments for any grade or subject without special forms or equipment. Instantly scan and score with any mobile, desktop or document camera. I know we have a sweet note that I will definitely include in the blog post (see above) that you got from a student. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam can save you time!

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I It’s definitely not always rainbows and sunshine,” said Liang-Vergara. As part of their jobs, special education teachers assess students and develop teaching plans based on each student’s skill levels. It’s always evolving; it’s a very living document.”.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 20, 2019

But I think if you go through that document, I think there’ll be a couple that just stand out to you right away. Well, I could see myself doing that and maybe even just having that on some kind of document that it’s in my binder or on my clipboard so that I can always have that and see it on one page. Like, “Oh I get it.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

A lot of times at the elementary level, Genius Hour is once a week. I really think that even though Genius Hour is all about choice in terms of what they want to learn, teachers have to have a definite structure of what the process of learning looks like. Grading and assessing work done during Genius Hour.

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