The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

As you can see in the graphic, you have quick exit tickets, self-assessments, speed up games, and more that you can add to your library to easily insert into your lessons. So, definitely, build your library first so you have resources available. In a larger class, I would definitely have students split into 4 person groups.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Welcome to another STEM related post. There are a lot of ideas floating around in regards to STEM education. As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? Those schools, Brown says, really focus on regular testing and assessment. Or even newer math ?) isn’t working.

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Hapara

AUGUST 16, 2023

What is the definition of pedagogy? The Cambridge Dictionary defines pedagogy as “the study of the methods and activities of teaching.” Britannica explains that pedagogy is a science focused on “the study of teaching methods.” It includes teaching strategies, learning activities and assessments.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Doing some assessment, finding out where they are at and moving on from there. Moving from an assessment. “I Doing some assessment, finding out where they are at and moving on from there.”. Principal at South Marshall STEM Academy in Marshall, Texas. One issue did ruffle teachers—and their leaders—earlier this month.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

There are a lot of ideas floating around in regards to STEM education. As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns. STEM Opportunity -Are you interested in STEM and projects beyond the classroom?

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. Programs like Century Tech use AI to study student engagement and responses in order to help teachers and education administrators understand how their students learn. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2017

Professor John Dunlosky is trying to bridge these two worlds , intentionally studying the effectiveness of strategies that lab studies indicate are promising, but that don’t require special technology or extra resources. Most people don’t realize that taking the test can have a direct impact on subsequent retention,” Dunlosky said.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 15, 2019

I believe that formative and summative assessments have an appropriate role in the classroom and that it is our duty as educators to take reasonable action to maintain the integrity of these assessments. Use page sections to block assessment previews Add sections to your quiz to prevent students from previewing a form before class.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

Its teachers have been focused on project-based learning for a few years now and they have been a part of the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment , experimenting with ways to move away from standardized tests as the primary way to assess student achievement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 24, 2017

CARRIE: So our kindergarten students were taking part in in our international baccalaureate unit on sharing the planet and they had been studying insects and habitats and life cycles and kind of how insects share the plant with humans as well as other living things. But tell us about this project, what did you do?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Read the whole thing (it's short) but here are some pertinent excerpts: The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. [.] Surely the Freeman 2014 study would have been worth studying?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. 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. Check out my Booking Page .

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 12, 2019

And it allows for in-depth study with the autonomy to define and reach individual goals, which is so important at this stage of education. Definitely check out these set and all that LEGO Education has to offer. It fosters the project-based learning that high school students thrive on.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 3, 2018

A district is assessing itself with a massive project for 800 eighth graders. How to Assess Your District: The Global Challenge Project is an Example. Our middle school, like many other middle schools, have teams made up of Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Math. How the District Uses This Project to Assess Itself.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2022

The partnership will provide teachers the ability to utilize the ELA curriculum on Kiddom’s platform to share assignments digitally, communicate with students, and deliver personalized feedback on submissions, while prioritizing student reading proficiency and content knowledge of science and social studies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

So Lauren Resnick, who did this wonderful study for the federal government, said that our schools were never designed to prepare large numbers of critical thinkers and problem solvers — which is exactly what we need now. These could be used for assessment purposes. Why is it so hard to make those shifts? Scott: Right.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Michigan, like 38 other states, has adopted the WIDA Standards for English Language Development as well as the accompanying assessments to evaluate linguistically-diverse learners’ initial English language proficiency and ongoing progress in accordance with federal Title III requirements.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Matthew: Well, the tribe is an affinity group — which is by definition a group of people that come together because they have an affinity or a like of something. So this work stems from my dissertation research which was an ethnography. They design these assessments based on reflections. Who is the tribe? Vicki: Hmmm.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Andrea Hernandez studied the multiplication table nearly every day during the summer between her third and fourth grade years. An aspiring mechanical engineer, Hamscho failed his first college calculus exam before he formed a study group. That’s definitely the risk,” he said. He eventually earned an A in Treisman’s class.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Hope to see you there!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 16, 2017

But it’s not always simple to plan, and manage, and assess, so we’re going to talk about some practical teaching strategies today. With PBL, kids show what they learn as they journey through the unit, interact with its lessons, collaborate with each other, and assess themselves and each other. It’s pretty complex stuff.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

There’s a study that shows students in schools with a BrainPOP subscription had a greater increase in standardized test scores than those in non-subscribing schools. It's definitely part of the learning, but after you watch that video and or have that formative assessment, what can we do with that?

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

. ” There’s lots of lip service about closing the achievement gap, serving marginalized populations, helping students gain 21st century skills, and preparing students for STEM-related careers. Interestingly, though, a Study Finds 52% of U.S. Adults Say No. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 27, 2017

The idea is really based on learning facts, and learning could actually be questioned based on your definition. Take a look below and try to assess the deeper learning and rigor in the following projects. Students in robotics studying gear ratio program a car to go through maze. _Tech_Deeper Learning Score mjgormans.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. Open Curriculum. Use of data analytics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

As an example, I’m doing early settlers this week as one of our units for social studies. I mean, I think that we as teachers are teaching a lot more intentionally as we did before when I first started teaching, definitely. Now, you’re also using Flipgrid with this? Laura: I am. I love Flipgrid. How are you using Flipgrid with this?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 31, 2017

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. In this statement, we need to examine the definition of PBL. Please understand that while LBP has its place, such as learning reinforcement and performance/portfolio assessment, it is not PBL.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years. Two-year college systems across the country, now joined by California, are de-emphasizing those tests and putting more weight on high school performance to assess students’ math readiness.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. Or maybe it stemmed from the fact that anyone could get the gist of the teaching idea in the time it takes to rattle off a sound bite.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 20, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. PBL Studies Project L Social Ideas by grade level. Those at my presentation will even learn more!

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment. Visit the standards.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 6, 2016

Common Sense Education provides many valuable resources focused on helping teachers identify how they can use tools and technology to assess learning in the classroom. From polls to digital tools, the articles, resources, and videos can help reshape or clarify the role technology plays in everyday assessment. Visit the standards.

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Digital Citizenship Edcamps Common Core EdTech 40

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

For example, if you’re studying lakes in earth science, you know how many times can you get a classroom out to a lake to study the science of the lake. Within the virtual environment, you get you learning, you get your assessment, you get your experience. Enrique: Yeah, you definitely want to keep them seated.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2022

In the article Interdisciplinary Approach – advantages, disadvantages, and future benefits of interdisciplinary studies, Casey Jones attributes the first attempts of curriculum integration “through joint planning and block scheduling” to advocates who considered it crucial for teaching advancements. Klein and W.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

There's definitely a focus on wanting students to engage in the process of science. It leads to a shift to focus on content knowledge because it’s easy to assess. In the conclusion, you wrote that economic concerns also influenced what's being taught in science, and now there's a big push for college and career readiness.

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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. It’s definitely a work in progress. How are you doing that? How did they do it, is that what you were going to ask?

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