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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.

Exercises 370
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Crowdsourcing Your K-12 Innovations: Three Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Digital Promise

We started a running document listing these shared challenges—a rather therapeutic exercise. When our group first began meeting, the number of challenges we faced individually felt overwhelming. The more we talked, we discovered that we had a greater number of shared challenges than we did unique ones.

LMS 399
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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. A challenging exercise for students using the hashtag concept is to develop a relevant hashtag for a particular event or lesson concept. Utilizing emoji characters for this exercise also enhanced the creative process for the students. .

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Post-Lesson Reflection: What Do Students Think They Learned?

Catlin Tucker

In the last two blogs, I have focused on strategies teachers can use to 1) assess prior knowledge before a lesson and 2) check for understanding during a lesson. I’ve suggested that teachers build mechanisms into their lessons to collect formative assessment data. The third piece to this puzzle is a post-lesson reflection.

Learning 419
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5 critical ingredients in a school safety plan

eSchool News

Conduct an assessment of risks pertinent to the school’s geographic location, physical layout, and available resources. Conduct tabletop exercises of real-life scenarios. Document actions for continued improvement. Understand potential threats relative to your school’s environment and readiness.

Exercises 130
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TCEA 2019: Where Is Your K–12 District on the Security Map?

EdTech Magazine

Making a cybersecurity plan without an initial assessment of the status quo is like making an airplane reservation without knowing what city you’re flying out of , said Frosty Walker, CISO for the Texas Education Agency, at the Texas Computer Education Association Convention & Exposition in San Antonio on Monday. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

Exercises 210
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Understanding the MTSS Tiered Framework

Lightspeed Systems

The Foundational Components of MTSS MTSS takes a proactive approach to identify struggling students in need, striving for an early assessment and subsequent intervention that will enable struggling students to “catch up” with their peer group. Continued assessments monitor progress toward goals, and student plans are adjusted accordingly.