Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. Once these are in place, you devise the assessments — formative and summative — that will provide the evidence of achievement.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In this post, we delve into various strategies educators can use to assess students’ prior knowledge. From interactive classroom activities like quizzes and mind maps to reflective practices like learning logs and self-assessments, these methods offer a diverse range of ways to gauge what students know and how they think.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2020

TIP: I encourage teachers to include the expectations for behavior and participation in the agenda or planning document that they share with students in advance of the conversation. . Ask students to assess their participation online. Ask students to generate their own discussion questions.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the concepts of portfolio and portfolio assessment have garnered significant attention as comprehensive tools for evaluating student growth. This post delves into the intricacies of portfolio assessment, drawing primarily on the insightful research presented in the works of Valeri-Gold et al.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Now, let’s explore some strategies you can experiment with to address the issue of students coming to class unprepared. Strategies to Encourage Students to Watch Flipped Instruction #1 Pair Videos with an Engagement Strategy It’s essential that students mentally engage with the information presented in a video.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 24, 2020

Teachers can present students with an unfamiliar problem or prompt to pique their interest, ask them to generate questions about a topic, or assess their prior knowledge. Pairing the video with an engagement activity can also provide teachers with a strategy for checking to ensure that students watched the video. Google Forms Kahoot!

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Learning Video Strategy Assessment 546

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Below I offer ten specific strategies implemented during my time as high school principal that you can begin to adopt now. Another successful strategy is to develop an informal walk-through schedule with your leadership team. Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment. There is no perfect lesson.

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Strategy Social Media Assessment Conference 306

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA). It begins by examining the strategies in place at each school or district that support student learning with technology in the areas of rigor, relevance, relationships, engagement, and overall culture. The DPA doesn’t just look at technology and innovation.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

In a world where ideas are a dime a dozen and shared openly on social media, it is incumbent upon all of us to critically reflect and determine if it is, in fact, a sound strategy. During workshops with administrators and teachers, I get to dive deep into these topics and outline the strategies that schools use to improve outcomes.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The playlist model presents a strategy teachers can use to structure learning experiences that are more personalized to the needs of specific learners, provide students with more agency, and frees the teacher to spend time connecting with and coaching learners as they progress through the playlist. Frequently Asked Questions. Not necessarily.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

In Digital Leadership I offered ten specific strategies implemented during my time as principal that you can adopt now, which you can read about below. Another successful strategy is to develop an informal walk-through schedule with your leadership team. Visit Classrooms Routinely This seems so easy yet is a constant struggle.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We discussed strategies for collecting formative assessment data to ensure we knew what support students needed from us as they worked. We agreed on a regular conferencing strategy and schedule to ensure that one of us was making time to check in with students each week during the project to discuss their progress.

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Strategy Assessment Data Student Engagement 420

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

I’d like to propose using a creative strategy to free the teacher from needing to be “on” presenting information or orchestrating the lesson. ” and asks them to select one strategy from each column. ” Then they can hyperlink the images to online resources or digital document with directions.

Learning 546

Learning Strategy Secondary Conference 546

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This summer I read Starr Stackstein’s book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. In her book, Stackstein chronicles her journey ditching grades in a traditional school setting and offers some excellent strategies a teacher can use to go gradeless.

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We have written a great deal about teaching strategies and teaching techniques in our previous articles. However, these teaching strategies are often not very easy to master and manage in a short period of time. We’ve previously written about planning and strategy in education. Feature Number 4: Assess student performance.

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LMS Strategy Outcomes Assessment 111

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

In my last two posts on self-awareness and self-management , I explored strategies for helping students identify, understand, and regulate their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. What strategies might help students develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Strategy #1: Co-construct Classroom Agreements.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

Personalized paths, oral histories, and local histories are strategies that resonate with the NCSS definition to bring the human experience into the K-12 classroom, because these strategies allow students to determine how their life fits into the story of history and to discover why the past matters to them.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 7, 2021

22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation. 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation. Update: I just realized that discussion strategies don’t necessarily have to be grouping strategies. 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation. 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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. This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

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. What strategies would they use? Sketchnotes.

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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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Assessment Professional Learning Meeting Examples 202

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As the fall semester comes to a close, many teachers are thinking about final exams or end of the semester summative assessments. Teachers can use a couple of different strategies to capture student-generated questions and answers. Test mode: Students log in to complete an assessment without the fun, informal game-style features.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2022

The second factor I called “Building an Organization for Students,” and it focused on using resources effectively, assessing outcomes systemically, and partnering with other units in an effort to impact more students. I have worked with colleagues over the past 30 years to offer more of this strategy mindset to our work.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2021

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced it is entering into a partnership with Aperture Education to provide a statewide SEL assessment for K-12 schools. Additionally, there is a supplemental assessment to target specific areas of need for individual students based on results of the primary assessment.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. Next, we moved on to formative assessment and then on to questioning and discussion. Below are her thoughts.

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Assessment Outcomes Examples Elementary 532

Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

For this to happen, teachers can opt for a mix of game-based learning tools, conducting a quick assessment or social and emotional learning (SE)L check-in, or asking students to create and share what they have learned in a way that meets their interests. Read more: Spring into creativity with these 5 digital tools!

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The Thinking Stick

APRIL 5, 2024

This week I have had the pleasure of working with Singapore American School (SAS) in supporting educators around AI as well as starting to draft some guidance documents for the wider school community. Sharing your experiences can foster a community of learning where everyone benefits from collective insights and strategies.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

A simple strategy that I have used to help teachers design offline student-led collaborative stations is talking chips, also known as discussion chips. Teachers indicate who the conversation captains are by putting an asterisk next to their names on whatever document they use to project the student groups.

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Blended Learning Groups Strategy Assessment 223

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2018

I regularly work with teachers who like the idea of trying new teaching strategies, blended learning models, and technology tools, but they don’t have the time or energy to experiment. Finally, they have to reflect on their learning and set goals for themselves in their ongoing assessment document or learning log.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Mixed ability groups, interest-based groups, and strengths in a group dynamics are alternative grouping strategies that you can add to the mix for variety. Click here for more on grouping strategies and organizing groups. 3) Decide on a strategy for transitions. If I grade something, it is an assessment. 10) Mix it up!

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 23, 2020

So we have always taken great care and put in a lot of effort into developing this blog as a really helpful resource for teachers and educational institutions to find tricks, strategies, theories, practices, and concepts about teaching-learning and education management. which can be translated to course credits or added assessment tactics.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Welcome to a series of posts dedicated to 21st skills and assessment. Critical Thinking: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. At the same time … how are you assessing your students? Make assessment of Critical Thinking an ongoing effort. Self assessment can be powerful).

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

For example, if you are trying to assess student learning online, a teacher who does not have experience teaching online might revert to using multiple choice tests or uploading worksheets. While the basic principles of assessing learning remain the same, teachers must learn new approaches for authentic assessment in a virtual space.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

Below I describe five different strategies teachers can use to design their station to avoid talking the entire time. When teachers engage students at their teacher-led station, they can collect invaluable formative assessment data that can help inform future lessons. #1 5 Quick Assessment & Individualized Support.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

We decided to write a book to provide every teacher with the strategies and tools to confidently pull all parts of the writing process into the classroom. We wanted to make student-led writing strategies available to every teacher. We want every student to reap the benefits of becoming effective writers.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning assessments for K-12 schools, has added two new solutions to its product suite. Students can complete their assessment on a computer,instantaneously gauging their own social and emotional competencies. Charlotte N.C.

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