TeacherCast

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The Staff Needs Assessment is by far one of the most important and at the same time, most stressful part of the process in creating an EdTech Integration Plan for your school district. In this post, we are going to learn what a Staff Needs Assessment is, how it should be created, and how it should be shared with your staff.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2018

Elementary Math can be exciting. 5 Ideas to level up Elementary Math with Technology. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kelly Gary, a first-grade teacher in Pennsylvania, about five ideas for improving elementary math with technology. Vicki: As we finish up, give our elementary teachers a pep talk about making math exciting.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 6, 2018

The other day I was conducting some learning walks with the administrative team at Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD). Unlike our learning walks in the past, the teachers at Wells Elementary did not know I was going to be in the building on this particular day.

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Neo LMS

MAY 20, 2021

Independent —the teacher interferes as little as possible; students run the discussion and self-assess. Rubric —this is the cornerstone of the whole process: to have a clear, concise rubric against which students can easily self-assess. In contrast, elementary student discussions can take around twenty minutes. Gallery view.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Reading comprehension refers to the ability to understand and interpret what you read.[1] This difference in vocabulary between young children who do and do not experience language-rich environments is often referred to as the word gap.[2] 4 Free Downloadable Chapter Books for Elementary Students. What Is Reading Comprehension?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions. Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

This design demands that the teacher-led station function more as a “drop-in,” which I always referred to as “Tucker Time.” This works particularly well for a series of stations designed to help students review key vocabulary, concepts, or skills before an assessment.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 28, 2021

John Wooden The Staff Needs Assessment is by far one of the most important and at the same time, most stressful part of the process in creating an EdTech Integration Plan for your school district. In this post, we are going to learn what a Staff Needs Assessment is, how it should be created, and how it should be shared with your staff.

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Assessment How To Survey EdTech 88

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

I will give you recommendations about the classroom uses of each type of game and show you examples. For example, in the Flags of Countries ABC game, you see a flag for a country that letter of the alphabet, and you have to spell it and type it correctly. In this example, the memory cards are already flipped over and use audio files.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

These screening tools, often referred to as universal mental health screeners, are not in the purview of most school administrators; however, when they become aware of these types of tools, most express strong interest in their own school using one (Wood & McDaniel, 2020). References: 1.Albers, Albers, Glover, T. Glover, T.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. Check out Designing Online Assessments for Students — a course that can help you in this area.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

The message that I try to convey is that technology should not be separate from sound instructional design, but instead serve as a ubiquitous entity that supports or enhances curriculum, instruction, and assessment. While conducting some coaching visits at Wells Elementary School recently, I saw Ms. Mican using Quizizz.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

01:01 Vicki : So give me an example of how it’s used in your classroom. So that’s just one example of getting the year started off with a thinking routine. So for example, one of the types of thinking is perspective taking. 05:00 Vicki: So you’ve already given us three examples. Such engagement! 02:36 Vicki: I love that.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2022

For example, if you’ve played peekaboo with a baby, you know the surprise is what makes them laugh. Hypnotic conditions: Are they present in the elementary classroom? I taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. I'm just going to use Laurie as an example. link] Rousell, M. 2019, June 14). Head to Lum.io

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. ChatGPT can generate feedback that is tailored to individual needs and teachers can input assessment criteria to target specific areas for feedback. ” Feedback: “Nice attempt!

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Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. It doesn’t refer to a student being limited due to parental restrictions but rather to things like ethnicity, socioeconomic status, physical and mental ability.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A new report by the nonprofit educational assessment maker NWEA documents that third graders are currently suffering the largest pandemic-related learning losses in reading , compared to older students in grades four to eight, and not readily recovering. Learning to read well in elementary school matters.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Her comprehension assessment and teaching resources, COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: FICTION and COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: NONFICTION, help teachers make sense of comprehension, especially in whole chapter books and book-length nonfiction texts. So the lesson examples throughout the book. Let's take that engagement example.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 2, 2014

Then students generated a list of the characteristics of literary analysis demonstrated in the example. For example, Mrs. Montecuollo and Mrs. Westbrook could read student responses and be clear about what each writer needed to add or change in order to meet standard. It also provided clarity for targeted feedback.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Third, researchers have yet to examine how the children’s subsequent school experiences may have affected the results, a significant limitation given earlier work finding that the program’s short-term impacts varied considerably depending on the quality of the children’s elementary school teachers. As researchers, we have some concerns.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

2] Children who experience toxic stress, for example, are more likely to develop the following mental and physical illnesses later on:[3]. 4] For example, children with toxic stress are more likely to fit the parameters for chronic absenteeism , or excessive school absences.[6] Cardiovascular disease. Certain cancers. Depression.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

For example, I had to assess “over the shoulder” by looking at what students were doing. Also, I’m able to easily assess and share their work in AR. Here’s one example of how 3D Bear can be used for a real world conversation. Then, they can take photographs, or film an example of what they want to do.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Today’s Sponsor: GradeCam is a web-based tool that lets you customize assessments with multiple choice, true/false, number grids, rubrics, and more. It helps give them a frame of reference.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Barbara also explores specific examples of rigor in math, literature, writing, science, and history, emphasizing the importance of going beyond the text and providing evidence to demonstrate understanding. Oh It is because, you know, for example, in math, you know, basically the ACT has accused schools of grade inflation, right?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Recently, I’ve also seen a trend of people I refer to as “reading research legends,” such as Reid Lyon, Doug Carnine, and some of the researchers from The Reading League’s virtual lecture series, finding new energy and excitement as they share research to inform practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. Each project is organized around real-world examples making it relevant. When you dig in and see how easy it is (and how powerful) you will be excited!

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In Conclusion TeacherMade works for all ages, whether you’re teaching shapes in elementary school or testing your students’ knowledge of algebra equations. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

He is a frequent keynote speaker who challenges and inspires audiences with stories and real-life examples from his classroom. And so that's the big idea of mastery learning, is that if a student fails a test, right, so summative assessment, then they take it again until they reach mastery. Jon Bergmann - Bio as Submitted.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2022

If I’m referring a student, I should be able to refer myself too, right?”. If I’m referring a student, I should be able to refer myself too, right?,” Antonieta Avila, Los Angeles-based sixth grade teacher reasoned, explaining that she would like to see a therapist, but time is a real issue.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

10] You could, for example, do a Skype or phone call instead for families who can’t make it to the school. That way, you’ll have a handy sheet to refer to during the meeting and a take-home summary for parents. 14] Also set a few student goals for the upcoming semester during the meeting to involve parents in the assessment process.[8].

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Someone with the disability might omit short words such as “and” and “the” while reading aloud, for example, or read “dog” as “god”—even if they speak normally in conversation. The study described a 14-year-old referred to as Percy F. “He Up to around 20 percent of the U.S. For the child, the results were wounding.

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Learning Study Report Elementary 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mississippi’s elementary reading policies, signed into law in 2013, have drawn national attention. They include improved literacy training for elementary teachers and reading coaches for the state’s lowest performing elementary schools. Related: Mississippi made the biggest leap in national test scores this year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

In the resume example shown below, you can see that I pulled in a video from the web. For example, I’d never heard of the CrashCourse channel on YouTube, but it’s become a go-to for many awesome videos that I use in my Computer Science classes. Assess the video. How Does Edpuzzle Work? Import any video. Try it for yourself.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

Kayla Delzer motivates us to relinquish control and empower students with three powerful examples. Just for one example, we have student-led social media accounts in our classroom. So for example, sharing if a student improves on a test score, or sharing what we’re working on in math. You’re an elementary teacher right?

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