Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2019

June 8th-10th: Discounted Group Professional Development. In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Each $750 for up to 20 attendees.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 4, 2016

I am doing full day workshops on The Maker Educator both at ISTE 2016 and EduTECH in Australia. What follows is both the description-goals and an overview of the workshop’s learning activities. Workshop Description, Goals, and Outline. Personal Assessment of Mindset of a Maker Educator. Workshop Activities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Despite my optimism about the benefits of AI in education, the buzz online is focused on the exciting new AI-powered education tools and not on the transformative impact those tools could have on how we design and facilitate learning experiences to meet the needs of diverse groups of students.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Welcome to a series of posts dedicated to 21st skills and assessment. It seems educators and industry are all talking about the importance of student collaboration, but how are we facilitating and assessing this skill. I have a workshop and session entitled “STEM is a Verb”. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Las Vegas — Inside a science lab here on a scorching summer day, 27 kids sit in small groups itching to get started on the day’s science activity: putting finishing touches on their model volcanoes. Students work on a volcano project developed from a special STEAM workshop for educators.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It is filled with thoughts on Student Communication Skills including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Communication: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Supports the power of individual and group voice. Make assessment of Communication an ongoing effort.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

I absolutely love coaching educators in small groups. While giving keynotes and facilitation workshops is something I love, both lack an on-going component, which is one of the most critical aspects of professional learning that leads to scalable results. We must inspect what we expect.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Part of this shift came when I started to facilitate workshops that consisted of anywhere from a half-day to multiple days. developing assessments, creating an action plan, learning how to use edtech tools, etc.) developing assessments, creating an action plan, learning how to use edtech tools, etc.)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Group enrollment. Group enrollment. Group enrollment.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

They have utilized me as a keynoter, coach (leadership and teaching), and workshop presenter. To be honest, these groups are not in my traditional wheelhouse, but I saw it as a learning opportunity to branch out and expand my level of knowledge. Below you will see the specific tools I provided during each session.

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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. I have a workshop and session entitled “STEM is a Verb”. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb! i also have a new one day workshop “Preparing for PBL”. Critical Thinking: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 13, 2020

It is filled with thoughts on Creativity including “I can” statement(s), classroom attributes, and assessment rubrics. Creativity: Facilitating and Assessing the 21st Century Skills in Education. Make assessment of Creativity an ongoing effort. While the teacher can assess, have students assess themselves.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching: February 5th-8th: Group Professional Development. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

At the start of a virtual workshop last week, a teacher sent me a note in the chat saying that she wanted to quit. Build in Formative Assessment Collecting informal data throughout a playlist provides insight into what students know or can do. She was frustrated and exhausted. Frequently Asked Questions. Not necessarily.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Until this point, most of my interactions with educators have been through virtual presentations, workshops, and coaching. Even though I have been on-site for workshops since the start of the pandemic, last week was my first time working with educators in small groups and visiting classrooms with students.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Traditionally, literacy educators spent long hours gathering resources, developing tasks and extensions, and reading and analyzing assessment to determine if the instruction was meeting the needs of students. In a workshop framework, there are 3 main components: Mini-lesson, Independent Practice, and the Share.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

There are many benefits for us as educators for what AI can do when it comes to assessing students, giving feedback, providing more personalized learning, creating access to intelligent tutoring systems, for just a few examples. AIWS offers three flagship AI courses based on age group. AI Meritus (ages 14 and above). DAILy AI MIT.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

This is the first part of a two-part story looking at how MIT researchers are developing playful assessments to measure student growth. But assessments haven’t evolved at the same pace. By making assessment playful, we can get closer to measuring the things we actually value." They’re calling it “playful assessment.”

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, student work, and SEL check-ins using Google or Canvas forms. Professional Learning Typical means of professional development (PD) such as drive-by events, one-off workshops, or book studies, while having value, will not lead to impactful virtual learning at scale.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

When I facilitate station rotation workshops with teachers using StudySync , I encourage them to consider designing offline discussion stations. There is value in having a small group of six to eight students discuss a text as opposed to facilitating a whole group discussion. Make connections between their lives and the text.

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Formative assessment helps teachers make data-informed decisions to plan for and/or adjust instructional activities, identify potential misconceptions, monitor the pace of instruction, etc. View data as a group snapshot in a graph, or view individual data from audience. 21st Century Learning Assessment Professional Development'

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 3, 2017

In my work as an instructor for EdTechTeacher, I have the pleasure of working with teachers from all over the country in both face-to-face workshops and online learning modules. One of the science teachers at Bartlett High School, Shari McCarthy, created an awesome image of a cell that she shared with the group in the discussion forum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2021

Educators participate in this five-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop to learn about widely-available digital tools that will help their students develop their inner writer. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. need to differentiate for varied needs of their diverse student group.

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Neo LMS

MAY 17, 2022

The classic workshop model is not enough anymore because everyone gets the same information regardless of their expertise and prior knowledge. Using the school LMS to message, chat or just be in a group with fellow teachers encourages collaboration no matter where they are. . Do a needs assessment for teachers.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

That way, they can sit alongside individual and small groups of learners supporting them. When I facilitate blended learning workshops, teachers will make comments like, “This is great, but it seems like a lot of work.” What makes it challenging to invest time and energy into design work? What did they do well?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2019

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Jen Bengel explains the workshop model, how to create mini-lessons, and how to get students excited about books. So in this episode, we’re talking about the workshop model. You can use the workshop model with ANY age of students and ANY subject area. Want to listen instead of read ?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camps Summers and school year, mostly in California, one- to two-day workshops, very affordable, free if district-sponsored. I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

These can be taught individually (through coaching or mentoring), in small groups (of at least five), as school PD, or through select colleges for grad school credit. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker. Ask a Tech Teacher offers a variety of classes throughout the year. Certificate.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 25, 2017

Most of all, thanks for being one of those over 25,000 visitors a month, over 10,000 subscribers, and possibly one of the thousands of educators that have attended my workshops at schools and conferences. Also, check out my Booking Page for presentations and workshops I can bring to your school or conference.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

Back when we were in classrooms, The Workshop Model was a critical component of my pedagogy. In the Workshop Model, classes begin with brief mini-lessons, where the teacher models a strategy or introduces a problem- or inquiry-based task. Meanwhile, teachers deliver individualized feedback and support to students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 6, 2023

Keeping Our Schools Safe: Reporting, Assessing, and Managing Threats A Library 2.0 + LearningRevolution.com Webinar with Dr. Steve Albrecht Please consider forwarding this material to colleagues or associates in school settings. Staffing, training, and operating a school district-based Threat Assessment Team.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 20, 2019

Her many areas of expertise include deeper thinking with technology, authentic learning, curriculum design, and performance tasks and assessments. She is also a consultant for Jay McTighe’s consulting group, McTighe and Associates, where she conducts workshops for educators using the Understanding by Design curriculum framework.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Through a series of virtual convenings, workshops, and working groups, this community will generate multi-dimensional, equity-centered research questions. By joining the community, you can connect with like-minded partners, and be notified about convenings, workshops, and opportunities to contribute to our research agenda.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2019

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Group enrollment. Group enrollment. Group enrollment.

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