The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 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. At its core, the routine starts with the fundamental act of “seeing.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

How Do We Leverage Pre-Assessment Skills Meaningfully? How Can We Have Realistic Thinking Not Deficit Thinking? How Do We Help the Kids Who Excelled in Distance Learning? in Secondary Education from Ball State University. and what do we do about students who ghosted?). Dawn Stansbury. She received her M.Ed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2017

Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. How to Teach Thinking Routines in the Classroom. So thanks to NNSTOY for having me to present but also letting me talk to so many amazing teachers. ” Well, maybe we’re not teaching them how to think. Shownotes: [link].

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Digital Promise

JULY 15, 2021

For more than 30 years, California’s Outreach and Technical Assistance Network ( OTAN ) has been at the forefront of meeting the technology needs of adult education providers, including English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

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techieMusings

APRIL 27, 2021

This year has undoubtedly forced us to reexamine assignments and assessments, reimagine what collaboration and projects look like, and create new avenues for students to actively participate in all aspects of class, whether at home or in the classroom. STEP 1: RESEARCH USING SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SOURCES. STEP 2: WRITE A SCRIPT.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? Here’s how a middle school ELA teacher is learning to support the students in her class who were passed along without receiving the literacy instruction they needed.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 6, 2018

The primary goal has been to take a critical lens to instructional design with a focus on increasing the level of questioning, imparting relevance through authentic contexts and interdisciplinary connections, creating rigorous performance tasks, innovating assessment, and improving learner feedback. I loved this activity for so many reasons.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

While STEM topics seem a natural fit in high schools and post-secondary curriculum, education experts are promoting a focus on STEM subjects for younger and younger children. How to Teach STEM Every Day. Together the STEM subjects represent some of the fastest-growing and most in-demand fields in the United States. In Love with Space?

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edWeb.net

MAY 30, 2019

We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. Authentic assessments are always about the connections we make with students, each other, and the broader community as indicated in a Gallup poll. About the Presenter.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content. Upper right: green (work alone) / stripes (work in groups).

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The setup usually lists a set of skills that seem like common sense: how to do your taxes, how to work through the legal system in ordinary situations, how to determine your credit score etc. But we’re fortunate because we’re educators and generally know what to look for in pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

History class: By the end of class, students will be able to explain how technological advancements during WWI affected soldiers, as evidenced by creating a main claim and supporting that claim with primary and secondary source documents. Then, create a sequence of activities, assignments, problems, projects, presentations, etc.,

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 9, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. How to use ChatGPT for creating educational games As always, crafting an effective prompt is important for generating helpful responses. Check out our first tip here!

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MindShift

APRIL 17, 2018

We’ve found several benefits to incorporating opportunities for students to present to their peers in a positive and safe classroom environment. This type of practice is useful since students will surely have to make presentations in other classes, in college, and/or in their future jobs. GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JULY 16, 2023

Instead of planning backwards from a unit’s final assessment, you’re planning backwards from what you want the class to look and feel like for the year. For more ideas, check out the Ultimate Guide for Authentically Creating a Secondary Classroom Where Students Feel Safe, Connected, and Whole ) 5. Is it simple but high-yield?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

More focused, community-based assessments may do a better job at capturing some of these more subjective measures than the large-scale national models currently in use, Anderson said. They’re not teaching their children how to interact with each other,” Lott said. That’s not setting our students up for success.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. How to Teach Thinking Routines in the Classroom. So thanks to NNSTOY for having me to present but also letting me talk to so many amazing teachers. Well, maybe we’re not teaching them how to think. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

They can look up words they don’t understand and translate the text into a long list of languages that may be their native or a secondary language they are learning. If this is the first time they’ve logged in, they can start with a quick how-to on using Actively Learn. How to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

CAE), a leading provider of performance-based, authentic assessments measuring essential college and career readiness skills, announced it joined the Education Research and Development Institute (ERDI). CAE was recently an expert presenter in ERDI’s first-ever 2020 Virtual Fall Institute, “Leading in a New Education Paradigm”.

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edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2022

Reading intervention programs and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) need to be part of the same cohesive approach and based on assessments that measure what has been learned while also identifying areas where more intensive instruction is needed. At the Secondary Level. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With PLCs, we decide as a team that ‘this’ is really what every student at Benton High School leaving Algebra 1 should know how to do,” says Brandy Beckman, Secondary Math Instructional Facilitator. Often, PLC groups take the lead in creating curriculum, resources, or assessments. Credit: Roberto Escudero) 4.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The post How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s Talk About How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites! How to Create Powerful Student Portfolios with Google Sites by @Mo_Physics #gsuiteedu Click To Tweet. What is a Portfolio?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Part 4: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Back Channel for Formative Assessment. Collaboration.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Connecting emotion and content Jill Weber, a secondary school teacher in Cheney, Kansas, uses an effective ELA and social studies strategy called Note card confessions. Whether teacher or student created, each timeline is assigned its own URL that allows for easy access for collaboration and assessment.

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 For example, teachers tend to assess learners who are Black differently than white learners. percent more likely to be suspended multiple times and 2.2

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It allows each person to contribute with shorter deadlines and individual deliverables and makes it easier to assess each person’s contribution. Students must show how they used feedback to improve their design in the final presentation. All of this creates space for more personalization and growth. Interested in learning more?

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Hapara

JUNE 17, 2022

This guidance is actualized by helping students develop executive functioning skills through learning how to manage their projects. Authentic learning with PBL also allows students to engage with people outside of school to interview experts, conduct research and present their projects. Better insight into learner interests.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2017

The post How to Cultivate Communication Skills in the Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. How do we cultivate these skills in our students? A few weeks ago, I was given an advanced copy of Lisa Johnson’s new book, Cultivating Communication in the Classroom: Future-Ready Skills for Secondary Students.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 13, 2019

How to drive, change a tire or prepare a meal. Or watched a how-to video. Primary and secondary schools are swiftly responding to the evidence in support of active learning. Conduct research and present findings. ” Short written responses are a great way to review materials and assess student understanding.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

School leaders trying to make decisions about whether and how to reopen physical classrooms this fall are feeling the absence of useful statistics acutely. Called the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , it asks elementary and secondary schools and districts throughout the U.S. percent for staff. percent for staff.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You’ll have a bunch of tech ed skills you can now say ‘I know how to do that’ Like TwitterChats. Is the course content theory or teaching how to teach? Twitter—used to share notes, thoughts, mini-assessments, to collect information via #hashtags, and in TwitterChats. Tech ed is a change agent. You like change.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

million students are presently full-fledged IB learners. IB students will eventually learn how to ask thoughtful questions about what they’re learning and how to challenge the way things are in the status quo. To date, more than 7,000 international schools offer the program, and more than 1.95

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

You’ll have a bunch of tech ed skills you can now say ‘I know how to do that’ Like TwitterChats. Is the course content theory or teaching how to teach? Topics attendees will learn by doing include: Blogging—to reflect, collaborate with classmates, share perspectives during class, complete assessments in some cases.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The only time in recent history attendance jumped was when I presented on the PARCC online standardized assessment. The PTA meetings could be highly engaging opportunities to get parents interacting on dealing with anxiety in school, bullying, attendance, preparing for secondary school, and lots more.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Different sections provide a PK-12 continuum of skills, identification of priority skills for every grade level, and graphic organizer assessments for the priority skills. The ESIFC includes a rich repository of downloadable graphic organizers to support assessment. The heart of the ESIFC is our students. ESIFC LibGuide.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom?

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