The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Screencastify and Screencasting for Formative Assessment (a sponsored post) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencasting is a useful assessment tool. While I use it for my video tutorials, I also have my students make their own screencasts to help me assess their progress.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. Want to know how to make your own podcast? The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. We’re counting them down!

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The most important factors to consider are the type of software and hardware offered by the provider and how they can benefit your classroom. Keep reading to make sure you have the know-how on how to maximum your provider and don’t forget to check out ViewSonic’s education solution page to learn even more. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

Experiences such as assistant principal, classroom teacher, technology integrator, district special education liaison, and professional development specialist have provided Victoria incredible insight on how to best support teaching and learning. 00:02:02:03 – 00:02:22:00 Victoria S. 00:02:22:02 – 00:02:33:11 Victoria S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Teacher Mike Roberts give five strategies that can help us with formative assessment AND classroom management. 5 Formative Assessment Strategies to Help with Classroom Management. Now, Mike, you have five ideas for us today, to do formative assessments. Formative Assessment Idea #1: High-Five Hands. And its free!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

VIA Strength Assessments Survey [mentioned in show]. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Carol Dweck – TED Talk “ The Power of Believing You Can Improve ” [mentioned]. Chris Holmes on episode 361 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Each project is meticulously designed to foster critical thinking and comes with a downloadable ‘research assistant' guide, assessments, and even digital options for Google Classrooms and other Learning Management Systems (LMS). 5 Ways to Integrate ResearchQuest into Your Classroom Now 1. Sign up for Research Quest 2.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2024

As Joshua Eyler was researching a book on what brain science tells us about how to improve teaching , one issue kept coming up as an underlying problem: The way schools and colleges grade student work is at odds with effective teaching. But the track record for such reforms is mixed. “It

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Let’s take a look at how to develop K-12 open educational resources. Formative assessments like this NGSS-aligned weather formative assessment. Pre-assessments like this clouds pre-assessment. Graphics like this angle reference graphic. How to distribute your OER to learners. Walker nonfiction text.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 14, 2021

The whole day is archived at www.peardeck.com/pear-fair with lots of presentations including some on how to use the formative assessment tools built into Peardeck. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2021

In this post, I’ll share some of the new features in Screencastify and how I’ve used it in my classroom. Note that Screencastify has been one of my favorite formative assessment tools since 2018 when I wrote 10 Ways to Use Screencasting for Formative Assessment. Multiple Methods of Sharing. ”e.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

Executive functioning is the management system of the brain — it refers to how well students pay attention, organize and prioritize, stay focused on tasks through completion, regulate their emotions, and keep track of the things they are doing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

How to get to the site. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. Additionally, remember that every eight minutes or so to add a quick formative assessment to know where students are in the lesson.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 21, 2021

The conference will also have some how-to sessions on popular features and getting started: Flashcard Factory – Pear Deck vocabulary game that transforms the way students learn vocabulary. Pear Deck 101 – how to get started using formative assessments, polls, and interactives to achieve 100% student engagement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 5, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Last March I made my first custom GPT to assess project-based learning activities. So, on today's show, I talk about how I introduce this tool (as an “app” in a way that doesn't anthropomorphize the tool in any way).

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

As elementary students learn how to read, teachers administer reading fluency tests and listen to students read passages. Nothing can replace this formal assessment, but it’s helpful to teach students to track their words per minute between these reading fluency assessments. This can be useful as they design lessons!

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Acceleration research can teach us how to accelerate learning. 4 Key Factors for Fantastic Formative Assessment. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. A 4 Part Distance Learning Framework that Works with Dr. Douglas Fisher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. Helping Students Overcome Trauma In this course, you will explore the different types of trauma and how they affect students’ behavior and academic performance.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For Educators: How to Run a Parent-Teacher Conference. 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]. Classroom behavior feedback [17].

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 11, 2018

Lately, I have been focusing on “common assessments” versus “common understandings.” ” I have written about this in the past and shared the following ideas on why “common assessments” do not necessarily do what they hope they do.” Assessment of learning. Assessment of learning.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Read more: How to enhance students’ work-ready skills. Also referred to as competency-based , student-centered , proficiency-based , or performance-based learning , mastery-based learning (MBL) has similar features and principles with all these approaches. Various forms of assessment are reported separately.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This leads to a false assessment of their own skills and abilities and builds up a false perception. Reflect on where you are with the learning walk process and how to make it a success. How to give and receive 
feedback effectively. It is hard to debate the value of learning walks when it comes to improving practice.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Create a Staff Needs Assessment. In an earlier blog post, we learned about the importance of creating a staff needs assessment (Or self-assessment). Mostly this refers to a session where you have one coach and one staff member. Define Your Endgame. Formulate an Essential Question. Build a Professional Learning Roadmap.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 7, 2019

As much as I enjoy reading books that help me to push my practice forward, I appreciate having quick and easy resources I can reference in the classroom. The guide includes: An introduction to the Station Rotation Model and a visual with ideas for how to use the teacher-led, online, and offline stations. Teachers plan on the go!

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 11, 2020

We have previously written about topics like engaging your students in an online learning environment and assessing student performance in online classes. Assessment You can refer to our previous article here for a better insight in assessing the student performances in an online classroom. A guided tour of Linways LMS.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Our integration simplifies the assessment of written assignments for users of NEO LMS and Turnitin. Watch: NEO LMS and Turnitin – How to create a Turnitin assignment. Faculty and administrators alike see: Continuous improvements in student writing and a greater understanding of citation and reference standards.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

Students come to school to receive the best education possible – therefore it is a school’s responsibility to provide an educational experience that integrates the latest edtech solutions that empower teachers to deliver engaging and interesting lessons.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

This competency requires students to take their heightened self-awareness and ability to manage themselves and make responsible choices about how they respond to different situations and interact with others. This can help students prioritize tasks and make responsible decisions about how they use their time. Click to copy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2023

Click for a free teacher account Each lesson plan includes standards, a downloadable 'research assistant' guide for students, assessments, and more. 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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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). Ongoing Self-Assessment Documents. Assess where they are in relation to mastering specific skills.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Cognitive The cognitive domain refers to the content knowledge and skills students must acquire to engage in deeper learning. How do teachers ensure that instruction and facilitation of learning are accessible, inclusive, and equitable? This includes higher-order thinking, problem-solving, and reasoning.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 17, 2021

Although Jesse Stommel does ungrading in higher education – see How to Ungrade ). Across education, we’ve normalized absurd levels of grading, test-taking, and standardized assessment. Conscientious objection is made to seem impossible (Jesse Stommel How to Ungrade ). ”, “Do I need to use references?

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 1, 2020

20/20 vision is a term for visual acuity in which the numerator refers to distance and the denominator refers to size. Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision. The question is: How clear is your vision? Specifically, how clear is your vision [for your learners’] futures? (

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

My method of teaching new concepts is to use the Stages of Make Education that I presented in Learning in the Mak ing: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons : The following Valentine Day projects were completed by my 3rd through 6th grade gifted students. Introduction. Project Description.

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 16, 2020

So to pick it up where we left off, we’ll discuss academic workflows and how Linways Academic Management System helps institutions to manage education. To begin with, we have written previously about how project management and workflow creation will benefit education. So we’ll just refer you there if you’d like to know more about it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

How to Use Vocabulary Builder on Your Kindle Paperwhite. Stay tuned to the end of the show to learn how to figure out if my friend Angela Watson’s 40 Hour Workweek Club is right for you. Today, the vocabulary doctors teach us how to teach vocabulary in the classroom. So check the show notes; you’ll see how to do that. [00:08:00].

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