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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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. There’s videos out there so that you can see what this actually looks like in a classroom, whether it’s early childhood, middle childhood, if it’s secondary. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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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.

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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

MARCH 23, 2022

How do you build a positive classroom culture? In this show, Andrew Sharos, author of Finding Lifelifes: A Practical Tale about Teacher and Mentors , shares how to create a thriving classroom culture. Furthermore, you'll learn how he measures the success of his classroom culture. The Oxford Reference. Start Playing.

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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.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 19, 2019

For example, in a survey investigating the impact of collaboration in the learning of secondary school Statistics, one school found out that students had a 11.8% Read on to find out how to create a collaborative learning space using an LMS. Students can refer back to their goals should they get stuck at some point during their task.

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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. Choose how students will experience instructional content. para Dashboard.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Assessment For Learning. We walk you through the process of distinguishing between various assessment types, building goals, identifying best practices around your assessments and analyzing your data to make lasting instructional decisions throughout the year. How Teachers Can Help Students Cope with Test Anxiety.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

With the widespread use of social media platforms and the ubiquity of news stories, teaching students how to critically evaluate sources and sift the good from the bad becomes a pressing pedagogical necessity. How to spot fake news classroom posters Here are two handy posters to use with students in class. In this short guide, Webwise.ie

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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. How to Create a Google Site.

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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. Part 4: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Back Channel for Formative Assessment. as you continue to amplify formative learning with digital technology. Collaboration.

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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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MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

K-12 funding has been made available in two different venues: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) and. ESSER and GEER under the CARES Act are referred to as ESSER II and GEER II under CRRSA. Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER). GEER II Relief Funds. Here’s a fact sheet from the Department of Education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We began referring to our students as scholars, because we expected that they take an active approach to their education, and participate in interdisciplinary project-based learning, and internships.) So, how do we do it? Collaborating with partners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

Over the past few years, “efficacy” has entered the edtech lexicon as a word commonly used to reference whether or not edtech is driving student learning. But as educators and edtech companies look to track the most effective tools and practices, two big questions are at the fore: How do we measure technology’s effectiveness?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Episode 794 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Use the Triple E Framework for Edtech Evaluations Dr. Liz Kolb, clinical associate professor of education technologies at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Instructional design and how students learn is most important. Thank you TARA for sponsoring this show! Click Here.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

Strictly speaking, AI refers to a branch of computer science that focuses on machine intelligence (as opposed to natural or human intelligence). But as the term is popularly applied today, it refers to computer programming that allows machines to learn from experience, adjust to new data inputs and perform human-like tasks.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2018

With openly available learning map data, links to those data can give digital content a point of reference. As the learning map references become available on the open web, dynamic learning content will also be able to link to specific activities and assessments.

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

Their solutions included switching to a pass/incomplete system at secondary schools and focusing on narrative feedback at elementary schools. For the fourth quarter, San Leandro’s secondary students will receive a “pass” or “incomplete” instead of a letter grade. aside postID=”mindshift_52813″ hero=”[link].

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

As society becomes increasingly dependent on social media sites for consuming information and as a personal pulpit for ideas and opinions, schools and classrooms need to become the primary source of instruction on how to prepare students for effective offline and online discourse.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

This Show is From the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Vault Andrew Stadel’s show aired in 2017 and was the top show of 2017 how to help kids really learn. The Dash and Dot robot wonder pack from Wonder Workshop Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to enter. This is one of the top shows of the 10-Minute Teacher of all time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through. Well, who in a career, when they don’t know something, doesn’t just go online and find it out?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I mean, how could you even say that? They’re learning how to be global citizens. You can’t be a citizen in this world without learning how to get along with others. This is such a great project.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Our current approach of summative assessments has few fans. At conferences on education policy and innovation we have heard the system referred to as an “albatross” and the “tail that wags the dog.” A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems.

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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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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

During virtual education, he relied on reference materials and parent assistance when available. She said that specifically identifying which standard is being assessed, and providing accommodations for the standards not presently up to bat, can help make school more accessible for all students.

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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. There’s videos out there so that you can see what this actually looks like in a classroom, whether it’s early childhood, middle childhood, if it’s secondary.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Looking for new ways to review learning, discuss questions, formatively assess, and be more playful with learning? These games enforce academic learning because they are a method of formative assessment that is not a paper quiz. Best for secondary (grades 6-12). Ready to learn some game idea? Best for elementary (grades K-5).

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

In part four, Kasey explains how we can go BEYOND the walls of our classrooms, and how to go BEYOND the due date and encourage students to continue learning about the things that interest them. I like to refer to this as an expanded audience. Get the FREE Dynamic Learning with Google Toolkit. We can also take this in baby steps.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2019

I frequently refer to Google Keep as the Instantpot of G Suite because it is so versatile. Google Keep is also a part of G Suite for Education and is a great tool for students, especially secondary students. You can learn more about this method in my previous post, 4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 15, 2016

Gardner, participants, and I explored pedagogy, the power of the hyperlink, data, instructors, institutions, eportfolios, language, students, assessment, a great card deck, our personal histories, and a lot more. Assessment becomes impersonal. ” Gardner responded by explaining that currency is based on social faith.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 15, 2016

Gardner, participants, and I explored pedagogy, the power of the hyperlink, data, instructors, institutions, eportfolios, language, students, assessment, a great card deck, our personal histories, and a lot more. Assessment becomes impersonal. ” Gardner responded by explaining that currency is based on social faith.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We Still, she added, there were “just so many stories of kids using their cellphones to complete assignments, to research, or having to figure out how to get to public libraries in order to access devices.”.

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Brainscape

MAY 18, 2022

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

in Secondary Education from Ball State University. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. As the former primary and middle school assistant principal of an international school, she cultivated a staff of educators from around the world.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Future Ready has developed a common set of information, tools, and assessment, that are all available for free. Personalized learning and how technology can make the learning more personalized, is the focus for Future Ready initiatives that include collaborative leadership and also extend outside the classroom to community partnerships.

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