Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Have students work in groups. Be involved.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Measuring Up is a suite of tools that supplements any classroom curriculum by offering standards-based instruction, practice, assessment, and reporting customized to many state or national standards–with the singular goal of assisting students in meeting English Language Arts, Mathematics, and/or Science standards. Data on Measuring Up.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Tier-3” kids, such as the dolphins, are those not meeting expectations on in-class tests, and Bowling was working to catch them up. It’s been over five years since Kentucky adopted the Common Core, guidelines for what students need to know in math and the English language arts in each grade.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Over the course of three years, starting in 2009, Kentucky’s state education commissioner, Terry Holliday, added 50,000 miles to his odometer, crisscrossing the state to bring each of the 173 school districts the message: Kentucky was adopting the Common Core. and meet with the principal of a local school.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The students’ randomized group assignment helps ensure that differences in reading development observed between the groups are due to their curriculum and not any external factors. ESSA Tier 1 is the highest possible ranking that an early learning program can meet according to WWC standards.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. PBL is the "how." "How

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

The consequences of failing can include sanctions for schools and teachers, and even school closure, and now the standards are more rigorous with 40-plus states having adopted the Common Core State Standards. The post Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? education reform since the 1990s.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

This month I started a maker-enhanced writing workshop with a group of gifted 3rd through 6th grade students. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. Common Core State Standards – ELA. Intentional Creativity – [link].

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. Yet it’s hard to determine from looking at the state’s testing data how successful schools have been in closing the achievement gap between these students and their peers since Common Core was implemented.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2019

Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects, and virtual face-to-face meetings to share in a collaborative environment. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. 4 virtual meetings. What You Get. 3 college credits.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms. To Meet Students’ Needs! Changes in What Teachers Know and Do in the Common Core Era.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Pilot Study Brief from Digital Promise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

SplashLearn is an easy-to-use COPA-compliant, Common Core-aligned math curriculum for grades Kindergarten-5th that uses game-based learning to teach mathematical concepts. Or, put students in breakout rooms (available in virtual meeting webtools like Google Meet and Zoom) and have them discuss the day’s learning with each other.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 8, 2015

It wasn’t until I went to a book club meeting with some friends that inspiration struck. At our book club meetings we ate food, drank wine, and talked about literature for hours. The Passage: Hook your group members! Choose an exciting, interesting or descriptive passage to read to your group. Learning'

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

Erin Mote and Eric Tucker lead Brooklyn Lab Schools , a group of charter schools in downtown Brooklyn, and are focused on building systems that support an expanded definition of student success. Brooklyn Lab views personalization as a commitment to tailoring learning experiences that meet the individual needs and interests of students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. Once resources have been collected, present to the group for discussion.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 3, 2015

Capturing student voice and engaging students in robust discussion and questioning is an important element of the Common Core Standards. Darlynn Alfalla, the Tech Coordinator at Wagner Middle School provided advice to the “Questioning and Discussion Study Group” at her school. It worked like a charm. I want more ».

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Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2017

But today’s math assignments can be confounding for parents who learned math in a pre-Common Core era, or in a different country — or who still harbor math anxiety from their own days at school, or never fully learned to connect the dots between everyday actions and math lessons. Math is Cultural. Mathematics is cultural.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

If the group is small, you may have just one circle. All students (and you) must know each other’s names, even at the first meeting. For Common Core schools, the Socratic Method prods students to: use text-based evidence to support their ideas. Socratic seminar in a 2nd grade Common Core class.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

The group members will be the “characters” in the photos and the tableau you create must be true to both the stage directions and visual “SPECTACLE” of Hansberry’s play. You will work in a group of three. Each group must have at least one student with a smart phone. CONNECT THE CONCEPT FROM THE PLAY TO YOUR WORLD/LIFE.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

The first step to planning an effective lesson is to decide what skill you will teach using the Common Core or state standards specific to your content area and grade level. para also helps teachers differentiate their lesson plans by allowing teachers to create groups.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Sylvia Majdoch, 9, pictured here during a remote school day at her home in Florida, is the fourth in her family to take on math using the principles of Common Core.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Activities range from 2-3 hours, spread over multiple meetings (called ‘Short Spark Activities’) to 8-12 hours (called ‘Longer Fire Activities’). The target age is English-speaking 8-10 year-olds with the possibility of expanding the age group in the future. That’s fine. time required. learning goals.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

Teach Writing with Tech (closed–only open for groups of five). 20 Webtools in 20 Days (for groups interested in learning webtools from the Structured Learning curriculum ). You want to meet new people. Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. Tech-infused Class.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 5, 2016

We don’t possibly have enough time to design incredible lessons for every objective, but on the web we can find 1000s of great lessons created by teachers that we can adapt to meet our students’ needs. Anthony Gaughin talks about a GREAT lesson having these elements: G- group dynamic. E-emergent language and ideas focus.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

In the meantime, remote workers who are parents are fretting over how they’ll have time to oversee lessons and keep their children on top of Common Core math. Social distancing guidelines will mean fewer playdates and group activities, along with concerns about isolation and boredom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

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. They start at $750 for a group of five or more. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. The Tech-infused Teacher. Certificate.

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K12 Open Ed

APRIL 25, 2016

In particular, I was at a meeting with the mayor and city manager of a local community last week. The topic of the meeting wasn’t really education per se, but the conversation quickly moved there as we talked about various challenges the community faces.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Built specifically from state and Common Core education standards, Study Island has a fun and easy-to-use interface that’s proven to produce significant academic growth outcomes in math, ELA, science and social studies with just 30 minutes of practice a week. Study Island New Game-Based Group Sessions.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. The initiative resulted in all students attaining double digit academic growth as well as doubling the number of students who are on a college trajectory (meeting the 70th percentile nationally).

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. The initiative resulted in all students attaining double digit academic growth as well as doubling the number of students who are on a college trajectory (meeting the 70th percentile nationally).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2017

Which is best will depend upon the needs and schedules of your parent group. help them understand how technology supports the school’s mission and overarching curricula (such as Common Core or Everyday Math). Once you’ve decided what type of class to offer, create an agenda that covers the four-six weekly meetings.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2015

It is a closed group on Facebook. Lesson Plan: Enabling Students to Game Their Way to Literacy with @TiffanyPickrell @ rockislandgirl @ak_leeg – A Minecraft Project aligned with literature and the Common Core. Zombie Based Learning: Yes, It’s Real and Meets Common Core Standards.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2017

Instead of orienting a classroom to have all student desks facing a whiteboard at the front of the room, a flexible learning center model often includes modular workstations where students can break into groups as well as quiet spaces for individual study. Technology: The Key Ingredient in Successful Learning Centers.

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