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EdTech definitions every teacher should know: Part 2

Neo LMS

Best Online Definition – “ Deep Learning ” book by Ian Goodfellow and Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville: “The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by building them out of simpler ones. However, definitions are not agreed upon.

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An Expanded Definition of Student Success

Digital Promise

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. The post An Expanded Definition of Student Success appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Vocabulary Haiku: A Creative Approach to Deeping Understanding of Academic Vocabulary

Catlin Tucker

Such routines include students saying the word aloud, clapping out syllables, looking up and writing down the definition, and finding examples and non-examples of vocabulary terms. As an instructional coach and administrator, I regularly observed teachers providing direct instruction using explicit vocabulary routines. Additional Tips!

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This Is How You Teach A Group Of Students Online

EdNews Daily

Today, our guest is teacher Lynette, who teaches English online to groups of students at HAWO American Academy. I have been an online teacher for HAWO American Academy for two years, and now I solely teach trial group classes. I also helped launch the group classes. What do you like most about teaching a group of students?

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All work is group work now: Collaborative learning as a pedagogical and assessment framework for learning with generative AI

Iterating Toward Openness

In fact, if you think of generative AI as a collaborator in a group project, there’s actually quite a lot of existing practice and literature we can tap into for guidance about using generative AI effectively in the service of learning – both in how students learn and how instructors assess. Plan for each stage of group work.

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Teach Vocabulary with the Frayer Model

Ask a Tech Teacher

Somewhat like Concept Circles , the Frayer Model uses a graphical organizer that asks students to describe words by much more than a memorized definition. Those four segments may vary but will build understanding not just of the word’s definition but its purpose in conversation. Divide the class into small groups or pairs.

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Pile of Words: Drive Deeper Engagement with Vocabulary at the Beginning of a Unit, Text, or Project

Catlin Tucker

The size of your pile of words should be large enough to allow for sorting and grouping without overwhelming learners. Step 2: Group students and give them time to discuss and define. Encourage them to capture their definitions in their notes so they are easy to reference throughout the unit, text, or project.