Catlin Tucker

MARCH 4, 2024

It restricts students’ ability to learn at their own pace, explore topics in-depth, and engage in hands-on, practical problem-solving. Asking students to explain their mathematical reasoning and write about their process can help them to understand, retain, and apply their learning. Math is no different!

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Through my writing, I have attempted to capture the essence of contemporary challenges and innovations but also provide practical solutions and thought-provoking insights from the field. Without further ado, I hope you enjoy my top posts of 2023. Without further ado, I hope you enjoy my top posts of 2023. Here’s to an amazing 2024!

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Another given is that no matter where your practice lies, or that of your staff, there are always areas to improve. While honesty and vulnerability are necessities to get the ball rolling, action must follow to advance practice. Just like with learning, it's a process, not an event. We did this by using the Rigor Relevance Framework.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

I vividly remember how frustrating it was to interview for various school administrator positions only to be told that I didn’t have enough practical experience related to the position(s). Experience can also help a leader to build credibility and gain the respect of their team.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Writing this past year has been bittersweet for me. It is difficult to honestly know this feeling if you are just up on a stage and not in classrooms or buildings. On the flip side, I have witnessed some of the most extraordinary practices that have been implemented with fidelity.

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Waterford

AUGUST 22, 2023

Write a question on each side of the beach ball in permanent marker and have fun tossing it around while learning all about your students. As students build the Jenga tower, they’ll ask and answer fun questions that are all about them. Students roll the dice to answer a variety of getting to know you questions. This or That? :

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Elementary Classroom Groups STEM 264

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

The goals of formative assessment include: Build regular informal assessments into each lesson to collect data. As students move through a lesson, some acquire information and skills more quickly than others. We must collect formative assessment data in each lesson to understand our students’ progress and respond to their needs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It’s about building lifelong friendships, networking, developing social skills, and discovering who you are outside of the classroom. This is where online resources tailored to academic writing help become invaluable. Balancing academics and social life in college is a bigger challenge than it sounds like.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Challenges and Solutions in Mathematics College professors frequently adopt a lecture-based approach, emphasizing theory over practice. Or perhaps, amidst a particularly challenging calculus problem, you’ve questioned how this abstract world of numbers and symbols could possibly influence your future career?

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2023

Look no further than using AI to conduct queries on any aspect of educational practice, such as grading, pedagogy, professional learning communities, virtual learning, or the use of technology. Be sure to specify that you are looking for peer-reviewed research that supports the practice you are trying to implement or change.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Click Here for the Webinar Sponsor This week's guest Justin is an associate professor of digital media in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing department at MIT and the director of the Teaching Systems Lab. We dive deep into teachers' crucial role in driving innovation and improvement in education. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

My ninth-grade app builders are more rapidly iterating and creating their app pages, not because AI is writing anything for them but quite the opposite. My ninth-grade app builders are more rapidly iterating and creating their app pages, not because AI is writing anything for them but quite the opposite.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2023

Following through builds self-confidence. I can speak to how this dramatically helps me stay on track and avoid procrastination when writing, preparing presentations, and mapping out model lessons to facilitate when coaching. Kettering Have you ever made a commitment to do something, only to find yourself needing to follow through?

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Conference Professional Learning Classroom Learning 263

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

Must-do stations are tailored for skill reinforcement, while may-do stations offer extension activities, review games, and metacognitive skill-building activities. A teacher recently asked me whether students always need to attend every station in a rotation. The short answer is “no.” When Should Teachers Use This Strategy?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

Each day will focus on a different topic: reading, writing, and STEM. Tuesday, August 18, 2020 – Writing The first day will focus on writing. Tech Tools and Writing. You’ll learn strategies to help students use technology to support their writing goals with Christopher Bugaj. Helping Struggling Writers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2024

He gives suggestions for schools that help them frame school behavior and understand students' dreams, needs and abilities in a way we can put into our classroom practice. Tom also emphasizes the need to recognize and support the many and various backgrounds of our students and the need to build trust over time.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2021

At this point, I think every teacher and administrator has some context, especially in light of the pandemic, as to the need to rethink practice. At this point, I think every teacher and administrator has some context, especially in light of the pandemic, as to the need to rethink practice. Challenges were once viewed as obstacles.

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Waterford

MARCH 10, 2022

Find out how a student’s reading development is strongly related to their speaking, listening, and writing skills. Plus, get five free writing activities for your classroom. Communication skills encompass the ability to speak, listen, and write effectively in order to share information and ideas with others.[1]

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We write about back to school often on Ask a Tech Teacher. 6 Tech Best Practices for New Teachers. How to Build Your PLN. How to Build Your PLN. Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to. BTS resources. BTS resources from Microsoft. Make a class photo in Pixton EDU. New School Year? I Got You Covered.

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Digital Citizenship Microsoft Assessment Resources 329

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This assumption that students can’t engage in meaningful, self-directed work unless they are given information from the teacher or see a model in practice is deeply concerning. Yet, most classes I observe still rely on the teacher to do the lion’s share of the work. They are unpacking complex texts and topics.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Two years ago, staff identified the improvement of student writing as a key step in moving the institution forward. In education, the abundance of novel tools, opportunities, and concepts runs the risk of overburdening already stretched teachers and processes. With this in mind, CYPHER LEARNING and Turnitin began collaborating in 2015.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University writes , “Research on the developing brain shows us that early childhood experiences build the foundation for a skilled workforce, a responsible community, and a thriving economy.” On top of that, you have bills to manage, grocery lists to organize, laundry, meals to make.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2023

Learning a second language is a challenge, whether it be English, Russian, or any of the hundreds of world languages we find across the globe. You may need to do this because you’ve moved to a new country, because your job changed, or it’s a personal interest. The question becomes: How to make that happen? Do you immerse yourself?

Digital Citizenship 246

Digital Citizenship Study Personalized Learning Resources 246

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Engaging in research and design work with communities of researchers, practitioners and edtech product developers has led us to define several principles we believe will assist in building learning technology that is attuned to the needs of diverse students and educators, based on modern learning principles and designed for broad adoption and scale.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

My focus is on both ChatGPT as well as the new Notion AI tool and the practical ways I'm using them in my everyday classroom activities. My focus is on both ChatGPT as well as the new Notion AI tool and the practical ways I'm using them in my everyday classroom activities. Welcome to an extended episode focusing on AI!

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a blended learning coach, I spend time in classrooms where teachers use adaptive software to provide students with personalized math practice. an offline station where kids work offline to practice problems on a worksheet. an offline station where kids work offline to practice problems on a worksheet. mathjournaltemplate.

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Software Blended Learning Assessment Data 419

Neo LMS

MAY 31, 2022

In my own practice, I’ve found that working together with students sparks innovative and more meaningful ways to build their content area knowledge and essential skills. Whether created simply using paper and other hands-on materials or with different digital tools, they help students build their skills in many different areas. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Build Empathy Among Students. Practices of Tech-savvy Teachers. How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing, and Problem Solving. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in January: Public Domain Day. Subscriber Special and MLK Day. 10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2021. 10 Top Reviews for 2021. Free Posters.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me. To what end?

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

He writes, “Teaching others can build our competence. Once they answered the collection of online questions, they were asked to write a short letter of advice to a younger student that incorporated their personal experiences. Duckworth’s research study so teachers can use them to inspire students to write letters.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

I can quickly add review materials, create quick practice problems and work, and give students a way to practice without me. Or, after class, if students need more practice (like with my exam), I can assign it with a click so they can practice ahead of time. Lumio has become my go-to exam review tool. Let’s dive in.

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Libraries Assessment Tools Google 344

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

Michelle Kang, CEO of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization that promotes high quality early learning for all children, noted that AI can save educators time by helping them write weekly newsletters to families. At least 20 sessions had the term “AI” in their title.

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Education Robotics iPhone Guidelines 198

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

Subscribe to the Show This week's sponsor MAD-Learn - Mobile App Development MAD-Learn is a free, easy tool for students to use to build apps of their own in a private space for just you and your students. When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. MAD-Learn is an amazing collaborative app building tool.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

For example, an argumentative writing standard for English Language Arts reads, “Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.” I’ve taught in person, online, and in blended learning environments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

While it is great to paint the house and build a “she shed” in the backyard, how can you recover if you go from hard work at school to hard work at home? If you love art, take a class or go to a new place to draw, write, or create. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Let’s splash ahead!

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Learning Social Media Gamification Course 421

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2022

Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. Four to six hours in front of a computer for instruction. Unaccounted time for social media and gaming usage. Sounds like too much screen time? Some parents are beginning to see the fatigue in their children.

Blended Learning 342

Blended Learning Social Media BYOD LMS 342

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

I teamed up with Dr. Katie Novak to write a follow-up to our book UDL and Blended Learning. Teaching has always been a demanding profession, but this school year takes the cake! Teachers are navigating substitute teacher shortages, COVID protocols, and record numbers of absent students in addition to the normal demands of this job.

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