The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 10, 2015

How do we know our students have really mastered the standards we are supposed to teach? Assessment coach Garnett Hillman helps us understand how our assessments need to change. (We We might even learn that we don’t have to grade so much and get better results.) Important Takeaways. Interview Links.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Category: ASSESSMENTS.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. That’s when I heard about John Hattie at an education conference I attended and his concept of Visible Learning. ” How can that be? I want to talk more about learning than teaching.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Digital textbooks are cost-effective and create equitable, engaging and flexible learning experiences. But how do you start making the transition to digital and ensure that your learners have high-quality resources? . Learners will read about and discuss rules, decision-making and how to socialize in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Subjects like math and science — the ones only “smart” kids do well in — demand that you find patterns, unravel clues, connect one dot to another, and scaffold knowledge learned in prior lessons. So why the disconnect among teachers and parents when applying gameplay to learning? How to Critically Think.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I polled my PLN to find specific tech areas students needed help with in preparing for the Assessments. Pay attention to these and your students will be much more prepared for this Spring’s Common Core assessments: Keyboarding. Students should understand how to maneuver through a website without distraction.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 2, 2014

As students work to master the complex reading and writing standards demanded by the Common Core, Mrs. Montecuollo and Mrs. Westbrook collaborated to create writing scaffolds that address the diverse academic needs of their 9th grade students. These teachers believe that differentiation is about access points.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has become a right-of-passage for high school students as they leave formal education and enter the next phase of learning. well-rounded — nicely differentiated tools that address varied student learning styles. Also available is a Chrome app to sync learning across the Internet.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

I''m a proponent of critical thinking, cooperative learning, metacognition, blended learning, flipped learning. I''m a proponent of learning. Despite criticism, a traditional well-written multiple choice assessment can be a valid assessment tool ( I''m bracing for rebuttals ). What is being assessed?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Subjects like math and science — the ones only “smart” kids do well in — demand that you find patterns, unravel clues, connect one dot to another, and scaffold knowledge learned in prior lessons. So why the disconnect among teachers and parents when applying gameplay to learning? How to Critically Think.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

In last year’s statewide Common Core-related PARCC test, just 24 percent of the students at Esteves’ school met grade-level expectations in reading and writing, a category called English language arts and literacy. In general, I think the common core approach is the right one,” wrote Shanahan in a blog.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 31, 2015

According to Education World , a Curriculum Map is… … a process for collecting and recording curriculum-related data that identifies core skills and content taught, processes employed, and assessments used for each subject area and grade level. – Education World: Virtual Workshop: Curriculum Mapping. assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While it traditionally is an assessment tool for college-bound seniors, more and more high schools are choosing it as an exit exam for graduating seniors (such as these changes in Ohio and the State of Washington ). A big part of succeeding on the SAT essay is knowing how to use the right word and when it is best-suited for the conversation.

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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. In this way, each standard is more like an extension of previous learning than a totally new event. A push for deeper learning.

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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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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

In my ISTE Sunday 8-10 am poster session, I demonstrate many diverse mobile activities to help students achieve the English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Statements through mobile devices. The mobile activities focus on free common tool apps that are available on both the Android and the iPad.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 19, 2014

BoomWriter’s interactive collaborative writing platform lets teachers deliver a fun and engaging personalized learning experience, while elementary, middle, and high school age students work online to develop their reading, writing, and peer assessment skills. BoomWriter uses a simple process but with a technology twist.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. Some are narrative; others games.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2022

They could learn just as much—or more— when it comes to literacy, numeracy and executive function skills critical to early academic success, according to a new review of 17 studies of play. Guided play, unlike free play, means there is a learning goal set by an adult and children are ‘ gently steered’ to explore.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 26, 2014

As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. I know that overwhelmed feeling all too well. And Facebook is over ). The problem was that I didn’t let my students teach me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2022

All lessons include self-reflection from students to see if they can transfer what they learned to both classes and life.” Include not only the step-by-step, but samples, artifacts, assessment strategies, feedback from students and parents, and reflections from you after it’s completed. . How to contact you.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Too often, students–and teachers–believe learning comes from success when in truth, it’s as likely to be the product of failure. As teachers, it’s important we reinforce the concept that learning has many faces. Common Core expect students to write-edit-resubmit. What’s the Mulligan Rule?

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

There are many options, but what do your students really need to learn and how can you integrate it into your classroom? These lessons are free and show students how to build a circuit, then how the code for that circuit works. Then, they’re prompted with challenges like “how would you blink the light twice as fast?”

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

He feels like he’s given increasingly less leeway in how to implement the curricula he receives from his district, even when students are not fully understanding key concepts. That’s led to a growing interest in changing how it’s done, with political fights over how to shake things up and large investments into improving math curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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Saving Socrates

AUGUST 28, 2013

What Parents Need to Know About the Common Core and How They Can Help Their Children The Common Core is an attempt to nationalize the curriculum creating common core standards in grades K-12. This learning curve will need to be addressed. So, how can you help?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Octavio Gutierrez works with a group of students learning English, giving them a preview of what their fluent peers will learn later. And its poor Hispanic students and students still learning English performed much better than similar kids statewide. Related: Common Core tests will widen achievement gap — at first.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

A burgeoning population in Kentucky of students who are learning English combined with the adoption of more rigorous standards means efforts like Ogbe’s are ever more important. But measuring how well schools are reaching English-learners is not easy, at least not from looking at the state’s accountability data.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2016

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Assessment is project-based so participants should be prepared to be fully-involved and eager risk-takers.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Students show grit when they accept error, even failure, as a necessary prerequisite to learning and progress. To understand each student’s level of grit, observe how long students maintain their attempts on difficult tasks. Look at how many ways they try to solve problems. Teaching Grit.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Each learning module is designed to connect classrooms to real-world science and engineering. How to Get Started With Fire Forensics. Supplies and summaries of labs, including outcomes and assessment tips. Common Core State Standards (See more on the Fire Forensics Site ). 3 – Learning From an Expert.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Before taking on his role at PBLWorks, his familiarity with Project Based Learning (PBL) matured as the co-founder of Envision Education and served as its CEO and Chief of Innovation. He recently authored Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment and Common Core Standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2016

Rubrics are a well-accepted, even transformative tool for assessing student knowledge over a breadth of criteria. The pre-online versions weren’t dynamic or flexible, couldn’t be re-used, and few teachers had the time or energy to build these summative, purpose-built assessments. Nothing new to learn.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Through this interactive video game, students learn to identify advertising and understand its messages with the goal of becoming informed, discerning consumers. Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-.

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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. 10 Tips for Testing Success. Ace the Test with Study Island.

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MindShift

APRIL 27, 2015

For states adopting Common Core, the standards apply to kindergarten, laying out what students should be able to do by the end of the grade.* There’s a wide age range for learning to read,” said Nancy Carlsson-Paige on KQED’s Forum program. But they struggle when kids still don’t meet Developmental Reading Assessment benchmarks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Many school-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs are widely used, for example. Specifically, there have been few useful tools with which to assess SEL. Specifically, there have been few useful tools with which to assess SEL. Here are some ideas about how to grapple productively with the problem of plenty.

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