Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

The more physical distance between the teacher and the learner, the more challenging it is to collect formative assessment data consistently. The more formative assessment data a teacher collects, the more effective they’ll be in differentiating learning experiences to meet a diverse group of students’ needs.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

However, there are many tools that are out there that can be helpful, especially if the teacher and students have access to technology. Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels. Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels. Some other popular tools are Kahoot , Quizziz , Socrative , and Gimkit.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But here’s where it gets really exciting: AI is making personalized learning more accessible than ever. With these tools, AI helps create a classroom where students feel supported, engaged, and—dare we say—actually excited to learn. Explore AI-Powered Learning Tools Start by exploring AI platforms that align with your teaching goals.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

Teachers can use it to help design lessons, build assessments, unpack standards, personalize , scaffold questions, develop hooks, provide relevant connections, and so many more possibilities. Click on the “magic tools” tab at the top of the page to see all of the options available to teachers. Ideogram – A free image creation tool.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

Over the years, I have noticed that student engagement tends to decrease in my classes around this time and I reach out to my personal learning network (PLN) for ideas or tools to boost engagement. By offering more choices in terms of digital tools for student engagement, we can better meet specific student interests and needs.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

However, as districts rush to adopt these cutting-edge technologies, they must carefully select the right AI tools to meet their unique needs. This rapid adoption brings significant risks, particularly regarding data privacy and accessibility. Especially, districts must ensure that the tool will be used solely for educational purposes.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

This inquiry always prompts me to reflect: How many educators gather pre-assessment data before crafting their lesson plans? Such preliminary insights, whether through pre-assessments, diagnostics, or activities aimed at accessing prior knowledge, can illuminate the diverse range of skills, abilities, and needs within a classroom.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

A solution comes from rubrics, which are benchmarks used in grading to help assess students’ learning. 6 Digital tools that help teachers create effective rubrics. Teachers can access templates that work across the curriculum, various subjects, and learning activities. The goal is to reach a consistent grading process.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

While being flexible is a teacher’s choice, anti-cheating tools do a great job of minimizing cheating. This brings us to the next question… Which LMS tools help you minimize cheating? As the name suggests, the proctoring feature ensures that assessments are carried out safely. Antiplagiarism tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2024

There are a lot to digital tools people swear are essential to educators. 14 Essential Digital Tools for Educators to Streamline Daily Activities In 2024’s fast-paced educational environment, teachers and all those in the academe face the daily challenge of managing their school or course’s efficiency. I use about half of them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

High School students will soon move into college and career where digital tools are de rigeur. Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge. And in 2020, 83.7

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If you miss the level of engagement and presence in your physical classes, then you will love using the three tools below. These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. These tools also offer free registration for teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 27, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I’ve seen one tool improve student engagement in Google Classroom significantly — H?para. 4 – Direct Access to Gmail If you use Gmail as your email client, they’ve also got direct access to Gmail. It’s very, very simple.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That means many traditional teaching tools are no longer the best choice for the new norms. Access revision history. Here’s how you get started: access your JotForm account or create a new one if you haven’t signed up yet. Do you see why this tool excites me? Education has changed.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 7, 2024

This transformative technology has the potential to drastically streamline teachers workloads, while also making learning experiences more engaging, personalized and accessible for students. Grading and assessment AI is already having a huge impact on the grading and assessment process. In fact, 91.5%

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2022

To support educators in accessing quality and relevant professional learning tools at the beginning of the pandemic, we curated a list of micro-credentials that could be earned with a remote or hybrid classroom. We believe that high quality must also mean accessible and equitable. Are the colors accessible?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

While not new in any sense, digital tools continue to play an immense role as they are constantly evolving. By understanding how these tools impact teaching and learning, educators can determine which ones to use and how to implement them effectively. While acquiring knowledge is plentiful, digital literacy is a must.

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Neo LMS

JULY 19, 2022

That’s one of the reasons why there are many tech tools every student should have to help them learn at home and in the classroom. . But technology can be an incredibly useful educational tool for students of all ages, even young elementary-level learners. Why it’s important for students to have access to technology.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When choosing methods and tools to use, it is also important to create opportunities for students to develop social emotional learning (SEL) skills, as they are essential for personal and professional growth. Which tools assist us by providing access to real-time feedback? 5 Ways edtech helps students demonstrate learning.

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Neo LMS

JULY 13, 2021

5 Digital tools for an inclusive virtual classroom. Inclusivity is achieved through teaching and assessment methods that create a sense of community , provide personalized learning solutions and offer opportunities for active participation. This tool helps track the quiet students to try to include them more in the class activities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, former teacher and now education consultant, has suggestions for apps to help the history class: Essential Tech Tools for the History Class. If one is looking for an interactive tool that provides feedback and is engaging, consider Pear Deck. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Here are a few tips from the Ask a Tech Teacher team for High School students who want to get the most out of these important years: Creating A Digital Study Plan: Tips And Tools for High School Students Developing a digital study plan can be a game-changer for high school students aiming to improve their academic performance.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Screencasting tools are a lifesaver for virtual instruction. The free screen recording tools below help teachers quickly record video tutorials to share with parents and students within minutes. You can also record a short lesson students can access anytime. Screencasting Tools and Resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

Outline of Conversation (Direct Links) 0:31 Introductions 4:24 What teachers are saying during the coronavirus stay-home orders 8:38 Emotional Stress, Kids, and Self-Care 10:32 How children respond to trauma 13:35 The problem with being too rigid 13:55 What makes effective distance learning 18:10 Consistent layout in online learning 18:54 Don’t (..)

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

BOSTON – Adaptive learning company HMH today announced HMH Performance Suite –a first-of-its-kind teaching and learning solution that integrates assessment, Tier 1 curriculum and instruction to harmonize K-12 classroom teaching practices on a single platform.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Aside from asking students to assess their own levels of engagement — a perfectly valid process, albeit one which is influenced by bias — measurement has often relied upon the perception of teachers or outside observers. The post Measuring Student Engagement with Digital Tools appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

A year or so into the pandemic, the Tennessee district had completed a detailed needs assessment that spanned every school and classroom. Now, through the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, KCS was about to receive more than $114 million to spend on a wide range of learning improvement projects.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. And as learners interact with and manipulate these tools, they become more involved and engaged in the lesson.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

Are you looking for grading apps, tools, and resources that you can use to collect, calculate, and analyze your student’s grades? Educators can log into their grade book from any computer with Internet access. Real-time tools are available on the website to help educators and parents monitor a child’s progress.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

One way it can be used to transform teaching and learning is by providing students with access to a wealth of information, including multimedia resources, educational apps, and online databases. Finally, technology can be harnessed to transform teaching and learning by enhancing assessment and feedback.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

Having taught the majority of the school year in a hybrid environment, it took time to adjust to teaching online and deciding which methods or tools to use. As teachers, we need to be able to check in with students to see how they are doing, first and foremost, and to assess their progress in our class. How do I assess students ?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Designing Blended Learning for Student Engagement and Achievement “By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement meaningful blended learning experiences with objective-aligned assessments and activities that foster core 21st-century skills.”

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, and student work. Students and families win as they have on-demand access to resources. There are many digital tools available to educators these days, which often creates an overwhelming feeling. There are many great tools out there to use.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Summarize and Access Web Content First, inside Edge, you'll want to toggle on the feature that lets you access web content inside the browser. I'm using Bing Chat (and Bing Chat Enterprise for private items) to access and work with all of my PDF's and web pages now. If not, search for voice access in your apps list.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

I’ve not seen anything like this activity, and it should be a handy tool for those learning languages. While some teachers have made their map games where students remember and type in words directly (like the honors version of this heart graphic), the guided “click” request is also a powerful feature of this tool. Fantastic resources!

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