Assessment, Blended Learning, Tools and UDL

Pre-assessment is Key to Designing with Intention

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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Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai.

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Shifting from Time-consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

I’d argue that the answer is , in part, giving them the permission and tools to rethink traditional workflows. Katie Novak to write a follow-up to our book UDL and Blended Learning. Want to learn more about blended learning and UDL?

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Shift to Leveraging Formative Assessment for Metacognition

Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2023

How can formative assessment data help students to develop their metacognitive skills? Formative assessments are ongoing assessments embedded throughout the learning process. Traditionally, formative assessment has been used as a teacher tool. It can be used to promote self-reflection and self-assessment.

Assessment

Assessment Blended Learning Data Strategy

Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As I’ve embraced blended learning, I have transformed many of my whole group, teacher-led lessons into student-centered, student-paced learning experiences using different blended learning models. The playlist model presents students with a sequence of learning activities that they self-pace through.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

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. UDL is an excellent framework that can be used in any classroom.

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The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

This twist on the station rotation model combines the strategic collection and use of data with student agency to create a more personalized and student-centered approach to this blended learning model. In a traditional station rotation, all students rotate through the same sequence of learning activities or stations.

Assessment

Assessment Data Blended Learning Strategy

Using AI in Service of Strong Pedagogical Practice

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Despite my optimism about the benefits of AI in education, the buzz online is focused on the exciting new AI-powered education tools and not on the transformative impact those tools could have on how we design and facilitate learning experiences to meet the needs of diverse groups of students.

Blended Learning

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A Back-to-School, Personalized Learning Toolkit

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Whether those goals are online curriculum or credit recovery, this guide will help you determine the best learning environment for your school or district. Teachers who apply this approach modify the content, the process, and the way students demonstrate learning within their regular instruction. partner with us.

Personalized Learning

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

We decided to write a book to provide every teacher with the strategies and tools to confidently pull all parts of the writing process into the classroom. The lack of focus on writing in education is baffling, given the positive impacts of writing on learning. We want every student to reap the benefits of becoming effective writers.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Even when connecting at a distance instead of in person, we can all benefit from learning some skills to connect with students on an emotional level, even while delivering classroom instruction. Learn More. How can teachers in classrooms engage students in the digital platforms used to supplement and personalize learning?

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy

Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI)

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

Choice boards are a fantastic tool for honoring learner variability and providing students with meaningful choices. Choice boards allow us to honor our students’ preferences, needs, and interests, making their learning experience more engaging and effective. Want To Learn More About Choice Boards?

Differentiated Instruction

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Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my last blog post titled “ Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning ,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience. to generate a 5-25 question multiple-choice pre-assessment. to generate.

Blended Learning

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Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our book UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I encourage teachers to work toward firm, often standards-aligned, goals. When we build student agency into a task or an assessment, students may produce various artifacts to demonstrate their learning. Designing a Standards-aligned, Mastery-based Rubric.

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Defined Learning makes using project-based content easy to bring into any subject. These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. You can bring project-based learning to your school.

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Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process. I do really hope you enjoyed the prior two posts on differentiated instructions tools for reading using technology. I thought in this post it would be interesting to focus on DI writing technology tools. I see this as really multiple concepts.

Resources

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Learning in the Digital Age

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key points: Digital tools are powering a new era of K-12 learning Still, challenges remain–among them, equity and access Stay up to date on the latest trends about learning in the digital age In today’s digital age, learning has gone through a profound transformation, reshaping traditional educational models.

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How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

EdTechTeam

MARCH 24, 2021

You design an assessment to measure this standard. The “show” portion can be a simple sketch using online tools or a picture of an actual paper/pencil drawing. EduProtocols naturally fold into these helpful tools. Output: Students cannot just learn by consuming! Evidence of learning can take place in a variety of ways.

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Pre-assessment is Key to Designing with Intention

Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

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Shifting from Time-consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Shift to Leveraging Formative Assessment for Metacognition

Blended Learning: Design a Mini-playlist that Allows Students to Control the Pace of Their Learning

10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations

Using AI in Service of Strong Pedagogical Practice

A Back-to-School, Personalized Learning Toolkit

Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

Designing a Standards-aligned Choice Board (with AI)

Part II: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning and AI

Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process

Learning in the Digital Age

How to Create Meaningful and Accurate Formative Assessments with EduProtocols

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