Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Who decided that grading and assessment should be the exclusive responsibility of teachers? Why do we sideline students when it comes to assessment? Self-assessment is a powerful strategy that encourages students to become more invested in their learning journeys.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By encouraging students to decode unfamiliar words in context, educators enhance comprehension and prepare them for standardized assessments. A strong vocabulary is foundational for academic success. Digital citizenship education is essential as students navigate online environments.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

We must collect formative assessment data in each lesson to understand our students’ progress and respond to their needs. Formative assessment is a process of gathering information about students’ understanding and their progress toward firm standards-aligned learning goals. Check for understanding.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2025

It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom. By incorporating games and creative formats, teachers can foster a love for writing that extends beyond the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teachers need to know what is happening and how technology (specifically AI) impacts their classroom.) 13:49] Classroom Management Tips That Work: Proven strategies to create a focused and positive classroom. [28:01]

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Assessment of student work is a crucial aspect of learning. It helps students recognize important lesson goals and teachers gauge understanding. While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2021

Below is a version of a resource that can be found in Chapter 4 of Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms. Each level has numerous question stems that can assist teachers in developing checks for understanding, performance tasks, projects, and assessments.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

As my Aspire Change EDU consultant team and I visit classrooms on a routine basis, we strive to lead administrators, coaches, and teachers in reflecting on their practice using questioning techniques. Through classroom discussions, students learn to express themselves effectively orally and in writing.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] “The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 21, 2021

I love visiting classrooms around the country to not only support but to see educators in action. Recently I visited the district where I met with each school to visit classrooms and see how they were progressing with personalized learning. This has completely changed my classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

After visiting high school classrooms most of the day, I then debriefed with the leadership team. In this case, it was determined that even though teachers had time and were expected to be implementing common formative assessments (CFA,s), we didn’t see evidence to support that this was happening.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Why Would a Teacher Use the Flipped Classroom Model? First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. The flipped classroom was designed to invert the traditional approach to instruction and practice/application.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The fundamental shift in control from teacher to learner demands that classrooms be spaces where students feel comfortable sharing their ideas, taking risks, and making mistakes. These benefits are valuable in the context of the classroom as well. #1 Yet, in many classrooms, mistakes are penalized instead of normalized.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

According to a recent study, over 60 percent of educators believe traditional assessments fail to fully measure student understanding. With the rise of digital tools, teachers now have innovative ways to assess learning that provide deeper insights and engage students more meaningfully.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Educators want assessments to be instructionally useful and provide data they can use to help students learn, but not all assessments do that. So what do instructionally useful assessments look like? Designing instructionally useful assessments does not have to be difficult.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Next, consider conducting assessments to pinpoint areas where technology could make the most impact. Consider how screen readers can open up digital content for visually impaired students or how hearing aids and FM systems enhance auditory access in the classroom for those with hearing impairments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment.

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Hapara

MARCH 12, 2025

To help all students focus and succeed during digital learning, PUSD adopted Hparas classroom management solution ten years ago. The district is 1:1 Chromebooks, and learners are online for classroom activities day to day. Without a classroom management solution, educators would not be able to see what learners are doing online.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

18 Digital Tool Musts in the Classroom This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: Summary 18 essential digital tools for classrooms, emphasizing their impact on modern education. Backchannel Devices: Enhance classroom communication.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Effective inclusion in a special education classroom involves creating a supportive environment where students with disabilities are fully integrated into the general education setting. One of the hallmark accommodations of inclusive classrooms is more adults, whether a certified special education teacher, a teaching assistant (TA), or both.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

After all, one of the hottest topics in edtech these days is the growing practice of banning smartphones in schools, after teachers have reported that the devices distract students from classroom activities and socializing in person with others. There could be upsides in college classrooms, he predicts.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

As educators, it is important to understand the underlying causes of this behavior and develop assessments that encourage academic integrity. This lack of relevance can make assessments feel like an obstacle rather than a learning opportunity. Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In 2023, she launched her podcast To the Classroom: Conversations with Researchers and Educators. Her comprehension assessment and teaching resources, COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: FICTION and COMPLETE COMPREHENSION: NONFICTION, help teachers make sense of comprehension, especially in whole chapter books and book-length nonfiction texts.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 18, 2023

Just like periodic assessments can help teachers gauge student mastery of a particular subject, a periodic ed tech review can help teachers and administrators reflect on what works and what doesn’t. One thing that does not appear to be working for many teachers in the classroom is what might be called digital overload.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2024

While it won't replace the irreplaceable human touch in the classroom, AI can significantly enhance teaching and learning by offering personalization, efficiency, and insightful data analysis. Personalized Learning Pathways Imagine a classroom where each student receives instruction tailored to their specific needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I shared in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , the value of content is intrinsically linked to how it's utilized to foster purpose-driven thinking and application, which are both hallmarks of personalized learning. While being adept at trivia might be advantageous for a game show like Jeopardy, its utility in real life is limited.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I write down the anticipated student responses to know when I hear what will allow me to assess student understanding. I now believe neurodivergent teachers are an asset to the classroom because we have direct experience with the difficulties of receiving information and processing it. I reread my lesson plans before I teach.

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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. Liberty Elementary School in Tulare, Calif.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Introducing games into the classroom can engage students in ways that conventional methods often fail to do” (Zhang & Crawford, 2023, p. Here are five ways to integrate gamification into your classroom, using tools like Quizizz, Gimkit, Quizlet, and Blooket. While engaging, the free version of Gimkit is quite limited. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2025

Use tools similar to those used on Project Pitch Day. While this is student-paced and self-directed, the teacher overseas each benchmark.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 7, 2025

Keep reading for classroom-ready strategies tied to each of the 8 learning stylesor explore how ViewSonic Education Software can support diverse learners today! If youre curious where you fall, try the VARK self-assessment its quick and surprisingly revealing. A uditory Learners who process best by hearing and discussing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2023

which specifically mentions ‘use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills)’ keyboarding is required to take Common Core Standards assessments in the Spring. Some schools require assessments of student learning in technology. The myth is that students will teach themselves when they need it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Brochures Trifold brochures are popular for assessing learning on any inquiry topic that expects students to acquire and share knowledge. Greeting cards I use greeting cards as formative assessments of student tech skills. Pick a Canva template and then edit text and image. Click to view slideshow. Publish/share/print.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Classroom tricks: Some peeked at the teachers answer key, dated a smart student, or paid the smartest kid in class to do their homework. Formative Assessment Checks at the Beginning of Class Thankfully, to open class, we did a series of rapid-fire coding activities inside Juicemind where the students had to write code.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

Among these is the flipped classroom model , a strategy that leverages video instruction to mitigate potential obstacles that make it challenging for students to access information presented live. However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?”

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