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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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

For example, AI can assist lawyers in legal research, helping them identify relevant case law and regulations more efficiently. After visiting high school classrooms most of the day, I then debriefed with the leadership team. By freeing up time and resources, professionals can focus on more complex and creative tasks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. In this blog post, you’ll discover ten topics that can help you improve your online or blended classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Sixteen types of games, Google Classroom and LMS compatibility and auto-grading From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This week, I began using Educaplay to make fun classroom learning games for my students. This week, I put my word bank in the description in my Google Classroom assignment.

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Neo LMS

JULY 30, 2020

A comprehensive teaching model helps educators identify strategies that motivate learners to discover new things, to explore a new field of knowledge (or continue exploring previous ones, but with more effective approaches), and at the same time, it provides a useful assessment system. Read more: Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment.

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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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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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Neo LMS

AUGUST 24, 2021

I put links in Google Classroom to sites that showed how the tool should be used and created a simple multiple-choice quiz using Google Forms. Assessing with multiple choices instead of multiple-choice. Instead of assigning a test with multiple choices, we can give our students multiple choices of assessment. Video assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. Once these are in place, you devise the assessments — formative and summative — that will provide the evidence of achievement.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

With online classes and remote learning taking over classrooms, at least temporarily, teachers worry about rampant cheating. Read more: The benefits of an empathic mindset approach to classroom management. I’m going to give as an example the most popular ones, but keep in mind that it’s the function that matters: Proctoring.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2020

Long gone are the days where the overhead projector reigned supreme in the classroom. It should be noted that in both examples above, direct instruction was followed by some sort of student-centered learning activity. In many cases, every classroom is outfitted, as well as conference rooms and professional learning spaces.

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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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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. While Google Classroom is can be taught, there are some problems with Google Classroom regarding engagement and simplicity. Now, it is. How does H?para

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Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

Student autonomy in the classroom is essential for efficient learning. Student autonomy in the classroom is important both for learners and teachers. It helps them find a balance between frontal lessons and individual study, interaction and reflection, formal evaluation and self-assessment. . Flipped classes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2023

for example. 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. That’s half right. Are there any Good Keyboarding Apps?

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Hapara

MARCH 18, 2025

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Classrooms have come a long way since chalkboards, overhead projectors and film strips (remember those?). Today, technology is transforming the way students learn and teachers approach instruction, making the K-12 classroom more engaging and personalized than ever. For example, Ms.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Despite my best efforts, I couldn't visit classrooms as frequently as I would have liked, and the feedback I provided in written reports could have done more to enhance teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom. When a teacher struggles with assessments, provide or co-create an example assessment.

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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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Gamification Classroom Study Groups 122

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Teachers are freed from orchestrating a lesson and able to conference with learners about their progress, provide feedback on work in progress, or conduct side-by-side assessments. Below is a deconstructed example that highlights the considerations you will want to make when designing your standards-aligned choice board.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

First, I did a few Google searches for editable templates, which led me to an array of examples in Google Slides. The key with a choice board to use as a part of professional learning with adults or classroom learning with students is sound blended pedagogy. In literally fifteen minutes, I had my choice board created.

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Strategy Blended Learning Classroom Schoology 433

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

In today’s educational landscape, the emphasis on inclusion and creating the least restrictive environments for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) has significantly reshaped classroom dynamics. Example: Two Teacher-Led Stations – Both Differentiated Math Standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.EE.B.3

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Not only was I not in classrooms enough, but also the level of feedback provided through the lens of a narrative report did very little to improve teaching and learning both in and out of the classroom. Visit Classrooms Routinely This seems so easy yet is a constant struggle. This is leading by example at its best.

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Conference Strategy Assessment Personal Learning Network 529

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Research around the pedagogy of effective blended learning will help you understand how to effectively combine your physical classroom and your online classroom. Learn How 2.

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Blended Learning Social Media Differentiated Instruction Learning 502

ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The advent of interactive large-format displays further expands the options for achieving the documented benefits delivered by this transformative classroom technology. Classroom display board technology is a powerful thing. Introduced in 1801, the chalkboard transformed the classroom. Interactive Whiteboards: A History.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Training 370

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It can be leveraged to create interactive and immersive learning experiences that can help students stay engaged and motivated in the classroom. For example, students can use virtual reality to explore different parts of the world or use interactive simulations to learn about scientific concepts.

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Technology Learning Assessment Data 537

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In my recent article regarding using Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms , I mentioned Todd Rose’s term, “design to the edges,” which is what educators attempt to do each day as they accommodate the variety of learners in their classrooms. Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2025

The process: Assessment, design, and execution The home renovation process offers a surprisingly apt metaphor for rethinking classroom instruction and district policies. In conducting instructional audits and policy assessments, we found significant gaps in engagement, equity, and outcomes.

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Classroom Education Policies Comparison 117

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2020

For example, most teachers use flexible grouping strategies in the classroom based on the objectives of a lesson. I have had several teachers ask about how to approach their work with students online, so I wanted to share an example. Whole Group Sessions Connect learners online Build community (e.g.,

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Read more: Fostering the development of SEL skills in your classroom. Our decisions need to focus on helping students by designing assessments and ways to show what they have learned while also promoting voice and choice in learning. For example, you can opt for the many uses of digital storytelling or encourage them to make a video.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, Jesse Lubinsky, a former classroom teacher and education evangelist for Adobe, shares 10 awesome free ways that teachers can use Adobe Express in their classrooms. – Vicki, your podcast host and friendly fellow classroom teacher.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 8, 2022

However, a classroom gamification level system takes the gamified learning experience a step further. Thus, learning turns into an interactive and immersive experience and evaluation looks more like a challenging competition than a traditional assessment. Why set up a classroom gamification level system? Students love games.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As nations worldwide make progress in keeping the health threat under control, educators look for ways to make the most of edtech in their classrooms. Because edtech makes it possible not only to reach students beyond classroom walls but to create increasingly personalized learning experiences for each student. Assessment and grading.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2022

Take, for example, the saying that practice makes perfect. Take bowling, for example. Even though there are other examples of perfection in sports, every athlete works to get better. I wrote extensively about chasing growth instead of perfection in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms.

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Personal Learning Network Social Media Personalized Learning Examples 516

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

However, with thoughtful integration and a shift in perspective, AI can be a powerful ally in the classroom rather than an adversary. While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. Misconceptions about AI in education 1. Rethinking AI as a tool for empowerment 1.

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Guidelines Assessment Digital Citizenship Professional Learning 132

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. I did not see the sound instruction that I would see in the classrooms if we were not virtual. The result was “Feedback Fridays.”

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Assessment Outcomes Examples Elementary 545

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Engagement Active involvement in learning that is relevant, valuable, and interesting Representation Access to multiple ways to experience or receive information Action and Expression Set goals, monitor and track progress toward goals, engage in metacognitive skill-building through self-assessment and demonstrate knowledge in a variety of ways.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Assessment 545