The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2017

Today Alice Keeler @alicekeeler shares the must-try new features of Google Classroom. She also teaches us how we can learn Google Classroom features and hacks over the summer (even without students.) A must listen for people using Chromebooks or Google Classroom. The power of engaging students using Google Classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 11, 2020

List tasks in a learning management system (Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom) and use a Google Sheet for students to color in once a task has been completed. Create a simple formative assessment for learners to complete after they have finished all activities in the playlist.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

If the plan is to just “deliver” content though video, this constitutes no real difference from direct instruction in the classroom. Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2019

When I facilitate training sessions or coach teachers, I encourage them to shift feedback and assessment into the classroom where student progress can be an ongoing conversation. 1 Grade Individual Skills & Enter Those Assessment Scores Separately. For what purpose? Then they collect that work and grade it in isolation.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

Map out activities in alignment with priority standards Establish learning targets Determine how much time students will have to complete the tasks Consider developing scaffolded formative assessments for students to complete after a series of asynchronous activities as a form of closure and to check for understanding.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

But, let’s be honest – a lot of learning still needs to happen in the classroom. The students would get the necessary practice for the unit, and I would provide them with an answer key on Schoology. But, they also need to be assessed on their understanding of those concepts.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families. It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, student work, and SEL check-ins using Google or Canvas forms.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2020

New classroom furniture that is flexible should be considered that can be arranged in ways to support collaboration and blended pedagogies that were implemented remotely. A lesson learned through this ordeal as we advance is to rethink how time is used in the classroom and innovative ways to give educators more of it during the workday.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology). Consider giving students a series of assignments over a period of time where only one or two, not all, will be assessed for a grade. In a remote world, this will look a little different than in a classroom or school. Here you can find a listing or some great options. and tinyurl.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

Such was life in a classroom back in the day. I often reflect on what my learning experience might have been like had my teachers had access to and used the many interactive tools that are available today to enhance classroom discussion. Let me take a step back now and share some insights on why classroom discussion is so meaningful.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Even though I have been on-site for workshops since the start of the pandemic, last week was my first time working with educators in small groups and visiting classrooms with students. The last segment of the class could consist of a formative assessment or a closure activity. The teacher has two options here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Assessments have become a critical piece to education reform. To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. Method: Formative assessment. Time: a few minutes.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Several years ago I decided to flip my classroom. To get started I read the book Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day by Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann, joined several groups online and followed a couple of entities on Twitter. Transforming my classroom into a blended learning environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When dramatic weather hits — be it snow or violent storms or another emergency — it becomes impossible to reach the classroom. That means lesson plans aren’t completed, assessments aren’t taken, and kids don’t learn. Big Blue Button is one of my favorite virtual classrooms. Google Hangouts.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2018

With the advent of the Internet, some schools have started offering classes fully online for maximum flexibility, while other brick-and-mortar institutions are incorporating digital tools into their classroom and at-home assignments. Virtual Classrooms Help Teachers Create Homework Assignments.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Find a learning management system that works for you Learning management systems such as Google Classroom , Schoology , or Seesaw can drastically cut down on the time needed to assign in-class work or homework. However, as that seems unlikely to happen, here are six ways that teachers can use edtech tools to save time.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. But is this an appropriate way to assess student learning? Elon University professor Anthony Crider calls the approach “ epic finales.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I’ve committed to personalizing learning, but how can I do that for every student in my inclusion classroom when the range of abilities among them is so vast? In many ways, it resembles a Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) classroom—but I play the role of both special education and general education teacher.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2021

Find a learning management system that works for you Learning management systems such as Google Classroom , Schoology , or Seesaw can drastically cut down on the time needed to assign in-class work or homework. However, as that seems unlikely to happen, here are six ways that teachers can use edtech tools to save time.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The post Google Classroom + BookWidgets = Superpowered Digital Classroom – SULS0145 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Combine Google Classroom and BookWidgets to superpower your digital classroom! This means she helps teachers to integrate BookWidgets with Google Classroom and other Learning Management Systems.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2018

On today’s show Matthew Farber, author of Game-Based Learning In Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches with Games , talks about how to use games in the classroom effectively. They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. Now I’m in a university setting.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

I use Schoology for our online discussions. It includes my dos and don’t for online communication, strategies students can use to ensure they are saying something substantial online, a collection of online icebreakers, and tips for weaving online work back into the classroom! . Weaving Online Discussions Into the Classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

classrooms, and 30 percent month-over-month growth in usage throughout the previous and current year, says its chief academic officer, Abbas Manjee. In the app, teachers can add students to their class, and assign custom streams of content, assignments and assessments to each individual learner. At least 1 teacher in 70 percent of U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2016

An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. ability to sign in with an existing Google Classroom account and get access to one or more of your Google drives.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Digital learning itself is expanding in schools, but access to classroom and home technology still remains a major obstacle, according to a new study from Schoology. K-12 classroom teachers say their top two digital learning challenges are juggling multiple digital tools for teaching and learning and student access to technology.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. Khan Academy. Open Culture for K-12 Grades.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. Companies that aim to provide student data in a usable fashion, like Schoology , still provide value. Predictions that educators would want more assessment data to drive instruction have proven true.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Many teachers now run paperless (or nearly paperless) classrooms, giving them back hours of extra instructional time. They complete research projects that culminate in video or audio assessments, and submit multimedia reflections through Notability and Flipgrid. or GoFormative quizzes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms. In a typical setting, we can move around our classroom.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. The i-Ready Standards Mastery system allows apples-to-apples assessment for grades 2–8 in ELA and math. Reading Eggs ?

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2017

Meanwhile, a centralized management team must support and oversee the efforts of a distributed staff, whose instructional methods range from more conventional classroom environments to the earliest stages of adoption of a competency-based education model. Assessment is a similar and interrelated story.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc) before now, you’re too late. You can’t just take what you were going to do on Monday and do it anyway by just putting it in Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology or whatever LMS you use. You can’t just flip the Virtual School switch. especially at the Middle and High School level.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2016

Not quite sure how you're going to run formative assessment in your classroom, or lead professional development workshops? How-To’s from Inside the Classroom : Step-by-step guides on everything from social-emotional learning to classroom management strategies in a tech-rich environment. Are you ready for it?

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

We are focusing primarily on communication—both delivering it and managing it—rather than learning or assessment techniques. If you don’t have enough of it, teaching and assessment won’t even be possible, let alone optimized. Google Classroom. Here are just some of the Learning Management Systems that we see widely used: Canvas.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The videos you show in your classroom likely will be professionally produced with a script that appeals to short attention spans and draws students into the excitement of the material. Below are four great tools to help you personalize videos to your class needs, enrich content, and assess student understanding while watching.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Blended Learning Classroom Introduction The blended classroom is designed to meet the individual needs of student by allowing teachers to personalize instruction. It is similar to the flipped classroom, but with more emphasis on in-class work with the teacher over video/home content.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

We can’t discuss online and hybrid learning without acknowledging the role the COVID-19 pandemic played in forcing districts to move fully online for virtual instruction, later paving the way for hybrid learning as classrooms slowly reopened for small groups of students. The easiest access point for us was using Google Classroom.

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