The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Supplies and summaries of labs, including outcomes and assessment tips. Common Core State Standards (See more on the Fire Forensics Site ). The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This Guide includes: Rubrics. Cost: FREE.

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STEM Common Core Analysis Company 277

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 27, 2017

After students read, they can take a quick assessment about the topic. Students can take an assessment just after reading. Kids Discover Online is a fantastic supplementary tool for science, history, and ELA teachers who need students to read relevant, high-quality, nonfiction texts and assess for understanding.

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Learning Assessment Elementary Company 310

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. Visible refers to making student learning visible to teachers so both parties know it’s working. Assessment is about my impact. I confess, I found it frustrating. I am a change agent.

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Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship Assessment 464

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. Students can track correct responses allowing it to be used as an assessment if desired. Interactivate. BarGraph Sorter.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Comparison Report 333

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

It’s been over five years since Kentucky adopted the Common Core, guidelines for what students need to know in math and the English language arts in each grade. Related: Common Core ignores underprivileged students — and testing will lead to more achievement gaps. based research group.

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Common Core Elementary Groups Meeting 83

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Assessment For Learning. We walk you through the process of distinguishing between various assessment types, building goals, identifying best practices around your assessments and analyzing your data to make lasting instructional decisions throughout the year. Student Performance Improves on State Assessments.

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Edmentum Common Core Assessment Study 161

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 68

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

For the last two years, I’ve been increasingly frustrated with the traditional approach to assessing students and reporting grades. This year I decided to overhaul my gradebook and assess students based on their mastery of particular skills, also referred to as standards-based grading. Redesigning My Gradebook. 2 = basic.

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Assessment Common Core Analysis Examples 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2015

This collection of six stand-alone lesson plans are designed to complete important techie learning tasks, assess existing knowledge, or integrate technology rigor into class inquiry. Knowing key placement is an important part of any keyboarding curriculum and should be assessed once a grading period. Gameshow Competition.

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Khan Academy Common Core Assessment Groups 150

Educator Innovator

AUGUST 26, 2014

This was originally posted at Common Sense Graphite. As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. Let your students teach you about their interests—don’t make assumptions.

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Common Core Poll Everywhere Survey Facebook 53

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2018

The K-8 Technology Curriculum is Common Core and ISTE aligned, and outlines what should be taught when so students have the necessary scaffolding to use tech in the pursuit of grade level state standards and school curriculum. The curriculum is used worldwide by public and private schools and homeschoolers. Who needs this.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core eBook 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Students start with an assessment to determine where they are in their math learning and move forward from there. Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core. It can mean a class backchannel (such as Today’s Meet and Twitter) where students ask clarifying questions and teachers assess understanding.

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Blended Learning Khan Academy Learning Blackboard 216

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Learning Common Core 174

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For students in school, ‘speed of thought’ refers to how fast they develop ideas that will be recorded. use online tools for core classes (Wordle, Animoto, Story Creators). By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 45 wpm is good. for example.

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Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship Examples 150

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Now, the founder explains, the organization is trying to make its offerings a core part of the classroom curriculum through a tool Khan is temporarily referring to as a “teacher aid.” We can add more subjects, practice modalities, lightweight quizzes and assessments, and also get data quicker.” Khan also remains optimistic.

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Khan Academy Tools Common Core Exercises 163

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with students I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have time for. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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Technology eBook Twitter Chromebook 272

eSpark

APRIL 7, 2022

It is also often referred to as “hybrid learning” and can incorporate many different types of education technology. MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. Digital citizenship refers to appropriate and responsible use of technology.

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Trends MOOC Differentiated Instruction BYOD 97

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

In last year’s statewide Common Core-related PARCC test, just 24 percent of the students at Esteves’ school met grade-level expectations in reading and writing, a category called English language arts and literacy. In general, I think the common core approach is the right one,” wrote Shanahan in a blog.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Academic Standards 40

MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Traditional curricula have focused on one particular strand of mathematics (or one domain within the Common Core) at a time. References to big ideas in math education resources are now bountiful. Standards are treated as a checklist to be addressed one at a time. However, a recent review (Nurnberger-Haag et al.,

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Common Core Resources Assessment Data 128

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. From routine to celebrations, we talk about how to start the day well in special education classrooms.

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Meeting Classroom Company Common Core 234

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

No surprise news shows are littered with references to listener’s tweets and presidential candidates break stories via their Twitter stream. So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? Apparently a lot of adults.

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Facebook Social Media Twitter Edmodo 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They were connected educators. I was often surprised at what resonated.

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Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network Twitter Gamification 150

Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

The first step to planning an effective lesson is to decide what skill you will teach using the Common Core or state standards specific to your content area and grade level. Start by designing engaging learning activities to help students develop their skills, reach proficiency, and assess whether students met the learning targets.

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Hapara Examples Assessment Common Core 147

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2020

It referred EdSurge to daily email updates on the progress of the AP exams. A few years ago, many states reported problems with administering Common Core tests. Amro contacted her college counselor to check with College Board officials about whether her responses went through. They are still waiting for confirmation.

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Social Media Common Core Smartphone Tablets 173

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2017

Another good resource is Common Sense Media. Second: Secure the buy-in of all stakeholders, from teachers who think blogging is either cutting edge (meaning outside their skillset) or unsafe (refer back to the discussion on digital citizenship), parents who think it’s social media, and Admin who are suspicious of both.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Social Media Assessment 150

Educator Innovator

AUGUST 26, 2014

This was originally posted at Common Sense Graphite. As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. Let your students teach you about their interests—don’t make assumptions.

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Common Core Poll Everywhere Survey Facebook 36

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

VIRTUAL LEARNING/VIRTUAL SCHOOL Usually refers to a class or a school where all the content and process of learning are online. All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards. MASTERY-BASED LEARNING Another term for competency-based learning.

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Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 99

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2016

We have aligned English Language Arts curriculum to the North Dakota Common Core State Standards, and redesigned units to address possible gaps. The reconfiguring and implementation of these two areas—curriculum and assessment—undoubtedly costs money and time. However, these initiatives are becoming increasingly contradictory.

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Assessment Classroom Common Core Data 60

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

On paper, students would complete the chart and cite page numbers to reference statements. The Final Product Students type up an outline for their case and is an individual grade assessing ability to follow directions, craft a legitimate argument and demonstrate understanding of outline format. Not all characters know all events.

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BYOD Edmodo Common Core Digital Citizenship 97

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2015

Welcome to post number five in a series devoted to formative learning (assessment). Part 5: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Interactive Tools for Formative Assessment. While you are there… check out Graphite’s Common Core Apps along with their Lesson Building App.

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Assessment Tools Learning STEM 60

The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Here in Washington State our new state assessment is done on a computer. The Common Core standards do contain references to digital literacy, however. creative commons licensed (BY) flickr photo by CaptMikey9: [link]. Yes…that means you should be assessing students search skills!

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Common Core Social Media Google Assessment 93

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

If entrepreneurship refers to an all-inclusive term meaning innovation, problem solving, creativity and leadership, then it would seem that applying it to education aligns with many of the existing lessons and goals teachers have in place. And if profit is part of the motive, is it okay?

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Education LMS Moodle EdTech 117

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

They outlined key factors that can predict non-submission, using data students put into their Common App profiles coupled with community indicators from the American Community Survey administered by the U.S. Census Bureau and school features from the Common Core of Data maintained by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 207

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Even better, assess students’ interest by giving them time to browse the stories. For example, the Common Core Standards for grades K-5 require students to be familiar with a range of text types from diverse cultures and time periods. Keep in mind that not all stories in a basal reading program are created equal.

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Libraries Common Core Strategy Meeting 122

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Rubrics to assess qualitative learning: While all work might not be graded, both students and teachers need to be working toward the same goals. Students should be able to clearly find and refer to rubrics as they review teacher feedback.

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Instructional Materials Professional Learning Pearson Common Core 85