A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Abolishing the routine of announced observations, having teachers provide artifacts of evidence to show the bigger picture since you can never see all that is done in a single observation, and prioritizing the collection assessments over lesson plans can also be effective. We then share collective insight while processing the feedback.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Instead of assigning practice and review then collecting massive stacks of student work to grade, pull that work into your teacher-led station, or dedicate class time to self-assessment. Strategically pair or group students so they have a network of peer support to lean on as they attempt to assess their work.

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Assessment Examples Groups Strategy 545

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

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment by collecting these two weeks into the future. Suggestions for improvement should always contain clear, practical examples and strategies that a teacher can implement immediately. Either provide an example that you have created or co-create an assessment together.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Pre-tests are quick ways to assess ability levels. For example, a classic “live” Kahoot quiz shows the questions on the teacher’s screen, while students see the responses on their own. This article , for example, shows how to use various G-Suite tools for differentiated assignments.

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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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Video Differentiated Instruction Groups Conference 546

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Understanding Our Students’ Needs When I work with teachers to design learning experiences that strive to meet students where they are in their individual learning journeys, the first item on the agenda is pre-assessments. Before diving into the unit, he administers a pre-assessment to his diverse class of 30 students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Assessments have the power to shape educational outcomes, but are we truly measuring what matters? Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. When discussing consensus and assessment goals, it’s important to consider who is at the table validating skills.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

For example, if a science teacher wants to present information on biodiversity, they can offer students multiple options to engage with the concept of biodiversity. For example, teachers can merge a “choose your own adventure” mentality with the station rotation model. They can find a podcast (e.g.,

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UDL Blended Learning Learning Assessment 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

For example, under the box labeled “Greatest Strength,” teachers could rework that as a series of fill-in-the-blank statements. For example, English teachers may have expectations around font size and type, spacing, indentation, quotes, and citations. The strongest part of this draft was __. I thought _ was done well.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

For example, students can use virtual reality to explore different parts of the world or use interactive simulations to learn about scientific concepts. Finally, technology can be harnessed to transform teaching and learning by enhancing assessment and feedback.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 19, 2024

Such routines include students saying the word aloud, clapping out syllables, looking up and writing down the definition, and finding examples and non-examples of vocabulary terms. Here is an online example of a vocabulary haiku for the word analyze. Here is an offline example of a haiku for the word analyze.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For example, besides the regular written content, teachers can create short videos or screen captures explaining a concept; they can record audio files if speaking is enough; they can also include all sorts of visuals within a lesson. Assessment and grading. Read more: Assessing with multiple choices instead of multiple-choice.

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EdTech Education LMS Assessment 495

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

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. Consider how the method or tool will enhance learning or provide more benefits for students beyond being a way to practice the content or take an assessment.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2020

For example, you should explicitly tell them if you want them to leave their video on for discussions and explain why it is vital for the class community to be able to see each other’s faces. Ask students to assess their participation online. Learning online is new for many students.

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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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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.

Classroom 508

Classroom LMS Flipped Classroom Assessment 508

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

I will give you recommendations about the classroom uses of each type of game and show you examples. For example, in the Flags of Countries ABC game, you see a flag for a country that letter of the alphabet, and you have to spell it and type it correctly. In this example, the memory cards are already flipped over and use audio files.

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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. Growth and improvement start with honestly assessing our current reality. Hence the need to constantly practice improving performance.

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Personal Learning Network Social Media Personalized Learning Examples 513

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.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning UDL Learning Assessment 546

Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2022

As we assess students or gather data in an experiment, for example, we use it to make decisions in our teaching practice or other work. Our instruction is often informed based on the data we receive from assessing students in a variety of ways. For example, business success can depend on having data literacy skills. .

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In simple terms, these are ungraded formative assessments that assess what students learned during the course of the lesson. The example I provided here is just one, but Google “exit tickets” and you’ll see a number of examples. If exit tickets are new to you, that’s great, too—what an opportunity!

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

You can see examples of the slips she created HERE and read the summary below: While our district was on all virtual learning, I began asking my teachers to submit one thing each week they wanted me to give feedback on from Canvas. Next, we moved on to formative assessment and then on to questioning and discussion.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2024

Improved Retention : Information connected to personal experiences or real-world examples is often retained more effectively because it becomes meaningful and is processed at a deeper cognitive level. Educators should use the framework as a dynamic tool to scaffold instruction and assessment while moving to more personalized pedagogies.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Some examples include students enrolling in a new course, completed assignments, or class certificates. For example, you can run a combined report to get the class attendance statistics for different groups of students or get both student grades and attendance stats. Assessment reports . How is this possible?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 29, 2024

For example, a proxy server can still see a user’s activity and act as an intermediary between a device and the Internet. For example, they might lose job prospects because of these issues. Debates and open discussions are perfect for assessing children’s current understanding. Children like to show what they know.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

For example, when I am facilitating a training, I post directions and/or discussion questions on a Mentimeter slide that participants can view while they are in breakout rooms. For example, teachers might use the Remind app, ClassroomQ, or the messaging feature inside their learning management system. Encourage self-assessment.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Incorporating real-world examples, purposeful play, case studies, and interactive activities highlighting the relationships between concepts can make learning more engaging and relevant for students. Assessments can include tasks that require students to demonstrate their ability to identify and articulate relationships between concepts.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 9, 2023

It is here where leaders can provide support through clarity, examples, feedback, and professional learning that focuses on concepts that can truly move the needle when implemented at scale. This could come in the form of questioning techniques, assessment development, prioritizing standards, and creating performance tasks or projects.

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Social Media Outcomes Professional Learning Assessment 444

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Designing Blended Learning for Student Engagement and Achievement “By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement meaningful blended learning experiences with objective-aligned assessments and activities that foster core 21st-century skills.” Play-Based Learning Play can be incorporated into learning at any age.

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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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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

There are many benefits for us as educators for what AI can do when it comes to assessing students, giving feedback, providing more personalized learning, creating access to intelligent tutoring systems, for just a few examples. Read more: What 5 chatbots tell us about the future of HE. DAILy AI MIT. Rex Academy.

Learning 542

Learning Course Training Examples 542

Neo LMS

MAY 20, 2021

Independent —the teacher interferes as little as possible; students run the discussion and self-assess. Rubric —this is the cornerstone of the whole process: to have a clear, concise rubric against which students can easily self-assess. For example, questions starting with “What do you think about.”, “What makes X so great?”

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LMS Examples Groups Assessment 403

Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

It helps them find a balance between frontal lessons and individual study, interaction and reflection, formal evaluation and self-assessment. . For example, an independent student will be better equipped to face personal and professional challenges without constantly relying on others. . Auto-graded quizzes .

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

App Smashing can provide your students with creative and inspired ways to showcase their learning and allow you to assess their understanding and skills. For example, a teacher could create a video lesson, upload it to YouTube, and then utilize tools such as Edpuzzle or Playposit to make it interactive. Here is another example.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 25, 2024

A SWOT analysis can be a valuable tool for leaders to assess their institution's overall health and identify potential areas for growth. For example, a district or school might identify a strength in its strong parent involvement but also recognize a weakness in low student achievement in a particular subject. How do we know?

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Differentiated Instruction Analysis Comparison Assessment 434

Neo LMS

JANUARY 25, 2022

For example, when a student finishes a class, you can automatically award them a certificate of completion and send them a congratulations message. Managing accounts, creating learning paths, games, or assessing students also rely heavily on automation. If you’re curious to learn how automation works, the answer is simple.

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