Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Responsible decision-making is the ability to assess a situation, understand the benefits and consequences of different responses, consider what is ethical and safe, and make kind and productive choices. This exercise encourages them to think about their actions and decisions and how they influence important aspects of their lives.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

Have students complete interactive activities and exercises online. There are a number of websites that offer interactive activities and exercises for students to complete in order to prepare for their exams. To help students prepare for exams, I also like to create digital study guides that can be accessed online.

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Technology Khan Academy Exercises LMS 396

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The CDW report shows that organizations improve their security posture with network access controls, security assessment tools and supplementary email security. Cybersecurity Is an Ongoing Exercise in Schools. Data security should be an ongoing exercise in schools. Schools should scan their networks for vulnerabilities.

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Training Exercises EdTech Data 391

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In the last two blogs, I have focused on strategies teachers can use to 1) assess prior knowledge before a lesson and 2) check for understanding during a lesson. I’ve suggested that teachers build mechanisms into their lessons to collect formative assessment data. The third piece to this puzzle is a post-lesson reflection.

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Learning Assessment Strategy Data 420

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 11, 2022

It offers a wide variety of writing and grammar activities together with targeted exercises that help learners develop specific writing skills. NoRedInk online writing curriculum includes various types of adaptive exercises designed to enhance students writing style in terms of fluency, grammatical accuracy, and writing mechanics.

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Exercises Libraries Assessment Mobile Learning 124

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Station Rotation Students are grouped based on data and move through a variety of set activities typically consisting of targeted instruction with the teacher, collaborative exercises, independent work, and online tasks that are personalized for individual learners.

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Blended Learning Strategy Exercises Assessment 491

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

A challenging exercise for students using the hashtag concept is to develop a relevant hashtag for a particular event or lesson concept. I assigned students to develop a running conversation between historical personalities such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton for a quick formative assessment for one lesson.

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Twitter Social Media Classroom Digital Citizenship 432

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Encourage self-assessment. Self-assessment exercises encourage students to develop their metacognitive muscles while providing the teacher with useful information about the factors that are positively or negatively impacting student engagement.

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Student Engagement Learning Blended Learning Google 545

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

One commenter even suggested just giving up on doing tests and assignments and trying to find new ways of assessing student knowledge. “I I think we have too many assessments that have limited benefit and no one here wants to run a police state to check if students actually did what they say they did,” the user wrote.

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Smartphone Classroom EdTech Policies 191

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. When it comes to math, students are struggling.

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Elementary Report Course Exercises 193

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

The automatic grading feature will save time for teachers who have diagrams that need to be assessed and marked. I also like the PE teacher who had students match muscles with exercises and then encouraged them to do the exercise after completing the match. Matching Columns Games.

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How To Classroom Google LMS 540

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Learner: Teaching computational thinking is as much a learning exercise for educators as it is for their students. Facilitator: According to ISTE, teachers can facilitate computational thinking through a balance of student empowerment, and formative and alternative assessments.

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Guidelines STEM EdTech Exercises 420

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For example, lessons can be divided into short exercises (two to four minutes) on slightly different but related topics. These activities deemphasize direct instruction and can include discussion questions and group exercises, as well as problem-posing and -solving sessions, to get the concepts across in a meaningful and memorable way.

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Strategy Learning Analysis Exercises 363

EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2019

Some schools administer a diagnostic benchmark assessment that students take at the beginning of the school year to give a broader view of their learning profile. . Others will use formative assessments in the classroom on a daily basis, although I think both should be applied. One example is observational assessments.

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Data EdTech Assessment Gamification 369

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Making a cybersecurity plan without an initial assessment of the status quo is like making an airplane reservation without knowing what city you’re flying out of , said Frosty Walker, CISO for the Texas Education Agency, at the Texas Computer Education Association Convention & Exposition in San Antonio on Monday. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Exercises Data Assessment Strategy 293

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2015

By Mike Chapple Learn about tools used for these exercises and the insights they can provide.

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Assessment Exercises Tools Learning 150

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

It provides teachers with invaluable formative assessment data, allowing them to informally assess student understanding and identify misconceptions, gaps, and areas that need additional instruction and support. What are some different methods for assessing my students’ understanding of in grade?

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Assessment Social Media Exercises Analysis 380

Neo LMS

MARCH 19, 2020

For instance, why not use 3D printing to teach geometry, why not have a drone in the classroom and show students how helicopters work, and why not use artificial intelligence to improve learning processes and assessment tools? 3D printing. Drones are an excellent tool for STEM classes both at K-12 and at the university level.

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STEM Robotics Education Assessment 348

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The program adapts to the student’s learning pace as they progress and can provide enrichment exercises enabling students to move ahead of the class for concepts simple to them. Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship 454

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 7, 2024

Maybe it's a call to eat healthier, exercise more, or finally tackle that neglected hobby. Did you stick to your plan to give more frequent, formative assessments? We all have that nagging voice, whispering about what we "should" be doing. But how often does that voice translate into sustained action?

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Social Media Exercises Professional Learning Assessment 403

Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 19, 2018

Much research shows standardized testing doesn’t fairly assess students and associated with unfair high stakes. Strategies in their playbooks might include doodling, stretching, breathing exercises, or give themselves pep talks. Assess with the same scoring guide as the tests so students are familiar with the scoring system.

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Strategy Khan Academy Resources Android 353

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

As students work through the playlist, teachers can gather formative assessment data to identify those who might benefit most from one-on-one attention. Language Practice: Engage students in conversation practice, pronunciation exercises, or grammar activities.

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Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction Groups Strategy 479

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

We started a running document listing these shared challenges—a rather therapeutic exercise. The more we talked, we discovered that we had a greater number of shared challenges than we did unique ones. At the end of the day, the list was still overwhelming, but at least it was laid out before us so we could begin tackling it together.

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LMS Learning Groups Exercises 406

Iterating Toward Openness

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In fact, if you think of generative AI as a collaborator in a group project, there’s actually quite a lot of existing practice and literature we can tap into for guidance about using generative AI effectively in the service of learning – both in how students learn and how instructors assess. assessment and ?peer assessment and ?peer

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Collaborative Learning Groups Assessment Learning 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Adequate sleep, a healthy diet, regular exercise, and mindfulness practices can significantly impact your academic performance and social interactions. Take time to assess your academic performance, social satisfaction, and overall well-being. However, it’s an integral part of maintaining balance.

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Digital Citizenship Study Strategy Exercises 447

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This approach aligns with standards-based grading, where students are assessed based on their understanding of clearly defined learning targets. Merrill reported a 100% pass rate on the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments after introducing the data notebooks. The results of implementing this system were positive.

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Study Tools Groups Digital Citizenship 417

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 know what its like to wake up and feel like the day ahead is impossible and to use affirmations, exercise and meditation to support my mental resilience. I reread my lesson plans before I teach.

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Classroom Exercises Tools Assessment 173

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

How can teachers determine their power standards and assess student mastery in a way that’s both fun and effective? Once you’ve identified the standards you feel are most important for your students’ long-term success, it’s time to explore new ways of assessing these skills. So, how do we even begin to tackle this mess?

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Assessment Classroom How To Exercises 120

Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2021

The teacher, library media tech, or counselor can be involved with reflection exercises, which are really where the rubber meets the road—as kids make connections between who they are and who they want to become.”. “You have these beautiful experiences that we do in different modalities in the classroom, but now they’re up on the walls.

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Education Libraries Blended Learning Exercises 421

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2022

You can include this in the curriculum by helping students assess their skills and interests, students can then begin to narrow down their options and find a career that is a good fit. One way to ease the pressure is to help students understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and how these match up with different careers. In Summary.

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Education Digital Citizenship Exercises Training 396

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2022

These projects variously include a lesson plan, instructions, assessments, a video on understanding the topic and the activity, and more. Each topic variously includes unit plans, lesson plans, teaching videos, curriculum integration activities, printables, and programming exercises–all without a computer. algorithms.

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Robotics Digital Citizenship Video Smartphone 434

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2018

The brain needs regular stimulation to properly function and this can come in the form of exercise or movement. These include the level of questioning, authentic and/or interdisciplinary contexts, rigorous performance tasks, innovative assessment, and improved feedback.

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Industry Outcomes Social Media Robotics 292

Neo LMS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Pre-made educational materials may include lesson plans, activities, exercises, reading materials, assignments, tests, quizzes, and more. These platforms can easily grade multiple-choice questions, and though they may not be able to assess the quality of a written assignment just yet, they can still be helpful for subjects in the humanities.

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Online Learning Learning Education Flipped Classroom 370

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. However, we can only realize these equity-centered benefits when we use technology in innovative and powerful ways.

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Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 336

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2025

Parents who naturally brought up numbers or shapes in a normal conversation had children who scored higher on math assessments. When researchers had parents do a math exercise with children, the amount of math-related words that a parent used wasnt as strongly associated with better math performance for their children.

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Exercises Study Report Analysis 121

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

How can teachers determine their power standards and assess student mastery in a way that’s both fun and effective? Once you’ve identified the standards you feel are most important for your students’ long-term success, it’s time to explore new ways of assessing these skills. So, how do we even begin to tackle this mess?

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Assessment Classroom How To Exercises 101

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 5, 2017

Is it kind and sensible for educators to preclude from the fun those children who exercised their legally-protected rights? Let’s face it, these assessments are rarely seen by children as a natural outgrowth of their learning. But how seriously should the students take them?

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Assessment Exercises Video Strategy 231