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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school. Although it is required, we teachers can make sure we assess with respect. Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. Stream by clicking here.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. When my students would ask me how many followers I had on my Facebook account and Twitter, I stated I did not know. I would note I had no idea on my Facebook account, but maybe 500 on my Twitter account, and most of them are teachers. .

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‘Dear Mr. Zuckerberg’: Students Take Summit Learning Protests Directly to Facebook Chief

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On Thursday, hoping to send a stronger message, they took it all the way to the top, with a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Students at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn had become increasingly frustrated with Summit Learning. Below is the full text of the email the students sent to Facebook’s chief executive.

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When I Knew It Was Time to Leave the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Author of Teaching Mythology Exposed: Helping Teachers Create Visionary Classroom Perspective, Blogging for Educators, Teaching Students to Self Assess: How do I help students grow as learners?, She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015.

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‘Students Are Lonely:’ What Happens When Coronavirus Forces Schools Online

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Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic. By far, the biggest question Boyle’s teachers have had is about assessments.

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When embracing the ‘science of reading,’ we can’t leave out older students

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When those sixth grade students finally sat down for a reading assessment, their ability to decode print text was at a first or second grade level. But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? I want more for these students.

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6 Ways to create meaningful teamwork experiences through an LMS

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For example, in a survey investigating the impact of collaboration in the learning of secondary school Statistics, one school found out that students had a 11.8% In addition, files won’t get lost in Facebook chats or Whatsapp messages since everything gets stored in the LMS library and can be retrieved in an instant. Conclusion.

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