Assessment, Handbook and Personalized Learning

How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2022

You can't go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending in volume two of the COVID 19 handbook from the U.S. The first thing that I need to do is do a little of that initial assessment work a few days before I start that unit of instruction. Department of Education. Where are my students at?

Handbook

Handbook Assessment Course Groups

Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This involves navigating search engines, identifying key ideas, evaluating and assessing the quality of information and adapting it to the player’s own unique game world context. Many students go on to create such guides themselves, learning how to edit wikis and take screenshots, or capture, narrate and edit in-game footage in the process.

Wiki

Wiki MOOC Handbook Case Study

How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

I joke that we do macro and micro personalization. The 300 courses I mentioned are personalized in the sense that there’s probably a course in there that fits your needs. For example, we did a training for the Michigan Department of Education on how to administer state assessments. Parent Engagement in the Modern Era.

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LMS Professional Learning Learning Handbook

How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. It also includes feedback for learners when they answer formative assessment questions. Students will learn about Native American groups in different regions of the country.

How To

How To Classroom Common Core Hapara

Is recess a right or a privilege?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2022

School districts nationwide have made recess detention part of their formal discipline policy, which in many cases is included in student handbooks. An excerpt from a Minnesota elementary school’s student handbook lists recess detention as a consequence for certain student behaviors.

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Handbook Policies Elementary Report

Student Portfolios with Google Sites – SULS091

Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 5, 2021

Showcase portfolios work especially well as summative assessments at the end of a grading cycle or semester. Student Learning Portfolio (Growth over Time). As outlined by the Institute for Personalized Learning , a learner profile contains demographic and academic information. Get Mike’s Pear Deck How-To Handbook.

Google

Google Blended Learning ePortfolio Handbook

How you can teach outdoors (even in the winter!)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 12, 2022

When the 2021-2022 school year began, my school returned to in-person learning with everyone wearing masks indoors. I knew I wanted to continue outdoor learning as an ongoing part of my curriculum for many reasons. Enlist the help of community members in creating spaces near your school that would be good for outdoor learning.

Handbook

Handbook Examples Resources Classroom

In Our Connected World, What If Empathy Is Learning?

MindShift

JANUARY 2, 2018

Empathetic behavior makes teams function better and can be identified in teamwork rubrics as active listening, open body posture, kind critique, and similar behaviors that can be assessed. Learning to be empathetic, however, does require the right conditions — sitting in a row of desks and answering teacher questions doesn’t do it.

Learning

Learning Handbook Chromebook Personalized Learning

Accelerating Mastery Learning Through AI

Turning Learning On Its Head

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This led to what I believe to be my best work as an author — The Mastery Learning Handbook. The book goes through the details of implementing Mastery Learning in any classroom. When they finish a unit of study, they take an exit assessment, and if they pass, they move on.

Learning

Learning Competency Based Learning Handbook Flipped Classroom

Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) have been part of the “Horizon Report” for a while.

Learning Analytics

Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning

Benefits of teaching outdoors (even in the winter)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 12, 2022

When the 2021-2022 school year began, my school returned to in-person learning with everyone wearing masks indoors. I knew I wanted to continue outdoor learning as an ongoing part of my curriculum for many reasons. Their position statements are full of helpful ideas, solid research, and all the information you need to begin.

Handbook

Handbook Examples Resources Classroom

Five Best Practices Teachers Can Learn from Dungeon Masters

MindShift

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

“When I finally started and let go of control and many of the anticipated outcomes, I quickly realized how the students can really drive the learning in a powerful and fun way,” said Steve Isaacs, who offers his middle-school game design students branching quests that allow them to choose personal learning paths.

Learning

Learning Handbook Outcomes Course

Building a Strong MTSS Handbook to Support Successful Implementation

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2025

And while ongoing training is essential for all staff, district leaders during the edLeader Panel “ How to Build an MTSS Handbook for Your School or District ” advocated for a well-thought-out MTSS handbook. With the right structure and maintenance, the handbook can lead to sustainability and success.

Handbook

Handbook Data Assessment Strategy

The Histories of Personalized Learning

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

You hear a lot of these sorts of proclamations when it comes to “personalized learning,” which is (increasingly) frequently invoked in direct opposition to some imagined or invented version of learning in the present or in the past.

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook

Civil rights at stake: Black, Hispanic students blocked from class for missing class

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Among the dozen districts with enough data to assess Native American student representation, these students sometimes accounted for double or triple the share of suspensions that would be expected based on their proportion of enrollment. Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out.

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Student Portfolios with Google Sites – SULS091

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In Our Connected World, What If Empathy Is Learning?

Accelerating Mastery Learning Through AI

Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

Benefits of teaching outdoors (even in the winter)

Five Best Practices Teachers Can Learn from Dungeon Masters

Building a Strong MTSS Handbook to Support Successful Implementation

The Histories of Personalized Learning

Civil rights at stake: Black, Hispanic students blocked from class for missing class

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