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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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I realize many teachers are familiar with this review game, but I use it to collect quick formative assessment data. For my circles unit, I made a Google lockbox and embedded it into my learning management system, Schoology. I have also used many Desmos created activities, like Transformation Golf , for rigid transformations.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Most schools are relying on their Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Microsoft Teams, or Schoology to push out work. App Smashing can provide your students with creative and inspired ways to showcase their learning and allow you to assess their understanding and skills.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families. It can become the hub for all lessons, videos, activities, assessments, student work, and SEL check-ins using Google or Canvas forms.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The students would get the necessary practice for the unit, and I would provide them with an answer key on Schoology. But, they also need to be assessed on their understanding of those concepts. The error analysis station ties the application and assessment together. The students need time to practice applying specific concepts.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

Add links to your Learning Management System (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc.) Create a scaffolded formative assessment for all students to complete once they are finished (3 questions or more that increase in difficulty). If you are leading professional learning, this frees up time to answer questions and provide feedback.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology). Consider giving students a series of assignments over a period of time where only one or two, not all, will be assessed for a grade. Here you can find a listing or some great options. My favorites at bit.ly and tinyurl. Utilize chat and screen share features inherent in video conference tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2020

This includes digital pedagogy that consists of purposeful use, a move to personalized learning through blended strategies, use of data to differentiate, innovative assessment, and performance tasks. The big shift overall is to make a move from low to high agency methodologies.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

When teachers engage students at their teacher-led station, they can collect invaluable formative assessment data that can help inform future lessons. #1 This approach shifts your energy into supporting the process instead of waiting to assess a finished product. 5 Quick Assessment & Individualized Support. 1 Hook the Group.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

PowerSchool has reached an agreement to acquire Schoology, a provider of learning management systems with a sizable footprint among K-12 schools and districts. Schoology would be PowerSchool’s second purchase of a learning management system (LMS), after it acquired Haiku Learning in 2016. Given their respective footprints in the U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The last segment of the class could consist of a formative assessment or a closure activity. To ensure success, it is also a good idea to commit to a learning management system such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology. Now let me discuss conceptually what the rotational model could look like in a school.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

Here is one piece that he shared: Quality discussion, according to the University of Washington's Center for Instructional Development and Research , involves purposeful questions prepared in advance, assessment, and starting points for further conversations.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We need to build in mechanisms into our lessons to collect formative assessment data. In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. Polling is a quick way to assess what your students think about a topic, vocabulary word, or problem. Poll the Class with Mentimeter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Assessments have become a critical piece to education reform. To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. Method: Formative assessment. Time: a few minutes.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Alternatively, teachers can assess students’ prior knowledge with an individual task and collect useful data to inform their follow-up instruction. Pair the video in an online discussion using Google Classroom or Schoology. First, teachers need to create context. Second, flip and engage. Cornell notes with a summary).

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

Teachers using StudySync can use the Access Prior Knowledge Activities in the First Read Lessons to engage students in asynchronous online discussions using Google Classroom or a learning management system, like Schoology. This can help students to feel more connected to their peers when learning remotely.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Schoology Assessment Management Platform, or AMP, integrates learning management and assessment in one system, bringing together student learning experiences with comprehensive assessment and actionable reporting. Align assessments to standards and in turn, to curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2019

That means lesson plans aren’t completed, assessments aren’t taken, and kids don’t learn. Big Blue Button is open source and not a stand-alone platform so it must be integrated into an LMS such as Canvas, Schoology, or Moodle. BigBlueButton @iteachworld @Zoom_us @Instructure @schoology. Google Hangouts.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The district acted quickly to fill gaps to ensure the continuity of learning by implementing a new learning management system (LMS) called Schoology. Like many districts that were forced to quickly pivot to emergency remote learning, Roselle did not have 1:1 device access for students prior to the pandemic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2017

If you’re not strictly using Google Classroom, that’s how you can combine, say, Schoology and Google Classroom is by copying the link from the assignment and pasting that link into, say, Schoology or whatever other platform you’re using. [00:02:00].

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I tried several web-based learning management systems including Google Classroom and Schoology. Students are required to do readings and watch videos outside of the classroom and then respond to formative assessments on NEO in order to check for understanding.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Staff at PowerSchool, which owns learning management system Schoology, also built new features and beefed up existing ones in response to changes in usage. Schoology had previously offered integrations with videoconferencing platforms, but few K-12 schools had taken advantage of this functionality.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Their IEPs have accommodations such as behavior charts, extra time on assessments, reduction in answer choices and opportunities for revision or re-testing. Though my general education students do not have IEPs, they still have learning gaps and require special consideration as I plan curriculum and assessment.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. But is this an appropriate way to assess student learning?

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2020

This week’s podcast sponsor is PowerSchool, now with Schoology, a unified platform that brings SIS, LMS and assessment together for blended, distance and personalized learning. It keeps everyone from administrators and teachers to students and parents connected from homeroom to home.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2021

Find a learning management system that works for you Learning management systems such as Google Classroom , Schoology , or Seesaw can drastically cut down on the time needed to assign in-class work or homework. However, as that seems unlikely to happen, here are six ways that teachers can use edtech tools to save time.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 7, 2018

They use Google Classroom, or Schoology. They design these assessments based on reflections. So they’re always constantly assessing. Gameful teachers don’t use dashboards; they assess student reflections constantly. It goes through this cycle, basically — of Play Game, Debrief, and Reflect. Vicki: Hmmm.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

In the app, teachers can add students to their class, and assign custom streams of content, assignments and assessments to each individual learner. We’re building a platform to connect curriculum, assessment and analysis into one single place,” says Manjee, a former high-school math teacher in New York City’s Department of Education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2020

With student information and learning management systems, along with online software for enrollment, assessments, grades, payroll and finances, there are few areas of the K-12 education technology market that PowerSchool doesn’t have a hand in. In 2016, it bought Interactive Achievement , a set of assessment and reporting tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2016

An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. tools to assess schoolwide progress and results. ability to send a message to one person or a class.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2017

We are highly flexible; of our 190 schools, assessment and curriculum can be selected by school leaders for the specific populations they’re educating,”Allen said. Assessment is a similar and interrelated story. They used IMS Global standards , as integrating past data into Schoology was an important criterion prior to moving forward.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

And it does not look at video-conferencing tools built specifically for education, such as Big Blue Button and Schoology. Many did not have the time to put a lot of diligence and time into assessing the tools before using them.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. Companies that aim to provide student data in a usable fashion, like Schoology , still provide value. Predictions that educators would want more assessment data to drive instruction have proven true.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Find a learning management system that works for you Learning management systems such as Google Classroom , Schoology , or Seesaw can drastically cut down on the time needed to assign in-class work or homework. However, as that seems unlikely to happen, here are six ways that teachers can use edtech tools to save time.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

I use Schoology for our online discussions. Shifting to Students Designed, Facilitated & Assessed Discussions. Each class a new set of facilitators assume the role of designing, leading and assessing the in-class conversations. Starting with Online Discussions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Digital learning itself is expanding in schools, but access to classroom and home technology still remains a major obstacle, according to a new study from Schoology. Teachers’ top priorities are integrating new edtech tools into the classroom, along with improving assessments, reporting, and data-driven decision making.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2018

Assignments from virtual classrooms can also be shared on other learning management systems like Google Classrooms, Blackboard, and Schoology. Virtual Classrooms Assess Student Comprehension and Progress. For teachers who like to plan ahead, Study.com offers the option to assign multiple lessons at a time—set it and forget it!

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