Blended Learning, Common Core and Student Engagement

Get Common Core Ready: Achieve Dynamic Student-led Discussions

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2015

Online icebreakers give students an opportunity get to know one another and build a community online. Note: For educators interested in incorporating online discussions into their curriculum, my first book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12 provides resources and strategies to support this shift. Learning'

Common Core

Common Core Schoology Groups Blended Learning

Join me for a Master Class at BLC in July!

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

I’ll be leading a master class titled “Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology” at Alan November’s BLC Conference in Boston in July. The Common Core gives educators and opportunity to rethink how we teach and how students learn.

Common Core

Common Core Blended Learning Conference Strategy

Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

He also talked about how he thinks policy shifts like the implementation of the common-core standards and the adoption of “open” educational resources are likely to affect the K-12 market, and his company’s work. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core. John Fallon CEO, Pearson.

Common Core

Common Core Pearson Resources Company

Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

JULY 20, 2015

Smaller learning communities also provide students with more opportunities to work collaboratively and engage in a variety of activities that appeal to different learning modalities (auditory, visual, tactile and kinesthetic). For more on blended learning, check out my first book Blended Learning in Grades 4-12.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Learning Common Core Software

This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

Common Core

Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning

This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful.

Common Core

Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning

Flip Your Back-to-School Night

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I explain why I believe it’s important to place students at the center of learning in the classroom and how I use blended learning strategies and technology to create a student-centered learning experience. Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology Available NOW ! .

Schoology

Schoology Common Core Flipped Classroom Blended Learning

MC Assessment = Meta Cognitive Assessment

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

I''m a proponent of critical thinking, cooperative learning, metacognition, blended learning, flipped learning. I''m a proponent of learning. Progressive teachers cannot get away from testing in the current educational climate, but at least we can make it engaging for the students in the class.

Assessment

Assessment Edmodo Common Core BYOD

Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

Three student-centered strategies. Edtech requires student buy-in too. How to integrate social emotional learning —plus a guide to SEL. How to implement blended learning —plus a guide to blended learning. Students can use Kiddom to submit work and get the feedback they need for success.

Conference

Conference Blended Learning Data Accessibility

The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

She mentioned that blended learning and learning models were the top edtech trends, and defining blended learning was a big deal. Infrastructure and connectivity were also important, and the country was trying to find ways to connect schools and make sure that there were enough access points for all students.

Technology

Technology Common Core EdTech Trends

New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

A great deal of initial research exists about blended learning techniques such as game-based learning, but adoption has stalled because of a lack of scalable, practical techniques that have also proven effective. students who played edgames outperformed their peers on standardized tests.

Game-Based Learning

Game-Based Learning Learning EdTech Study

Three simple steps for creating lesson plans

Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

Lesson plans serve as a teacher guideline for what students will learn, why they are learning a skill and how they will learn it and demonstrate their proficiency. Then, identify the main learning objectives to focus on to develop that skill. How do I sequence tasks to build understanding and skills?

Hapara

Hapara Examples Assessment Common Core

The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

With the emergence of Common Core and very few resources available to align with these new standards, teachers began utilizing OER once again. There was an influx of districts assigning teachers or instructional coaches to compile OER options that reflected the needs of common core. About Rich Dixon.

OER

OER Resources Common Core Digital Badges

A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

But the method is also growing in popularity among high-performing, progressive schools, as well as some catering to gifted and talented students and to newly arriving immigrants. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The scores signified a high point for M.S. 442, teachers said.

Learning

Learning Common Core System Groups

Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning. Under ESSA, states will now be responsible for determining if schools are successful in meeting the needs of every student. Blended Learning.

Policies

Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

One deals with the actual writing process and the others provides tools and resources for various writing opportunities and student engagement In this post I will deal the first concept and the following posts will explore that wide range of writing and engagement opportunities. I enjoy learning from all of you.

Tools

Tools Resources Differentiated Instruction Learning

Literacy in the Digital Age: 9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) stress the importance of communication, and challenge students to engage in conversation by using evidence to support an argument, while evaluating and listening to others’ perspectives. is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. VideoNot.es

Tools

Tools Edcamps Social Media Video

Literacy in the Digital Age: 9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) stress the importance of communication, and challenge students to engage in conversation by using evidence to support an argument, while evaluating and listening to others’ perspectives. is a platform that allows students to take notes synchronized with video. VideoNot.es

Tools

Tools Edcamps Social Media Video

What Do Sixth Graders Say About Learning With Games? It Works

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

The designers behind Quest to Learn believe that student engagement is so significantly enhanced by narrative role-play, analog games and digital games that every subject — from health to math — begins or ends with a game. But what does a beehive or a lemon tree have to do with any of that?

Learning

Learning Laptops Report Analysis

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Get Common Core Ready: Achieve Dynamic Student-led Discussions

Join me for a Master Class at BLC in July!

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model

This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

Flip Your Back-to-School Night

MC Assessment = Meta Cognitive Assessment

Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

New Research Proves Game-Based Learning Works—Here's Why That Matters

Three simple steps for creating lesson plans

The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process

Literacy in the Digital Age: 9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools

Literacy in the Digital Age: 9 Great Speaking & Listening Tools

What Do Sixth Graders Say About Learning With Games? It Works

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