Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What do teachers find mentally stimulating about their work? What causes teachers to invest their mental energy and time resources in a task? What aspects of a teacher’s work lead them to engage in problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflection? Teachers as Architects of Learning Experiences.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This rapid adoption brings significant risks, particularly regarding data privacy and accessibility. Ensuring that AI tools protect student data and comply with accessibility standards is crucial for creating an inclusive and secure educational environment. However, it also poses challenges related to data privacy and accessibility.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

But for multilingual students like me whose native language is not English, the math classroom can be a daunting place. The linguistic supports I received in other content areas were not as present during math, in large part because of the assumption that math is a universal language. It should be joyful.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With generative AI as a tool to simplify lesson planning, reduce administrative tasks, and enhance personalized learning, we can empower the potential of teachers and students and improve learning outcomes.” “Learning is above all a human endeavor. ” This press release originally appeared online.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis? My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

It was an entry point for me to begin thinking about what a rich profession teaching is, along with how students develop their early reading skills, especially when they are learning multiple languages at once. Here are three best practices that are effective regardless of the languages your students speak at home.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. The use of AI in teacher coaching brings up similar questions. I would like to see it in action. That’s where the new AI-powered tool comes in.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In this post, I want to explore the principle of representation, which is focused on providing students with access to multiple ways of experiencing or receiving information. Within the principle of representation, there are three guidelines: 1) perception, 2) language and symbols, and 3) comprehension. Perception. YourChoiceMedia.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Emma Gonzalez Gutierrez has struggled to communicate with the teachers of her five children for years. Recently, the kindergarten teacher texted her on the app, ReachWell, which allows the teacher to text in English and parents to receive the messages in their own language. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Project overview: Reading, recording, and reaching the world As an ESL teacher, Ive always looked for ways to make literacy feel meaningful and empowering, especially for students navigating a new language and culture. A library of student-led recommendations that brought books–and readers–to life.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2024

The report offers insight into how teachers’ perceptions of AI use in the classroom have evolved since the start of the 2023–24 school year. Expectations for accessibility have also remained consistent, with 88 percent believing that generative AI can positively impact accessibility.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI can’t replace teachers, but it can support them. Merlyn, a voice-controlled AI classroom assistant from Merlyn Mind, is designed to help teachers and students stay engaged and focused. Multi-language support: Switch to Spanish easily, allowing classrooms to engage naturally in their preferred language.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

LLMs can personalize learning, reduce teachers administrative burdens, and make more adaptive and insightful assessments. Yet, according to a 2024 survey by Impact Research, 51 percent of K-12 teachers report that they do not use ChatGPT regularly for their jobs. Teachers hold the power to either harness AI in their classrooms or not.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Its about language, too.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Teachers recognize the transformative potential of AI tools for education, but still need support and professional development to effectively incorporate it into their teaching practices. Teachers are looking to supercharge their lessons, foster creativity, and cut down on manual administrative tasks.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the most common at the moment is mitigating the negative impacts of teacher shortages. Therefore, it’s important to examine the elements that affect teacher retention. It’s no wonder, then, that establishing methods to prioritize teacher well-being can help your school retain talent. Providing Resources.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Recently, a teacher posted a comment to my blog lamenting that direct instruction consumed much of the class period. Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. This is not unusual.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Our rigorous curriculum is taught by Pennsylvania-certified teachers trained to provide virtual instruction in real time and is focused on providing all students the educational resources and out-of-classroom experiences they need to become successful, lifelong learners. Not all of the students would have access to the necessary supplies.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Districts have reported a shortage of special education teachers since the late 1990s. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures , 37 states identified special education as a teacher shortage area during the 2023-2024 school year. MagicSchool.ai MagicSchool.ai

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

While Gemini is providing our employees with access to generative AI, Gemini for teens will provide our high school students with the focused support of AI in a safer environment with appropriate safeguards, said superintendent Dr. Jose L. Teachers can use Gemini to create personalized lesson plans in a much shorter amount of time.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2023

SAN MATEO, California and NEW YORK, New York — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, announced that it has acquired TPT (otherwise known as Teachers Pay Teachers), which offers the world’s largest catalog of educator-created content and tools for digital instruction.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Through partnerships with networks of schools, Bank Street College of Education has designed degree programs that add a mentoring component to the combination of coursework and coaching all aspiring teachers receive as part of their degree. One of our programs supported new teachers learning how to teach English as a second language.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Built on an education-specific large language model (LLM) developed in-house by a team of researchers from top AI labs, including IBM Research, Amazon Alexa, and Google Brain, Origin helps educators eliminate tech friction and focus on creating powerful learning moments in the classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Given the bombastic pressure on teachers this year (and every year), I’ve been working on strategies to help support students in giving each other feedback. Assignment Checklist.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

teachers work with diverse groups, often with varying language backgrounds and ability levels, in both indoor and outdoor settings. These grab and go units include wireless microphones that teachers and students use to amplify their voices as they move about a room.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Ethics and accessibility policies Written down but rarely embedded in daily workflows. Heres where traditional AI systems tend to fall short: NLP fine-tuning Improves the form of communication but doesnt understand intent or depth. Feedback loops Built to correct errors, not guide growth. These systems might help learners stay afloat.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

ATLANTA – Cox Campus, the online learning community of the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School, has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education (DOE) to create a customized early learning credential to transform teaching practices and child literacy outcomes throughout Ohio.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

The more physical distance between the teacher and the learner, the more challenging it is to collect formative assessment data consistently. The aspect of teaching that is hard to replicate in the online environment is the teachers’ ability to collect informal data by merely listening and observing.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

For example, mobile flashcards and microlearning videos- short, focused lessons accessible via smartphones- allow students to review and reinforce knowledge in brief intervals, boosting retention and engagement [2]. Students in remote areas can access the same quality of instruction as those in educational hubs.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Scaffolds help ELLs learn the language and master academic content This ESL teacher ensures students learn the language–and feel the love How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S. These approaches vary by subject area but are essential for integrating ELLs into the academic learning process.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

In a previous post titled Save Your Sanity with a Things to Revamp for Next Year List , Catlin shared her “things to revamp for next year” document, which is another format teachers can use to reflect and capture their thoughts. She currently teaches Language Arts and Technology at a bilingual public middle school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2025

Learning a language is a long process, often filled with ups and downs. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has these six tips to help you learn any language faster: Be a Quick Learner: 6 Tips to Learn Any Language Faster Learning a new language may be overwhelming, but it can also be enjoyable and rewarding when you apply the right strategies.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

Time management is a constant struggle for teachers since they spend most of their days working directly with students. That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including planning and designing lessons. . The robust digital tools inside of my Google Calendar (e.g.,

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2024

Creating “universal” access to high-quality pre-K will require a massive, long-term public investment (as much as $33 billion, according to NIEER). In the near term, states can increase access by leveraging the existing infrastructure for providing pre-K in the home-based programs that already serve many rural families.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2025

We also teamed up with Leading Educators , a nonprofit organization that supports high-quality instruction, to transform professional learning for our teachers. This sense of purpose around a shared strategic goal has elevated our principals, teachers, and students alike. Here are three key lessons weve learned throughout this process.

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