Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Teachers can create choice boards for various purposes, including a skill or strategy board. The beauty of a skill-based or strategy-based choice board is that students can use it repeatedly over time. English Language Arts Graphic Organizers. Reading Strategies Choice Board. Daily Reading Record.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. These processes cannot be rushed, and allowing variable time ensures students can produce their best work.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? Application activities also enhance retention and mastery of information, making it more likely that students will retain and effectively use what they have learned in the future.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2025

From their desks, they can encounter masterpieces from diverse time periods and traditions, helping them appreciate art as a universal language and a reflection of the human experience. Empowering student voice and identity Art-based learning gives ELLs the confidence to speak and the freedom to explore.

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Teach Hub

MAY 22, 2025

Bringing art into the classroom gives your students a new way to get involved. You dont need to be an art teacher to bring art into your classroom. You dont need to be an art teacher to bring art into your classroom. What you do need is a mindset that values creativity as part of the learning process.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

parents of school aged-children (5-14 years), parents have tried a myriad ways to keep their kids active and social during the pandemic, however, 7 in 10 perceive their child’s post-pandemic social skills to be at risk, even as things return to normal. Palo Alto– According to a new study of 2,000 U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The word research appears 80 times in the English language arts section of the Common Core Standards. It’s clear the ability to find, evaluate and apply information is a crucial life skill. Students need to engage with information on a regular basis if they are to gain the skills needed to find and use information effectively.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. The number of learning activities and complexity of the playlist will also affect the time needed to complete it. This allows students to work at their own pace and provides them with a range of activities to choose from.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Among the new content and resources now available to users of Discovery Education Experience are: Ready-To-Teach Lessons Enhancing Curriculum Built around research-based instructional strategies, these new ready-to-teach lessons and activities target critical classroom needs and help teachers create unique learning opportunities for each student.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

These arent just digital skillstheyre life skills. Its active, collaborative, and forward-looking. They begin tackling real problems, building research skills, and learning how to think for themselves. For students drawn to the arts, Elmwood shines just as brightly. Elmwood doesnt toss out tradition; it builds on it.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics. These skills–often referred to as soft skills, but also known as durable skills for their importance in the workplace–are a focus of 21st-century classrooms.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

What will students understand (content knowledge) or be able to do (skills) at the end of the lesson or learning cycle? As teachers analyze the data collected during the assess prior knowledge activity, they can more effectively design learning experiences to meet the students’ needs effectively.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2021

Learning is a dynamic process that requires active engagement. As we begin the new school year, students need to be at the center of learning and actively engaged in thinking, making, doing, discussing, and reflecting. Encourage your students to: Take photos of work in progress, experiments, labs, art projects, etc.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2021

Students also experience the same frustrations, whether they’re conducting research in a science classroom or looking for the perfect picture for the book trailer they are making in English language arts. The Activity Teachers can model this process by thinking aloud after conducting a search.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. For math, measurement and geometry activities like building models or plotting data can turn abstract numbers into something students can visualize and manipulate.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

Whether you did or didn’t make a planning guide, you can use this document to record your favorite activities of the year, reflect on the outcomes, and record your thoughts about what changes you want to make next year. Consider reorganizing your documents by topic, unit, skill set, or time period and color-code them for easy access.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 5, 2016

Stations can be composed of a variety of activities (including, but not limited to): Teacher-led small group instruction. This gives students the opportunity to control the pace at which they move through stations and activities. Instead, there are multiple stations designed to challenge students at different skill levels.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Geogebra offers graphing and analysis technology with premade activities. Additionally, it contains a multitude of free, pre-made activities by Geogebra and other teachers. Most activities are embeddable, so students don’t need to leave the safety of your LMS class website.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2022

Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) dedicated to transforming the culture of youth sport – and Discovery Education today announce a partnership providing powerful educational tools to equip students with resources that help build life skills and core values for success on and off the field of play. Powered by the experience and values of the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

How can we harness their skills to create world-changing technologies? Students need engagement in hands-on activities such as robotics, electronics, animation, 3D printing, and physical computing, as well as art and music, to reach their full potential. These skills form the backbone of technological innovation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2022

6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities (today). These unplugged activities go back to the roots of coding. Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from digital device, recognize that these skills — critical thinking and problem-solving — apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2025

Showcasing art and STEM with DIY projects not only enhances learning and creativity but makes these subjects more accessible to a broader audience. These activities encourage hands-on learning and spark curiosity, making art a natural gateway into the exciting world of STEM. What is STEAM and Why Does Art Matter in STEM?

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

From a 5th grade teacher lens, it is evident that students are more likely to engage in an educational activity when it is “gamified,” and even more so when it is gamified with technology. IXL language arts also incorporates gamification, but it is a paid subscription (free 30-day trial). Let’s start off with reading apps and websites.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

Exploring diverse writing exercises, experimenting with different perspectives, and seeking inspiration from various sources can cultivate creativity and enhance essay writing skills, with the option to have professionals write me an essay providing valuable insights and further honing one’s craft. Start small.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

One group composed and recorded a song while another station was focused on building a 3D art project. Not every child enjoys the same type of creative activity, so the various stations allow them to select a creative task that appeals to his/her interests. The fourth station was a “you choose” station.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Here are seven I use during the pre-Thanksgiving season: ASCII Art Comics Holiday Widget Team Challenge Thanksgiving Poll Thinking Games Themed ASCII Art Time required: Less than one class ASCII Art is the graphic design technique of creating images by typing the letters, numbers, and symbols defined by ASCII Standards.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Activity, context, and culture are central to this learning theory, which emphasizes the practical over the abstract. Learning must prioritize the application, not retention, of information and skills in a real-world setting. When people tackle everyday challenges, they learn. Community of Practice. Participation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

The My Digital Life resource center offers standards-aligned resources designed to empower students and educators with activities about digital citizenship. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Learn more at Norton.com and GenDigital.com.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As part of Computer Science Education Week, the Hour of Code serves as a perfect opportunity to introduce students and educators to coding through hour-long activities. This hands-on interactive experience sparks creativity and boosts confidence–leaving students proud of their custom track and the coding skills they’ve gained.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

have opened the first of 20 planned STEAM (Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Mathematics) centers in the Republic of Ghana. We’re extremely proud to be helping Ghana to provide the type of study environments that help students gain those skills.”. About Intelitek. Intelitek is at the forefront of training for Industry 4.0,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This “cookbook recipe” teaching style not only stifles creativity, but it can also hinder critical thinking skill development. Plus, it can leave students feeling disconnected from the scientific process, because they’re really just following instructions rather than actively exploring and discovering. I only have two hands.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art K-12 digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. . Family members can join in as students get hands-on with ready-to-use activities promoting self-guided learning and career success. The contest is open through June 17, 2022.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Key points: Asking the right questions is more than just a skill–its a mindset We are all digital immigrants now 25 AI predictions for 2025 For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Several years ago, during a flight from Houston to Paris, I had a conversation with the CEO of a prominent Houston-based company.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2021

As we prepare students for college, career, and life, it’s vital that we foster skills that will ensure students are successful. When I was a gifted English Language Arts teacher, I used project choice boards for all my units. As educators, we’ve heard about the importance of the “21st century 4 C’s” to our students’ future success.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Imagine this: You’re a teacher at a school that’s been on board with STEM since the first little whispers about how it can provide unique learning experiences centered on 21st-century skills. That’s what led us to infuse arts into our science, technology, engineering and math program.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

Teaching students to navigate text as active readers helps them make sense of what they read. Artful annotation inspires them to record their responses in their own unique ways. The purpose of the group annotation is to practice these skills collaboratively. Click here to make a copy of this template for your own Google Drive.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Still, there’s an art to gamifying a lesson and ensuring that students are actually learning instead of just playing a game for points. According to ISTE, “gamification is about transforming the classroom environment and regular activities into a game.” Rosenberg uses Gimkit , Kahoot! ,

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