Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. There are a host of equity issues to consider when we assign writing to be completed at home.

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Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 457

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level. Each time I return to an assignment, I add strategies, like polling, discussion boards, and partner work to make the experience more engaging. It was teacher-led and teacher-paced.

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Blended Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Discussions 397

Catlin Tucker

JULY 9, 2020

I’ve spent the last four months working with teachers all over the country (virtually, of course) as they navigate the uncharted waters of online and blended learning. The majority of teachers I have spoken with did not enjoy their initial experiences with distance learning. Sort It Out. Online Fishbowl.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Students 546

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to complete assignments because they are meaningful, interesting, and rewarding, not because they are worth points. I want students to know that their teachers are there to support them as they work because learning is a process and everyone needs feedback and help to improve.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Design a mix of 4-6 online and offline activities that correlate with what you usually cover in the first few weeks of the school year. Create an assignment in your learning management system (LMS) and post the slideshow overview with instructions. Create an overview of the rotations with links to resources and documents.

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Blended Learning Teachers Assignments Language 521

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 19, 2020

Students can access content, resources, activities at any time, and from anywhere. Students can access content, resources, and activities at a specific time and location. Students can control the time, place, and pace of their learning. Students work independently to complete assignments and tasks.

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Blended Learning Learning Assignments Activities 546

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2023

From Teacher-led to Student-centered with Blended Learning As a blended learning coach and professional learning facilitator, I assist teachers in transitioning from traditional, teacher-led instruction to more student-centric approaches using blended learning models.

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Blended Learning Curriculum Learning Coaching 265

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning seamlessly weaves together online and in-person learning experiences to boost student engagement and meet the unique needs of a diverse class by providing flexible pathways through learning experiences. This positively impacts their motivation to engage with tasks.

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Blended Learning Learning History English 229

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. It was exciting to see how the addition of a single device enabled my students to drive their learning and engage in meaningful student-centered learning activities.

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Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

My work focuses on supporting leaders, coaches, and teachers in transitioning from traditional teaching practices to blended learning. Blended learning is the combination of active, engaged learning online and offline. Teacher-centered instruction vs. Student-centered blended learning.

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Blended Learning Feedback Coaching Achievement 506

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Booklist Assignment. The Booklist Assignment is designed to help students select a book they’ll enjoy. Reading and Response Assignment. As you build a reading culture, you can assign the “Reading and Response” as classwork, homework, or a combination of the two.

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Culture Reading Assignments Blended Learning 499

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Starting each class with a two-word check-in like Brené Brown uses with her team, incorporating fun activities, like online icebreakers and scavenger hunts, and making time to conference with individual students can all help to build community and relationships with students, even if that work happens online. This is not new.

Learning 544

Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

First, let’s establish the value of the flipped classroom in case you have never used this blended learning model. auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework.

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Blended Learning Students Assignments Lecturing 467

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 17, 2020

It also isn’t clear to me how much work their teachers will assign during this school closure. I began by drafting the schedule below to ensure my two children were alternating between different types of activities during their days at home. As teachers, we are uniquely equipped to teach our children during school closures.

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Blended Learning Coaching History Assignments 523

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2020

Many are unsure if they will be returning to school on a traditional schedule, a blended learning schedule, or completely online. Teachers are questioning how the instructional strategies they have used in the past will work if students are coming to school on a modified schedule or if they are learning online.

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Blended Learning Communication Assignments Activities 546

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Encourages engagement and active participation in the learning process. Despite the myriad benefits of focused, timely, and actionable feedback on learning, it is often neglected due to time constraints. To learn more about this shift, check out our new book, The Shift to Student-led.

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Feedback Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Beliefs 423

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

As I support teachers struggling to navigate the demands of the concurrent classroom, I find myself continually returning to the station rotation model as a strategy to design and facilitate learning for this challenging teaching assignment. Offline station activities can provide a much-needed break from the screen.

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Attention Blended Learning Activities Feedback 546

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When I ask teachers, “How would you describe a successful online or blended learning course? Give students a fun “would you rather…” prompt or icebreaker activity to begin their time in the breakout room. What would that look like?” I recommend the following to ease the transition for students.

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Learning Spaces Student Engagement Learning Students 545

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Through our online series, we explored the power of universally designed blended learning models to achieve deeper learning outcomes. Our discussions culminated in selecting specific challenges to explore in-depth, with the goal of prototyping solutions at the Learning Leaders Summit in Dubai.

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Blended Learning Universal Design Motivation Learning 460

eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2020

Parents are often next to their children, helping them adjust to online learning and figure out how to complete assignments and schedule learning time and “time off” throughout the day. Here are a few online learning resources to keep students’ brains working while they’re also engaged in fun activities.

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Online Learning Blended Learning Learning Fairness 363

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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Blended Learning Feedback Universal Design Art 436

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 29, 2015

The flipped classroom model is a blended learning strategy I use to present my vocabulary , writing, and grammar instruction online. Students watch videos at home where they can control the pace of their learning, then they come to class prepared to apply that information in collaborative student-centered activities.

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Multiple Choice Questions Students Assignments Blended Learning 420

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 12, 2016

This week I had the pleasure of training a group of elementary teachers on blended learning strategies. There are several different approaches to designing a choice board, but the goal is to allow students an opportunity to select the activities they will complete to practice a skill or demonstrate understanding. Student choice.

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Blended Learning Activities Assignments Math 419

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In my last blog post titled “ Part I: Maximize the Impact of Explicit Teaching with Blended Learning ,” I explored the benefits of shifting from explicit teaching as a whole class experience to a differentiated small group experience. What types of review activities can help students learn this key vocabulary?

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Blended Learning Teaching Metacognitive Skills Learning 195

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

How K–12 Schools Can Get Started with Blended Learning. Blended learning classrooms often move seamlessly between online and offline activities, so don’t cancel those copier maintenance contracts quite yet. Blended learning has helped me become a more effective and efficient educator.

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Blended Learning Coaching Learning Schools 163

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 12, 2019

Although many teachers recognize the importance of making students active agents in the classroom, it is easy to overlook student agency when we plan our lessons. However, the ability to make key decisions about their learning is a powerful motivator for students.

Assignments 420

Assignments Students Blended Learning Motivation 420

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Most playlists culminate in a performance task or artifact intended to demonstrate students’ ability to transfer or apply what they learned working through the playlist.

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Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

As a result, it is easy to neglect community-building activities that help students get to know one another and identify commonalities. Teaching online has made building community even more challenging, so I suggest starting each class with a check-in activity or a fun question. 3 Go Deeper with a Dialogic Interview Format.

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Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 494

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2025

In elementary classrooms, the most effective model of blended learning is called the station rotation model. In elementary classrooms, the most effective model of blended learning is called the station rotation model. According to Blended Learning Universe (n.d.),

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Blended Learning Learning Assignments Beliefs 255

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2015

Compass Learning recently announced its Pathblazer math and reading intervention solution and Hybridge blended learning solution have been enriched with more than 800 new digital learning activities for grades 6-8. Next page: How the system identifies student learning gaps and assigns digital learning activities.

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Testing Activities Blended Learning STEM 200

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

Many teachers begin the year with community-building activities designed to help students form interpersonal relationships with their peers. Teachers know that establishing and maintaining a learning community will help students feel more comfortable engaging with one another and taking risks. Students love this activity.

Teachers 365

Teachers Blended Learning Classroom Management Discussions 365

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

This approach to designing a choice board for peer feedback gives students agency and choice while providing the necessary scaffolding to make this activity accessible. Assignment Checklist. These are often the same things that teachers outline in the initial description of the assignment, task, or project.

Feedback 546

Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Process feedback is vital in enhancing student learning by honing their metacognitive skills , guiding their efforts, boosting motivation, and fostering a growth mindset. This question prompts students to articulate the learning goal or objective for a particular task or assignment.

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

“I’d love to do [ fill in the blank with some creative idea or activity ], but I just don’t have time. Teachers get super excited about integrating technology or want details about a project, assignment, or routine I do with my own kids. Were you able to incorporate projects, creative assignments, technology, etc.

Teachers 420

Teachers Evaluation Lecturing Blended Learning 420

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 18, 2016

If we could describe our perfect teaching assignment, what would it be? This year as I stared at the form and asked myself, what is your perfect teaching assignment? In that time, my approach to teaching has radically changed as I’ve embraced technology and shifted to a blended learning model.

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Teaching English Blended Learning Assignments 414

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

As the landscape of education continues to evolve in response to global disruptions and digital advancements, blended learning models have surged in popularity. However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Some teachers do not assign homework.

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Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 433