k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

This is because brain-based strategies allow students to analyze, synthesize, and apply information actively during lessons, increasing the transfer of that knowledge to long-term memory. Active and Experiential Learning The brain-based learning framework consistently emphasizes the importance of active learning.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 246

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

With small class sizes, individualized instruction, and a focus on executive functioning, social-emotional growth, and life skills, AEF offers a unique educational experience tailored to each students needs. These platforms allow students to practice skills at their own pace while giving teachers real-time insights into their progress.

Skills 138

Skills Schools Learning Students 138

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

Benefits of using Classkick in special education Classkick’s real-time feedback feature is particularly valuable for special education. I utilize features like drag-and-drop activities, voice notes, and audio responses to craft lessons. Classkick’s instant feedback feature played a crucial role.

Special Education 286

Special Education Skills Education Feedback 286

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

Blended learning is “active, engaged learning online combined with active, engaged learning offline to give students more control over time, place, pace, and/or path of their learning.” They are not passive consumers but rather active participants. Students will develop their metacognitive and self-regulation skills.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Beliefs 519

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

Whether you are mastering a skill for work, learning to cook, or training for a marathon, you adjust your pace based on progress–not the ticking of a clock. In this model, students move forward when they have demonstrated mastery of a skill or concept, not when the bell rings or the calendar flips to June.

Learning 278

Learning Art Fairness Critical Thinking 278

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When I facilitate workshops on this model, I describe it as a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a specific learning goal or objective. What learning activities will help them make meaning or progress toward learning objectives? That requires data. When would teacher check-ins be most helpful?

Blended Learning 542

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Knowledge 542

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Choice boards fall within the umbrella of blended learning when we combine active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline. Teachers are freed from orchestrating a lesson and able to conference with learners about their progress, provide feedback on work in progress, or conduct side-by-side assessments.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Feedback Activities Universal Design 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2023

This is an unsustainable practice for teachers, especially if they must create review activities for multiple subjects or classes. This teacher-led workflow also robs students of the opportunity to drive their learning and engage in more meaningful review activities. They can create review games using platforms like Quizizz and Kahoot!

Teachers 487

Teachers Exams Feedback Students 487

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

As students move through a lesson, some acquire information and skills more quickly than others. Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or skills. Let’s explore examples in each category of formative assessment.

Feedback 428

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 428

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. A daily review helps students to master concepts and skills by shifting that information or those skills from controlled processing to automatic processing. Present-Pause-Discuss. Collaborative Practice.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

These traditional workflows do not position the students to be active agents or help them to develop into expert learners, who are resourceful, strategic, motivated, and self-aware. Too many students spend their days in classrooms passively observing, instead of actively engaging.

Blended Learning 465

Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Teachers Feedback 465

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Engagement Active involvement in learning that is relevant, valuable, and interesting Representation Access to multiple ways to experience or receive information Action and Expression Set goals, monitor and track progress toward goals, engage in metacognitive skill-building through self-assessment and demonstrate knowledge in a variety of ways.

Universal Design 545

Universal Design Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning 545

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

That’s when it hit medespite years of teaching experience, I’m still searching for ways to spark the same level of engagement whether I’m interacting with students face-to-face or through carefully designed asynchronous activities. For my online students, I’ve adapted this activity using collaborative digital tools.

Active Learning 69

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 69

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

I can empathize with their frustration, but I attribute these behaviors to underdeveloped self-regulation skills, especially in online and blended learning environments. Key Process Necessary to Develop Self-regulation Skills. It is not a mental ability or an academic performance skill (Zimmerman, 2002).

Blended Learning 543

Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 543

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.

Learning 543

Learning Knowledge Writing Discussions 543

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Competence: Students may not feel confident in their writing skills generally or their ability to answer a particular question specifically. Family members might not be fluent in the language of the writing assignments, or they may lack the necessary writing skills to assist their students effectively.

Assignments 456

Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 456

Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2020

When teachers are working with students online, their role as facilitator encompasses their interactions with students in conferences, the feedback they give students on their work, and their ability to assist students in making meaning in online discussions, both synchronous and asynchronous.

Discussions 546

Discussions Student Engagement Participation Students 546

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback.

Teachers 479

Teachers Art Feedback Writing 479

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

The number of learning activities and complexity of the playlist will also affect the time needed to complete it. Additionally, using a digital format creates space for students to document their learning and for teachers to provide feedback. The “must-do” activities are critical to mastering grade-level content and skills.

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Blended Learning Feedback Universal Design Art 434

k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

These AI-powered assistants serve as perpetually available guides, providing instant feedback, adaptive challenges, and personalised pathways through educational content. Unlike traditional educational models, where feedback loops stretch across days or weeks, virtual tutors close these loops in seconds.

Education 154

Education Learning Knowledge Feedback 154

Catlin Tucker

JULY 19, 2021

Blended learning is active, engaged learning online combined with active, engaged learning offline to give students more control over the time, place, pace, and path of their learning. A key aspect of this definition is positioning the students as “active agents” in the lesson or learning experience.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Learning STEM Learning Outcomes 546

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Students are grouped based on their skill or ability levels and rotate through all the stations. Teacher 1: Provides targeted instruction tailored to each group’s needs, abilities, and skill levels. Teacher 2: Delivers the same instructional content or activity to all groups, regardless of their skill levels.

Teaching 394

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 394

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

The development of Discovery Educations newest content is based on feedback from the companys school-based partners and makes teaching and learning even more relevant, interesting, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products. activities that encourage students to step into a role of interest.

Laboratory 197

Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 197

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2020

During small group differentiated instruction, teachers can connect with learners and use their expertise to figure out what type of explanation or level of support a group of students need to understand a key concept or master a specific skill. . Offline station activities can provide a much-needed break from the screen.

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Attention Blended Learning Activities Feedback 546

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom. As the workforce continues to shift, Keeney argues, equipping students with soft skills that can adapt to any career path is more important than ever.

Skills 193

Skills Middle School Middle School Communication 193

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2017

I see my primary role as two-fold: 1) I’m an architect of learning experiences designing engaging activities and projects so my students can discover and create, and 2) I’m a coach providing regular, real-time feedback as they work. How can I help my students to appreciate the skills they will need when they graduate?

Teaching 420

Teaching Learning Coaching Blended Learning 420

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

This is because brain-based strategies allow students to analyze, synthesize, and apply information actively during lessons, increasing the transfer of that knowledge to long-term memory. Active and Experiential Learning The brain-based learning framework consistently emphasizes the importance of active learning.

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

If teachers are assigning homework, it would be more powerful to use that practice to encourage students to reflect on their progress and identify the gaps in their understanding of concepts and skills. 4 Real-Time Feedback. It also means you don’t have to take stacks of rough drafts home to give students feedback.

Teachers 420

Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It’s exciting to see so many teachers trying this blended learning model and creating opportunities for small group instruction, real-time feedback, collaboration, and differentiated learning. 1) Use your teacher-led station for a range of activities beyond direct instruction. 2) Switch up your groups! 2) Switch up your groups!

Teachers 418

Teachers Feedback Blended Learning Grades 418

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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History Feedback Art Learning 300

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Educators participating in the free trial will receive access to the current collection of genre units and essential skills lessons created for grade 3-5 classrooms. Following their use of Mystery Writing materials, educators will be asked to share qualitative and quantitative feedback on their experience using the lessons.

Writing 312

Writing Feedback Schools Science 312

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. 4 Ask students for feedback.

Learning 544

Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

With infinite information at their fingertips, how do we equip this new type of student with the skills to interpret, problem solve, and think critically about the information they encounter when we are not always the ones delivering it to them? The use of design thinking can foster a healthy relationship with failure within students.

Failure 306

Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 306

Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

Their needs, skills, interests, pacing, preferences, and language proficiencies are incredibly diverse. The station rotation is a popular blended learning model that rotates students between online and offline learning activities. The variety of humans in a classroom is remarkable. 1 Student-Paced, Free-Flow Station Rotation Lesson.

Universal Design 367

Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Feedback 367

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Real-time coaching also presents coaches with an opportunity to provide feedback on the lesson. Feedback is easier to give when coaches are using a blended learning rubric. I’ve created a 10-week course that includes the following 10 modules to support coaches in developing their coaching skill set and blended learning knowledge.

Blended Learning 539

Blended Learning Coaching Learning Feedback 539

Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2024

They are designed to combine educational technology with specific teaching protocols that promote active learning, student engagement, and collaboration in the classroom. These protocols are structured activities with clear guidelines and time limits to keep lessons focused and maximize their impact.

Writing 381

Writing Feedback Learning Spaces Activities 381

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

I’ve blogged about grading for mastery of skills instead of the accumulation of points and ditching my traditional grade book in favor of an ongoing assessment document. I identify target skills and assess these critical skills over the course of the grading period.

Grades 419

Grades Essay Exams English 419