Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning. So, introducing AI was relatively easy because my students were used to the writing process and going through revisions.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

I host a podcast called The Balance and wrote a book titled Balance with Blended Learning because I see teachers struggling with balance in every coaching and training session I facilitate. As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!),

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Beliefs 521

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 19, 2024

As an instructional coach and administrator, I regularly observed teachers providing direct instruction using explicit vocabulary routines. Such routines include students saying the word aloud, clapping out syllables, looking up and writing down the definition, and finding examples and non-examples of vocabulary terms.

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Writing Coaching Knowledge Activities 374

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

In my work as a blended learning coach, I observe a lot of teachers facilitating blended lessons. 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. 5TeacherLed.

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Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The playlist model presents a strategy teachers can use to structure learning experiences that are more personalized to the needs of specific learners, provide students with more agency, and frees the teacher to spend time connecting with and coaching learners as they progress through the playlist. Not necessarily.

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Blended Learning Learning Coaching Discussions 420

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2020

Thomas Arnett, senior research fellow in education for the Clayton Christensen Institute, writes about the options educators have this fall—in or out of school. eSN’s own Dennis Pierce writes an amazing story on how fifth-grade teacher Kim Voge has had students literally beg her to give them more writing assignments.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Educators can even tap student enthusiasm for new technology by assigning–and assessing student learning using–multimedia projects. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. These types of assignments are also harder to farm out to AI! Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 344

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. Teachers must be strategic about the level of academic rigor and complexity of the practice and application they are assigning to ensure that it is within their zone of possibility.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Ask students to find the mistakes, correct them, and explain (in writing or verbally in a video recording) how they knew the errors were present and how they went about fixing them. formal writing assignment, performance task, project). to explain how it is similar to something else.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On the first day of classes two years ago, I had students in my professional and technical writing course send me an email with their goals for the semester. Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. © Magna Publications.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

“MobyMax … finds the holes in my students’ academic experience and fills them, contributing to a rock-solid foundation,” said Tim Swanson, a second-grade teacher who is also the school’s technology coach. It covers reading, writing, vocabulary, language, math, fact fluency, number sense, and science.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

In the last year, I’ve encouraged school leaders, coaches, and teachers to consider using the 5Es instructional model to guide their work in PLCs. What is challenging about their teaching assignments? My rationale is two-fold. For example, what pedagogical problems are they currently facing?

Teachers 427

Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Most of the schools where I coach have a wonky Wednesday schedule that I have to navigate with teachers when we co-lesson plan together. ” As I was responding to Andi’s comment, I realized that I had to write this blog post and share some of the myriad ways that teachers can use a wonky Wednesday. 1 Passion Projects.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly,” he says. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly. Training educators is top of mind for leaders like Daniel-Hardy, though the Gulfport district hasn’t launched any formal coaching yet. “We

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Coaching Teachers Schools Ethics 148

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

He has steered the course ever since, each spring when he takes breaks from writing books or pieces for The New Yorker, and it has become legendary in journalism circles. 4: On the Writing Process , and I was eager to talk to him about his craftsmanship as a teacher. McPhee lays out his course in his latest book, Draft No.

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Writing Teaching English Reading 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Students in Mark Marino’s Writing 340 class at the University of Southern California say the professor always walks into the classroom with a smile, and always begins by giving out carrots. In one assignment, for instance, the students imagine they are part of a fictional sharing app called AirBnMe.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

On the backend, each learning assessment item in TEL courses, such as quizzes, assignments, and quiz questions, is aligned to metadata that indicates specific learning outcomes and Mastery Standards connected to the item, as well as a difficulty level. Giving Students Ownership.

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Learning Education Students Quizzes 271

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I recall one student who would wait until the night of the assignment deadline to dive into their schoolwork. All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. Don’t wait for an assignment notification to get started.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

This methodologically sophisticated research builds on the fact that Denver and New York City both assign students to schools in ways that allow the researchers to mimic the conditions of a randomized trial. In these districts, students can opt for any school in the district, but some schools are oversubscribed.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 243

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

This is perhaps the greatest misconception about my goals as a teacher coach and, after speaking with colleagues in similar roles at schools around the country, I know I’m not the only one who wants to debunk this assumption. The most common example of essay assignments as summative assessment is an analysis of literature in English class.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself).

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 336

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. But if you’re teaching creative writing in a K–12 classroom or a community college, at the end of the day you’re most likely required to stamp a letter grade—or at least a percentage score—on your students’ work.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

However, not everyone feels the same about the famous (or in some people’s opinion, infamous) writing style guide, which is over 50 years old. Writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2009, Geoffrey K. Though she still doesn’t assign it as required reading, Blanton-Stroud refers to parts of Strunk and White in her teaching.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2025

Teachers can assign different scenarios, allowing students to test hypotheses and analyze their results, promoting inquiry-based learning. Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments? A physics teacher covering Newtons Laws can assign Khan Academys AI-driven exercises.

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High School High School Science Textbooks 196

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Is someone coaching you or advising you? The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. Communicate major assignments and assessments in advance and give students opportunities to plan their time and effort. This establishes a baseline of each students writing style, vocabulary, and skills.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” Coach is going to be both reactive and proactive for learners. Yet for support with more complex assignments, Garg wants a professor to step in. It creates a cadence.

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Coaching Lecturing Motivation Assignments 196

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 4, 2024

My newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom , Dr. Novak and I highlight the myriad benefits of writing across the curriculum and want to support all teachers in moving writing into the classroom, where it can deepen learning and help students develop as expert learners. Math is no different! How did you learn these things?

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Math Metacognitive Skills Writing Activities 198

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

If a college baseball coach wants to improve the hitting average of his team, what should he do in batting practice? By assigning units in Khan Academy that we had already covered prior to the closing of our school, I’m incorporating many of the research-based practices discussed here. My answer is yes, I believe so.

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Math Coaching Testing Assignments 216

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. In her research, she found a noteworthy amount of attention paid to coaching mentors, but an absence of training provided to mentees. in my living room.

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Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2015

Why principals and teachers on special assignment are key factors in the success of a video-based program. in education, is an Instructional Coach in Mathematics and a Professional Development Leader for Upland Unified School District. What a district-wide video-based professional learning program looks like at all levels.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

To support their professional growth, teachers will also have continued access to the AI Coach platform , which enables them to watch and reflect on videos of their classroom instruction, set professional goals, and receive personalized observation tips, coaching, and resources from a virtual, computerized AI coach.

Schools 338

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Our writing team have put their heart and soul into making it as engaging and as cutting edge as we can get it. BIOZONE’s resources are available in both print and digital formats: Digital version: allows teachers to assign and mark lessons remotely. We intend to publish a new edition every 2 years to keep it that way.

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Science Exams Coaching Writing 146

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2021

Students pay tuition to the colleges, which then share revenue with the nonprofits, which use the funds to pay for services that students access in person, including coaching, career advising and assistance with basic needs, such as meals and child care.

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Essay Coaching Study Accessibility 200

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When [AI-assisted text generators] came out, I had my kids exploring it and writing stories. They found [AI-assisted text generators] could give inspiration and ideas and motivate them to write. Taylor: The head coach and I were familiar with Homecourt. The AI tool is a basketball coaching tool showing the shot angle.

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Education Learning Intelligence Coaching 198

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

These can be taught individually (through coaching or mentoring), in small groups (of at least five), as school PD, or through select colleges for grad school credit. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Teach Writing with Tech. Certificate.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve spent two decades as a literacy specialist coaching teachers and providing professional development and I’ve seen a lot of transition in the field. Currently, I coach teachers across 18 K-12 schools in the Campbell Kapolei Complex Area in Ewa Beach and Kapolei Hawaii. I had questions and I wanted to know more.

Education 212

Education Middle School Middle School Coaching 212

Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

Keep the Conversation Going Depending on the needs or dynamics of the class, teachers may also want to assign a “conversation captain” for each group. Teachers can facilitate this metacognitive practice by having students reflect in writing or using a Google Form like the one pictured below.

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