Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

For the last two years, I’ve been increasingly frustrated with the traditional approach to assessing students and reporting grades. I want my students to value learning, not the accumulation of points. In the past, students received points for almost every activity they completed in class. Redesigning My Gradebook.

Grades 420

Grades Essay Assignments Skills 420

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2024

Is using AI in your essay writing unethical and a potential reason your teacher may debate your work’s authenticity? This is the same concern that has been posed about essay writing services and the people who use them. However, boundaries become murkier when it comes to AI and its role in writing essays.

Essay 183

Essay Ethics Plagiarism Writing 183

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

We also stress the importance of providing students with flexible means. All students can make progress toward firm goals, but they may need to take different paths to get there. Some students will move more slowly and benefit from additional support, scaffolds, and signage to get to the desired destination.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 521

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

I encouraged teachers to stop taking grading home for two simple reasons: Grading in isolation robs us of the opportunity to have conversations with students as we assess their work and, ultimately, makes feedback one-sided and less effective. I work in a 90-minute block schedule so I can move my students through four 20 minute stations.

Grades 420

Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

Time management is a constant struggle for teachers since they spend most of their days working directly with students. Planning is critical to creating meaningful learning opportunities for students. Amy is a Google certified educator adept at designing engaging, student-centered digital curriculum and learning opportunities.

Essay 545

Essay Assignments Writing Middle School 545

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Key points: ChatGPT is here to stay, and it’s wise to now consider it a part of learning In fact, every assignment moving forward must be graded with ChatGPT in mind See related article: How educators can navigate AI-driven plagiarism You may have heard of ChatGPT. Let students grade each other’s contributions?

Essay 337

Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 337

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?

Assignments 167

Assignments Grades Feedback Evaluation 167

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Our school is a five-year program that works to create first-generation college students. North Carolina is a leading state in the number of “early colleges,” which allow students to earn a college degree with their high school diploma. I always work to make my lessons both informative and accessible for each kid.

Students 339

Students History Essay High School 339

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them? AI’s influence in essay writing is growing, highlighting both advantages and significant issues.

Writing 187

Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But there are some strategies that have proven to be more effective than others in helping all students succeed. One of the most basic, yet effective, strategies is giving students choice and agency over their learning. The benefits of student agency Students are more engaged and motivated.

Students 348

Students Motivation Achievement Assignments 348

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. Then as grade reporting approaches, I sit down with every single student for a grade interview.

Grades 419

Grades Essay Exams English 419

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. ESL students won’t be able to succeed at school or college if they can’t use the language well enough: Their grades and overall subject knowledge will suffer.

Writing 286

Writing Skills Essay Languages 286

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI encourages cheating A common fear is that students will use AI to bypass learning. While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools. Misconceptions about AI in education 1.

Ethics 332

Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 332

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free.

Essay 145

Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 145

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 29, 2024

From the three-paragraph essay to one that lives up to the purpose of essays is a big leap both scholastically and skills-wise. Here, we delve into practical tips and strategies to transform your writing from good to great, ensuring your essays are clear, compelling, and academically rigorous.

Essay 159

Essay Writing Skills Plagiarism 159

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2021

It sounds at first like a typical assignment for a high school English class. Students at Belmont Hill School are asked to think of someone they encounter in their daily lives who might need a financial boost and record a short video essay about them and why they’re important in their lives.

Assignments 165

Assignments Essay Students English 165

eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

million students on the Paper platform just in time for the 2022-2023 school year. Over the last several months, Paper worked with students and other stakeholder focus groups to understand how to improve its ESS and find better methods to engage with today’s students and their preferred ways to interact and learn.

Essay 258

Essay Feedback Math Assignments 258

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Station Rotation Model is particularly popular because teachers do not need a device for every student to make it work. Instead, students rotate between offline and online stations. Begin your station with a challenge or problem and allow pairs of students to work together to solve it. 1 Hook the Group.

Teachers 420

Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

Nothing has informed my teaching practice as much as serving as a writing tutor for high school and college students. It has been sobering to see, through their eyes, how unclear our assignments can sometimes be. I frequently find myself just as perplexed as the student I’m trying to help. On to the second essay option.

Assignments 119

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Writing an essay paper like a pro needs specific critical skills. Keep reading to enhance your ability to curate a unique essay paper. We are talking about essay writing, which you find a daunting task. Writing an essay is mostly difficult for students as they need to rely on their research and writing abilities.

Essay 155

Essay Writing Skills Discussions 155

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

The first and second blogs in this series focused on providing meaningful choices when students are acquiring information and making meaning. series, we will explore how we can provide students with choices that enable them to transfer and apply their learning effectively. In this third and final installment of our “Would You Rather?”

History 382

History Art Essay Physical Education 382

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Key points: It is critical to monitor AI systems for bias and impact on student groups AI use guide helps students navigate AI in learning AI’s transformative role in accessibility For more news on AI and bias, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In the quickly evolving landscape of AI, education stands at the forefront.

Motivation 332

Motivation Essay Learning Beliefs 332

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

I often think about how our students’ futures would be different if more teachers were able to have such a connection with individual students, like I had with Ms. Windsor puts a premium on SEL, hiring dedicated resources to support students and teachers, and transforming the educational experience with data.

Teaching 300

Teaching English Students History 300

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

Nothing has informed my teaching practice as much as serving as a writing tutor for high school and college students. It has been sobering to see, through their eyes, how unclear our assignments can sometimes be. I frequently find myself just as perplexed as the student I’m trying to help. On to the second essay option.

Assignments 111

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 111

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. The M-Write program started in 2015 as a way to give more writing feedback to students by enlisting other students to serve as peer mentors to help with revisions.

Essay 138

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 138

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Providing substantive comments on stacks of student essays, however, is highly time-consuming for busy teachers. As a result, teachers can be reluctant to assign many essays that require students to produce multiple drafts or provide extensive comments on early drafts of students’ writing.

Evaluation 274

Evaluation Writing Essay Teachers 274

eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Every month, my Advanced English teacher, Mr. Johnson, assigned our class one of the classics of English literature and expected us to demonstrate what we had learned with an accompanying essay. Consequently, I found myself in a pressure cooker each month, drafting essays in the final days and hours before they were due.

Writing 300

Writing Failure Essay English 300

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

It is a rural district that serves over 2,000 students on five campuses; 77 percent of the student body qualifies for free/reduced lunch. Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level.

Essay 204

Essay Failure Writing Students 204

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, students engaged in cheating well before tools like ChatGPT became household names. However, students engaged in cheating well before tools like ChatGPT became household names. According to a survey , as many as 58 percent of high school students have plagiarized work, and 95 percent admitted to some form of cheating.

Plagiarism 331

Plagiarism Education Assignments Essay 331

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

While both can be true, it is up to educators to create classroom conditions for students to use ChatGPT and other AI tools in a responsible way. Educators can draw on their long practice of nurturing student agency and authentic engagement, as they have always done. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. Secret 2: Student expertise.

Teaching 344

Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 344

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al.,

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2017

But that creates a dilemma for the teachers tasked with helping students improve their writing skills: How can they build more opportunities into the curriculum for students to practice writing, while still giving students both timely and meaningful feedback? Revision Assistant isn’t just essay grading software.

Writing 191

Writing Technology Essay Feedback 191

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 12, 2025

Anecdotal data indicates 5-15% of students use these services, just don’t tell their teachers or parents. Thats why students look for ways to make the process easier, and one of the smartest moves is using a term paper writing service. Seeing how thats done makes a huge difference in how students approach their own writing.

Assignments 134

Assignments Writing Essay Critical Thinking 134

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.

Teachers 481

Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

They could be implemented at the institutional level, but instructors should be given the opportunity to determine the level of generative AI tool use at the course or even the assignment level. In other courses, I restrict the use of generative AI tools to particular uses for specific assignments.

Ethics 321

Ethics Instructors Education Academic Integrity 321

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

Instead of returning to the “normal,” pre-pandemic version of school, I propose that school, district, and classroom leaders take this opportunity to shape a new system—one that’s effective for every student. The goal of this system is deceptively simple: make education work for as many students as possible.

Universal Design 286

Universal Design Essay Textbooks Learning 286

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators an infinite number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning. It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. Do your students feel safe to build?

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Curriculum Failure Essay Art 300