eSchool News

JULY 6, 2020

When we were just a couple weeks into distance learning, I started to really miss writing workshop time. I became determined to find a way to bring the feel of writing workshop into the homes of my kindergartners. As a result, I have been creating and recording writing lesson videos for my students. Is it perfect? Far from it.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Ninth-grade English was a paradox for me—both the best and worst year for helping me learn to write. 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.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap. How does using rubrics benefit students?

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Revising in response to formative feedback is a cornerstone of effective writing instruction. 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.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2023

A whopping 97 percent of respondents in a recent survey say they ‘frequently’ or ‘sometimes’ use ChatGPT to write lesson plans. Likewise, 93 percent of teachers say they use the AI platform to grade and provide feedback for students, 91 percent say to write emails, and 89 percent say to write letters of recommendation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

. – Starting tomorrow, Turnitin – a leading provider of academic integrity solutions globally – will activate its AI writing detection capabilities. The technology identifies the use of AI writing tools including ChatGPT, with 98 percent confidence, enabling educators to analyze and review the authenticity of academic work.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

You can allow them to write an argumentative essay, 2) prepare and engage in a live debate with a classmate, or 3) record an argumentative speech. Instead of assigning all students a single subject or issue to focus on for their argument, you can provide a list of topics and encourage students to select one of interest.

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Blended Learning Essay Feedback Writing 520

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. They use complex 5 or 10 point rubrics and assess every aspect of an assignment.

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Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As I’ve said in previous blog posts, teaching in a concurrent classroom is the most challenging teaching assignment I can imagine. The teacher can use the teacher-led station for various tasks, including differentiated instruction, real-time feedback, interactive modeling sessions, or guided practice and application.

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Evaluation Feedback Writing Assignments 546

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

When I was in college, I started writing a holiday newsletter to include with my Christmas cards. As I began to write, I realized that 2020 for me was a year of extremes. Do they feel the work assigned is interesting, engaging, and relevant? 4 Ask students for feedback. If not, what would they enjoy learning?

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Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!), Instead of the teacher being the only source of information, support, or feedback, students develop the skills necessary to be resources for one another. If not, can you modify your design to create more balance?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

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. I’ve built project playlists, close-reading playlists, and writing playlists.

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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. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. Sure, the skills of writing may have been practiced, but so what? To what end?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or skills. Formative Assessment Strategies There are different categories of formative assessment, including observational assessments, checks for understanding, and formative feedback.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 25, 2017

In my last blog post titled, “ Stop Taking Grading Home ,” I explained how I use the Station Rotation Model to provide students with real-time feedback as they work instead of taking grading home. I had one teacher ask me what I do when a student arrives at my teacher-led station and has not done the work required.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 29, 2016

I believed that team teaching and sharing the same population of students in a shared space would allow us to make important cross-curricular connections, delve into more meaningful project-based learning, and provide more individualized support and feedback. Marika and I use Google Classroom to assign and manage our students’ work.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2014

This is an ideal space to post announcements, allow students to ask questions, and encourage students to have discussions about assignments. Part of our class assignment was to complete reading in Fahrenheit 451. Record a quick video explaining a concept, introducing vocabulary or describing an assignment or project.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years , and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. Writing doesn’t have that much meaning without a human audience.

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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.

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Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 29, 2016

I typically design a One Stop Differentiated Station Rotation Lesson if we are focusing on a specific skill, like reading, writing or grammar, where there is a large degree of variation in the skills or abilities within a single class. Then the task I assign with each reading is also different.

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Blended Learning Assignments Writing Feedback 406

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In a previous post, I described how blended learning models could make this challenging teaching assignment more manageable ; however, that post assumes that teachers are familiar with blended learning. Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. ” Exit Ticket.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

produce a piece of writing, record a video explanation, create a flowchart or concept map, design a multimedia slide deck). They can use Google Classroom to create an assignment and “make a copy” for each student. Below is a quick video tutorial walking you through the parts of this choice board.

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Learning Assignments Universal Design Feedback 546

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work. These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback.

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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

MARCH 11, 2018

After hours of grading and providing thoughtful feedback, there is little incentive for students to revise or improve that piece of writing. In a classroom where the student does the work, that same assignment could have a dramatically different outcome. It’s no mystery why this approach is so draining and frustrating.

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Blended Learning Learning Students Feedback 419

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2025

How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2023

Since the public release of ChatGPT took the world by storm last fall, many educators have worried about students using the highly advanced, artificially intelligent chatbot for cheating on school assignments by passing off AI-generated work as their own.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Unlike text-based online spaces, which may be more challenging for younger learners or students who struggle to articulate their ideas in writing, FlipGrid allows students to share their ideas in a video recording. Engagement is a complex puzzle composed of many pieces, including interest, agency, access, relationships, feedback, etc.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Some teachers do not assign homework. Despite these potential pitfalls, flipped instruction retains its value even when videos are not assigned for homework. This encourages brainstorming and prediction.

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Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 431

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

instruction, scaffolds, practice, assignments). Teachers can create a playlist around a unit of study, a formal writing assignment, or a project. Pulls feedback and assessment into the classroom or synchronous virtual sessions. Spend time working directly with small groups of students. Differentiate learning (e.g.,

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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. It did not always go smoothly.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Teachers should ensure students are using AI as a thought partner and for instant feedback, not simply to obtain answers to questions. Guiding questions for an AI-infused classroom include: How do we inspire students to value authentic expression in an era where AI often does the writing for them?

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Ethics Feedback Evaluation Assignments 337

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. I’ve structured the grade interviews so they mirror our argumentative writing process.

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This has been accompanied by a growing demand for educators to provide quality feedback in a timely manner. Krystina Wood As a 13-year veteran at Toledo High School in Toledo, Washington, Wood was looking for a way to improve her feedback loop with students. I wasn’t seeing everything and wasn’t giving feedback on all of their work.

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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. Maybe the student skipped class or doesn’t have all the material handed out with the assignment.

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