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5 classroom management strategies to try this year

eSchool News

Here are five classroom management strategies to help educators regain control of their classrooms: . Getting to know each student individually will enable teachers to better evaluate the nature of the problem behavior when it occurs and respond appropriately. Understanding students .

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A Teacher’s Best Evaluator

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s always a challenge to evaluate teachers. But Christian Miraglia, Education Consultant and part of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew, suggests asking students to evaluate the teacher. Here’s how that would work: A Teacher’s Best Evaluator. So I was prompted to think about teacher evaluations and their effectiveness.

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Don’t Ignore Teachers in Evaluation Studies of Education Technology

Edsurge

At the same time, my experience doing research in an urban district suggests that education technology evaluations need to go beyond this focus if they are to be most useful. The Basic Issue: Personalizing vs. Plugging-In A basic issue in any program evaluation is to define the program.

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Beyond grades: Helping families support students academically

eSchool News

We have an opportunity to evaluate and re-think what weve always done and consider how to effectively and frequently engage families about student progress. Academic achievement and behavior must be evaluated separately and communicated distinctly. Evaluate what platforms and tools your schools currently use.

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Social-Emotional Learning Part III: Responsible Decision Making

Catlin Tucker

Think about and evaluate the consequences of a particular choice or decision. To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions?

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Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education

Catlin Tucker

A pivotal component of this re-evaluation is acknowledging the critical role of technology, student agency, and small-group instruction in addressing and honoring learner variability. Both of these perceived benefits are important to acknowledge and explore. Yes, designing a single experience for the entire class is absolutely easier.

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Privacy and data protection are driving edtech adoption trends

eSchool News

Demands for easy-to-find and easy-to-understand standards Encompassing the expansion of edtech safety and security evaluation is a growing preference for transparency and clarity from vendors. Each measure contributes to the layers needed to protect students and the school.