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3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

Catlin Tucker

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools teachers have in their “teaching toolbelts” for guiding learners toward mastery. Without feedback, students do not have a clear sense of what they are doing well, what they need to focus on, and what they can do to improve.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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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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Bite-Size Learning, Big Results: Why Microlearning is the Future of Education

k12 Digest

This fundamental truth about human cognition has finally found its perfect technological match in the form of microlearning. As we witness the rapid evolution of educational technology, the convergence of bite-sized learning modules with intelligent virtual tutors is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalised education.

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How a Feedback Tool Improves Both Instruction and Student Outcomes for This Math Teacher

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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. Before, feedback and grading were limited and not very helpful.

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Why Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever

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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.

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Students Want More Workplace Skills From Colleges. Will Higher Ed Adjust?

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Re-bundling Higher Education ” noted that today’s students are very much focused on the tangible — specifically, maximizing future career outcomes and earnings potential and building durable, technical skill sets. The survey found that 81 percent of students want skills they’ll use in the working world after college.

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What is an Educational Technology Tool?

eSchool News

As technology advances, K-12 education embraces these transformative tools to prepare students for a rapidly evolving, technology-driven world, ensuring a more interactive, efficient, and inclusive educational landscape. What is an educational technology tool? What is educational technology in the classroom?