Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Teacher 2: Review and Targeted Support – Homework Review and Intervention Note: Teacher 2 reinforces and builds on prior knowledge by reviewing homework and providing targeted instruction, ensuring students understand the content before moving on to new material.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Seventy percent of high school juniors and seniors believe AI-powered tools, including ChatGPT, can be a resource in brainstorming ideas for their college essays or short answer responses. AI-powered tools can help students brainstorm ideas for a college essay. ” Please review the complete survey findings at [link].

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Essay Exams Testing Reading 287

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

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. Think of SAT requiring essay writing or IELTS and TOEFL measuring writing abilities. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

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Writing Skills Essay Language 286

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Although this allowed students to access knowledge, they weren’t empowered to become learners and make choices for themselves. Ten to fifteen years ago, the whole class would read The Old Man and the Sea, analyze how Santiago develops over the course of the text, and write an essay.

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Disabilities Universal Design Essay Beliefs 280

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.

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Essay Plagiarism Writing Ethics 98

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

The thought of asking students to take tests to show their knowledge had never crossed my mind. My students create videos, interactive timelines, 3D models, animations, tutorials, websites, wikis, blogs, interactive images, digital stories, podcasts, screencasts, presentations, mindmaps, and collaborative essays, to name a few examples.

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Testing Essay Knowledge Discussions 279

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. 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.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Differentiating the content, or how students access knowledge, understanding, and skills. writing an essay, completing a multimedia project, tackling a performance task). There are three main ways to approach differentiation. For example, teachers may provide students with multiple ways to engage with content (e.g.,

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 544

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Students often demonstrate their learning through written explanations in the forms of short answer questions and essays. This shift has the potential to make assessments more engaging and more reflective of real-world skills and knowledge application. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 339

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Software is great for generating immediate, automated feedback on students’ mastery of basic knowledge and skills. Consider, for example, essay grading. Technology can’t … provide higher-order feedback. But higher-order feedback falls outside its purview.

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Essay Feedback Intelligence Coaching 274

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

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. Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. Related: 4 things you should know about digital portfolios.

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Essay Failure Writing Students 204

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Whether notes are hand-written or digital, this AI-powered solution gets users ready to study in mere seconds, saving valuable time that was previously used manually building studying tools, and helping students extend their knowledge with outlines, sample essay topics and related course materials.

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Essay Study Intelligence Testing 246

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. Each student progresses differently based on prior knowledge, learning preferences, and exposure to the language.

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Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

When students began using Microsoft Word and Google Docs to draft their essays years ago, the spelling and grammar checking software automatically pointed out or corrected common mistakes. These are legitimate concerns, and educators must embrace a new wave of change with these new AI tools available.

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Essay Education Textbooks Writing 241

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s just more complex and time consuming, he says, to gauge how much a student has learned about, say, how to weigh two competing views of a historical event in an essay assignment. It might seem counterintuitive that the same technology threatening to hinder student learning might be used to boost it.

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Essay Social Studies Education Critical Thinking 199

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With school libraries beginning to function as digital media centers, these tools enable students to explore new modes of thought and include: Planning, drafting and executing podcasts or audio essays. Access to audiobooks and online tutorials. Online or in-person tutorials on how to use video-, audio- or photo-editing software.

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Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 358

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2023

The state of California provided the district with an A-G Completion Improvement Grant , which allows districts to purchase resources students need to improve their knowledge.

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Essay Schools High School High School 250

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

AI can help students write stronger essays, solve tricky math problems, and even manage their stress levels, all while giving TAs more time to focus on what matters most–building meaningful connections with students. Goblin Tools is a set of single-focus tools providing for the needs of neurodivergent students.

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Teaching Assistants Teaching Quizzes Intelligence 301

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).

Ethics 339

Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 339

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. “We are sounding the alarm on the declining civic knowledge among our nation’s youth,” said Carolyn Cawley president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 265

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

For instance, after subscribing to a service called EssaySoft, you can tell its essay generator to write a paper on, say, “symbolism in the great Gatsby” (or whatever you need for class). Oh, and if you don’t like it, just click “re-generate” and get a new bot-written essay. They can just have the essay generator do it.”

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Essay Lecturing 194

eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2016

What does it mean to truly apply classroom knowledge? Years ago, application meant a comprehensive exam or essay. Over the course of a nine-week project, students would use knowledge from all four teachers to finish their multifaceted, cross-curricular projects. The ‘Big Picture’.

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STEM Essay Teachers Exams 189

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 14(1). Within this rapidly changing landscape, teachers have taken on a role much different from how we have historically been viewed. Industry and Higher Education , 30 (3), 215223. link] Dorland, A. 2016, May 25).

Failure 306

Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 306

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2015

For years, he would have his students demonstrate their understanding of the great industrial philosophers by writing a comparative essay. Next page: How YouTube helped a shy student thrive — and score a hit video).

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Technology Essay Teachers Social Studies 185

eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The around-the-clock access to high-impact tutoring through TutorMe ensures each one of our students receives the personalized support they need to build their confidence and knowledge in reading, math, and other subjects—no matter their personal schedules or transportation situations.”.

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Essay Schools Achievement Learning Outcomes 245

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

As a case in point, Project Topeka featured an automated essay scoring tool that provided grades 6–8 students with individualized line-level feedback on argumentative essays responding to six different prompts. Proficient definition—“The essay introduces a clear claim based on the topic or text(s). See Exhibit 1.)

Writing 148

Writing Essay Teachers Feedback 148

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

How to learn : Give students a voice in their courses by letting them choose how to learn about a topic and/or demonstrate their knowledge. They might write an essay, compile a slideshow presentation, or create a video, for instance. Choice in product lets students decide how to show what they’ve learned.

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Students Motivation Achievement Assignments 348

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For example, a high school student exploring topics related to climate change could navigate to an interesting article about the pros and cons of Daylight-Saving Time that leads them to write a persuasive essay arguing for a nationwide Sunshine Protection Act.

Peer Review 278

Peer Review Essay Skills Critical Thinking 278

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2020

By taking our engaging STEM courses this summer, students will not only acquire foundational knowledge but also be positioned to excel next school year. SAT Prep—This course will cover in-depth what students need to know for the math, reading, writing, and essay portions of the SAT, including test-taking techniques and practice problems.

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High School High School STEM Laboratory 246

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2015

The thought of asking students to take tests to show their knowledge had never crossed my mind. My students create videos, interactive timelines, 3D models, animations, tutorials, websites, wikis, blogs, interactive images, digital stories, podcasts, screencasts, presentations, mindmaps, and collaborative essays, to name a few examples.

Testing 186

Testing Essay Knowledge Discussions 186

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Thinking Nation , for instance, a nonprofit dedicated to improving social studies education, recently switched from paying educators to grade essays based on a rubric to an AI chatbot. The chatbot is getting trained on the same rubric to instantly give students feedback on their ability to critically evaluate historical text.

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Education Testing Feedback English 303

eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2015

Both were focused on enhancing the learning and knowledge that their textbooks covered, and also on making their curriculums better and more engaging. We want to go beyond just brainstorming, picking an idea, doing an outline, and writing the 5-paragraph essay,” says Morris. That’s not the way professionals write.

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English Course Outline Middle School Middle School 279

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

As the person in this role, I work hand-in-hand with our schools and teachers to ensure they have the tools and knowledge they need to recognize and address social-emotional concerns, apply SEL in their daily activities and support our overall efforts to enrich our school community. This same approach would work in other classes as well.

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Teaching English Students History 300

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2024

What does it mean for learners to trade off the zone of proximal development for ease of access to the creation of knowledge?” Perhaps we can say that the computer person values information, not knowledge, certainly not wisdom.” Heath posed a question that I can’t seem to shake. What does it mean for work to be done so quickly?

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Teachers Essay Writing Culture 218

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Performance tasks require students to apply their knowledge, such as through an essay, performance, work of art, exhibition, and so forth. This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog , and is reposted here with permission. 4, 2020, [link].

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Quizzes Textbooks Testing Essay 266

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2023

Fiction, essays, science. Essays convey the author’s thoughts and analysis of a particular topic. L iterature’s I mpact on S tudents Moral development and self-improvement Books are not only a source of knowledge. Each essay or novel has a specific style and language of the author. It can be different.

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Essay Ethics Critical Thinking Intelligence 29

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2024

These consultants offer college search assistance, test preparation, essay editing, application submission, and interview preparations. By leveraging insider knowledge and experience, they help students stand out and convince the selection board that they deserve a spot. Some may have worked directly in college admissions offices.

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Essay Knowledge Testing Intelligence 157