Feedback, Knowledge and Teachers

Class Companion: Instant AI Coaching and Feedback

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2024

Feedback is critical for helping students enhance their conceptual knowledge and skills. Despite its value, with the time constraints and the large number of students in classrooms, providing focused, actionable, and timely feedback often feels unattainable. It avoids language that might confuse learners.

Feedback

Feedback Coaching Assignments Motivation

Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

Science

Science Education Motivation Lecturing

3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

I’ve trained many teachers who use choice boards and ask, “What’s the difference between a choice board and a playlist?” Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced. The focus is on the teacher covering content and moving students through lessons on a strict timeline.

Teachers

Teachers Art Feedback Writing

One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day.

Culture

Culture Feedback Language Languages

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

k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

Knowledge grows in bits. The implications stretch far beyond convenience or novelty- they represent a fundamental shift in how knowledge transfers from source to student. Unlike traditional educational models, where feedback loops stretch across days or weeks, virtual tutors close these loops in seconds.

Education

Education Learning Knowledge Feedback

Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

I have heard teachers use these terms interchangeably, yet there is a distinct difference between these the playlist model and choice boards. The goal of a playlist is to move students from point A (where they currently are in relation to content knowledge, skills, or a multi-step project or process) to point B (firm learning goals).

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Knowledge

Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Why should teachers use rubrics to assess student work? Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair.

Fairness

Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Teachers may want to explore using a choice board or hyperdoc format to present information in multiple modalities. For example, teachers can provide students with the option to read a digital text, listen to a podcast or audio recording, watch a video, or engage with an infographic/visual information on a topic. YourChoiceMedia.

Universal Design

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Why agentic AI matters now more than ever

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Feedback loops Built to correct errors, not guide growth. Static knowledge bases Easy to search but often outdated or contextually off. retrieval, planning, feedback, sentiment) Enterprise systems layer Connects with existing infrastructure: SIS, LMS, content repositories, analytics systems This isnt futuristic.

Ethics

Ethics Intelligence Feedback Questions

Formative Assessment: Collecting Data & Designing Differentiated Learning Experiences in Class or Online

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

The more physical distance between the teacher and the learner, the more challenging it is to collect formative assessment data consistently. The aspect of teaching that is hard to replicate in the online environment is the teachers’ ability to collect informal data by merely listening and observing.

Learning

Learning Knowledge Writing Discussions

The clock is ticking: Why standardized schedules don’t work for learning

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

Ask any teacher, and they will tell you that the pace of learning is not universal. Teachers, caught in the middle, are forced to move on to the next lesson, even when the students in front of them have not fully mastered the last one. Some students grasp algebra in days, while others may need weeks.

Learning

Learning Art Fairness Critical Thinking

4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field would be things like vast scientific knowledge or a laser-like attention to detail. I especially like using it for collaborative timelines, maps, and peer feedback. Ive wondered about this myself on a few occasions.

STEM

STEM Students Feedback Knowledge

9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Technology’s effect on teachers Individuals who struggled to use technology have argued that the incorporation of too much technology is one of the reasons for teacher burnout. Fear of technology influences a teacher’s thinking, perhaps thinking that many students have more knowledge of the technology.

Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning Gamification Teachers Teaching Methods

Study: AI detection software varies in effectiveness

eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

In phase three, they used a paraphrased version of content created by GPT-4o, similar to how many students might try to fool their teacher by paraphrasing the work of an AI generator. The researchers recruited five people who were experts at using generative AI and also in analyzing language, such as teachers, writers, and editors.

Study

Study Language Languages Writing

AI and teacher burnout: Can technology really help?

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Teachers are facing ever-growing demands: providing high-quality lessons, attending to individual student needs, and managing administrative loads that stretch their time and energy to the limit. Despite their dedication, many teachers are at risk of leaving a profession they love simply because they are exhausted and unsupported.

Teachers

Teachers Technology Ethics Classroom Management

Can AI help reduce math anxiety?

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

Math

Math Participation Feedback High School

Back to Basics: Lesson Planning for the Concurrent Classroom

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

When I work with schools that have already adopted the UDL framework, they immediately recognize how blended learning can help teachers to implement many of the principles of UDL more effectively. Teachers can use blended learning to create the time and space necessary for students to: Set personal, academic, and behavioral goals.

Universal Design

Universal Design Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning

Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

How do teachers feel about their work? What factors cause teachers to feel fulfilled by this work? Emotional engagement encompasses a teachers’ feelings about, degree of dedication to, and emotional response to their work (Perera, Vosicka, Granziera & McIlveen, 2018; Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013).

Teachers

Teachers Blended Learning Classroom Management Discussions

Thinking outside the classroom: Creative strategies to combat the teacher shortage

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2024

Key points: Solutions to the teacher shortage will require innovative thinking and new practices How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color? Local industry professionals are a powerful resource pool of work-based knowledge and skills, but require varying levels of preparation before teaching a class.

Teachers

Teachers Culture Special Education Interactive Teaching

Investing in mentorship can help the teacher retention crisis

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

If structured and designed well, a mentorship program can help early childhood educators grow and develop in their current careers by gaining new insights, knowledge, and skills from a more experienced colleague. One of our programs supported new teachers learning how to teach English as a second language.

Teachers

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Why Sending Students Home with Writing Assignments Might Not Be The Best Idea

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. Feedback is pivotal as students navigate the complexities of learning how to write for a particular purpose or audience.

Assignments

Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation

Coaching is Critical to the Success of a Shift to Blended learning

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As I work with leadership teams, many are struggling to engage their teachers in professional learning this year. Unfortunately, substitute teacher shortages combined with teacher fatigue are presenting challenges when it comes to offering and engaging teachers in professional learning.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Coaching Learning Feedback

Here’s what birdwatching taught me about classroom management

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Teachers often seem to have eyes in the back of their heads. Teachers sometimes call it radar , and we use it every day. Thirteen years in, I credit this radar with much of my success as a teacher. I lost sight, specifically, of how teachers develop the radar necessary for classroom management. But its not instinctual.

Classroom Management

Classroom Management Coaching Feedback Skills

Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

Science

Science Education Motivation Lecturing

Grading Less in a District that Requires a Minimum Number of Grades

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2019

I encourage teachers to think about the purpose of the work students are doing and evaluate whether it makes sense for them to invest their time and energy grading that work. It’s not realistic to expect that teachers will grade the majority of the work their students produce. For what purpose?

Grades

Grades Assignments Evaluation Coaching

Growing communicative, knowledge-building composers: A focus on process

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Just like a conductor brings together different instruments and dynamics to create a cinematic score or a symphony, teachers help students use digital tools and the multimodal resources they offer to communicate meaningful messages effectively. These are skills theyll use for life, and theyre already part of many state and national standards.

Communication

Communication Knowledge Writing Discussions

Using AI in Service of Strong Pedagogical Practice

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Scrolling through Instagram or TikTok, I see endless videos of teachers sharing AI-powered tools. One of the biggest hurdles I encountered working with teachers using the whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model was their lack of time to design. That is the same concern I have now.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Knowledge Feedback Universal Design

How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities? One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities.

Feedback

Feedback Motivation Evaluation Education

Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. Teacher 1: Provides targeted instruction tailored to each group’s needs, abilities, and skill levels.

Teaching

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions

What data is necessary to help students succeed?

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce. This balance becomes harder to strike as more topics are presented.

Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History

Hands-on learning will help Gen Alpha reach new levels of technical innovation

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

It’s hard to wrap our heads around the immense knowledge that future generations will possess. Generation Alpha will likely be the most technically innovative generation in history, but what will they do with that knowledge? When teachers have access to nontraditional curriculum, students benefit immensely.

History

History Feedback Art Learning

New McGraw Hill Assessment Solution Helps Teachers Support Students Who Have Fallen Behind Following COVID-19 Disruptions

eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

As teachers prepare for classes to resume this fall, McGraw Hill today announced the launch of McGraw Hill Rise , a new reading and math supplement with embedded assessment and personalization to help educators identify and address individual learning gaps for each student.

Teachers

Teachers Math Knowledge Students

Beyond Homework: The Evolution of the Flipped Classroom

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

This method, however, may inadvertently create myriad barriers for students with hearing impairments, memory challenges, attention deficit disorders, insufficient background knowledge, or who lack familiarity with subject-specific or academic vocabulary. Some teachers do not assign homework.

Lecturing

Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing

2024: The year of generative AI

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Key points: Gen AI is a game changer for all industries due to its ability to produce original outputs Don’t miss out–stay up to date on AI in Education Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? Video production : AI can produce videos, making multiple means of representation possible for a teacher to provide learners.

Metacognitive Skills

Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation

Need Inspiration Designing Station Rotation Lessons for your Math, English, History, or Science Class?

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2021

As teachers navigate online learning, hybrid schedules, or the demands of the concurrent classroom, I’ve recommended the station rotation model. I know this recommendation may seem odd given that most teachers are not in classrooms daily with students, or if they are, there are strict social distancing protocols in place.

History

History English Math Science

MDM solutions and gamification make perfect interactive learning partners

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

Gamification helps students retain acquired knowledge. In fact, applying gamification to the learning process can increase knowledge retention by up to 40 percent. Instant Feedback Instant feedback reinforces learning by keeping students continuously engaged. It also helps students enhance teamwork and collaboration.

Gamification

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How AI tutoring personalizes learning for students

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

Parents, teachers, and students should know the potential dangers of using AI online. Targeted assistance and adaptive feedback AI tutoring systems do an excellent job of delivering customizable support and feedback that align with student patterns in need. It can provide more examples and problems until the student succeeds.

Learning Styles

Learning Styles Learning Students Gamification

WeVideo Releases WeVideo Classroom for Educational Multimedia Creation

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

Developed in response to evolving education demands during an unprecedented year, WeVideo Classroom makes it easy for teachers to incorporate multimedia creation into more enriching daily lessons, further helping students to think critically, collaborate, and gain a deeper understanding of knowledge. WeVideo has done it again!

Hybrid Learning

Hybrid Learning Education Knowledge Assignments

New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

Laboratory

Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School

Enhancing learning through AI and human educators

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

In exploring the pros and cons of AI instruction versus human educator instruction, a hybrid model emerges that leverages the strengths of both to maximize learning and knowledge retention. They excel at motivating students, managing classroom dynamics, and offering personalized feedback based on nuanced observations.

Ethics

Ethics Education Learning Quizzes

AI’s role in the future of learning

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2024

It enhances learning experiences with tailored learning paths and immediate feedback, improves accessibility and inclusivity through assistive and adaptive technologies and language translation, and boosts efficiency and administrative support by automating routine tasks and improving data management.

Ethics

Ethics Fairness Learning Intelligence

The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Tiffany Wycoff

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The answer I hear most from teachers is “no.” Teachers enter this profession determined to do it all – design and facilitate lessons, communicate with parents, monitor and track student progress, provide timely feedback, and grade everything. This unsustainable approach leaves teachers feeling tired and disillusioned.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Culture Coaching Discussions

Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

What students–especially struggling students–also need is teacher-directed explicit instruction. They needed modeling, practice, and feedback. I would need someone to show me what to do, multiple times, and give me plenty of practice and feedback as I attempted it myself. She has severe dyslexia and dysgraphia.

Students

Students History Feedback Physical Education

Class Companion: Instant AI Coaching and Feedback

Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

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

Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Why agentic AI matters now more than ever

Formative Assessment: Collecting Data & Designing Differentiated Learning Experiences in Class or Online

The clock is ticking: Why standardized schedules don’t work for learning

4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork

9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

Study: AI detection software varies in effectiveness

AI and teacher burnout: Can technology really help?

Can AI help reduce math anxiety?

Back to Basics: Lesson Planning for the Concurrent Classroom

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Engagement

Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Thinking outside the classroom: Creative strategies to combat the teacher shortage

Investing in mentorship can help the teacher retention crisis

Why Sending Students Home with Writing Assignments Might Not Be The Best Idea

Coaching is Critical to the Success of a Shift to Blended learning

Here’s what birdwatching taught me about classroom management

Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

Grading Less in a District that Requires a Minimum Number of Grades

Growing communicative, knowledge-building composers: A focus on process

Using AI in Service of Strong Pedagogical Practice

How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

What data is necessary to help students succeed?

Hands-on learning will help Gen Alpha reach new levels of technical innovation

New McGraw Hill Assessment Solution Helps Teachers Support Students Who Have Fallen Behind Following COVID-19 Disruptions

Beyond Homework: The Evolution of the Flipped Classroom

2024: The year of generative AI

Need Inspiration Designing Station Rotation Lessons for your Math, English, History, or Science Class?

MDM solutions and gamification make perfect interactive learning partners

How AI tutoring personalizes learning for students

WeVideo Releases WeVideo Classroom for Educational Multimedia Creation

New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

Enhancing learning through AI and human educators

AI’s role in the future of learning

The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Tiffany Wycoff

Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

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