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Peer Feedback: Making It Meaningful

Catlin Tucker

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Peer Feedback Choice Board. I really liked __.

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Class Companion: Instant AI Coaching and Feedback

Catlin Tucker

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.

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How and When to Give Feedback

Catlin Tucker

Feedback is a powerful tool that can profoundly impact student learning and success. However, not all feedback is created equal; some approaches to feedback can propel students toward growth, while others may hinder their progress. What is the secret to effective feedback?

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

eSchool News

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. It is shockingly difficult for most teachers to alter their language in this manner. Every word matters.

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Study: AI detection software varies in effectiveness

eSchool News

In phase five, they used a humanized version of content created by o1-Pro, in which words and phrases that sounded AI-generated were changed into more human-sounding language. The researchers recruited five people who were experts at using generative AI and also in analyzing language, such as teachers, writers, and editors.

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IXL Learning Acquires Language Learning Software Developer Curiosity Media

eSchool News

— June 12, 2022 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 13 million students, announced it has acquired Curiosity Media , the creator of innovative language learning platforms that empower people to more effectively communicate in Spanish and English.

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The Universal Language

Teacher Toms Blog

What if you had no language at all and yet there was something you needed to say? Kimmerer asserts, "Plants teach the universal language." Nearly two-thirds of the brain's neurons are devoted to prediction and feedback so that the brain can learn and update the validity of previous predictions." Wouldn't you dance it?