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Don’t Waste the First Day of School

Catlin Tucker

This year as I was preparing for my own first day, I realized…my 9th and 10th grade students are perfectly capable of reading, so why would I spent 20 minutes of this precious first day reading to them? 10 Questions . They move right from the 10 questions activity to an online quiz titled “What’s Your Learning Style?”

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5 Ways to Design Your Teacher-led Station

Catlin Tucker

You can use their explanations to drive a debrief in which you highlight strong strategies and answer questions. Many teachers collect homework and take piles of student work home to grade. Homework is designed to be practice, so I’ve never understood why it is graded and often becomes punitive. 2 I Do, We Do, You Do.

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

eSchool News

Fortunately, AI has the capability to absorb vast bodies of text and come up with meaningful questions as long as it is steered correctly. Teachers can use AI-powered tools like MagicSchool.ai , ChatGPT , and Chatterbot AI to create quizzes and exams that align with their course materials.

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5 edtech resources that support literacy in elementary school

eSchool News

You can create quizzes for the books your students are reading and assign collections to your students. Vooks : Vooks is a wonderful resource for the PK-2 grade teacher. For the primary grades it has read aloud stories with lessons provided to go with the story. Then it provides questions to check comprehension.

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Rethinking student assessment: Tools and strategies for meaningful evaluation

eSchool News

Quiz allows educators to embed questions directly into videos, turning passive watching into active engagement. The pre-made quizzes also offer instant feedback, helping students reflect on their learning process. Students watch a short video, answer embedded questions, and discuss their responses in small groups.

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

The larger problem is that grading overemphasizes students’ final product of learning instead of their process of learning. This has been a common question I have heard when doing AI workshops with teachers across the country. This is the most important question we should be asking ourselves: Why do we matter? If so, why?

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10 ways Google is making Classroom and Forms easier for teachers this school year

eSchool News

With this new view, teachers and students can see the status of every assignment, and can use filters to see assigned work, missing work, or returned and graded work. Decimal grading: As teachers know, grading is often more complicated than a simple point value. G Suite for Education-Decimal Grading. Sneak Peak!

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