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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What was the point of living through history if you didn’t record it? Britannica Kids goes on to list the different kinds of documentation that might qualify as a primary source to include “any piece of writing, image, film, sound recording, or human-made object can be a primary source.” Writing a song. Unprecedented.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, today announced the release of its new print and digital high school history series, US History Interactive ©2022 and World History Interactive ©2022 , that promotes a deeper investigation of the past and connects history to the present.

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History Social Studies Critical Thinking Distance Learning 190

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

It provides teachers with invaluable formative assessment data, allowing them to informally assess student understanding and identify misconceptions, gaps, and areas that need additional instruction and support. Can you suggest engaging activities for my grade class focusing on ?

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History Art Essay Physical Education 382

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

What do you remember from history class? To history teacher Joe Welch, too many of today’s lessons still call to mind Ben Stein’s classic classroom lecture in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Welch, an 8th-grade teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, is charting his own path—one that doesn’t include a textbook.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading. I was immediately struck by the simplicity and power of this strategy.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

A nod from a top science magazine to the game many parents wish their kids had never heard of should catch the attention of teachers. If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. On the surface, it’s not so surprising.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Obstacles for teachers who are trying to engage learners during change. Teachers are diligently meeting state standards while covering course content and using technology to address collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. So how are we supporting change? The environment. The pedagogy.

Teachers 280

Teachers Students Assignments Communication 280

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While coaching teachers this month, several expressed a desire to include review and practice activities in their station rotation lessons to help students prepare for end-of-the-semester assessments. Teachers who love Kahoot! questions that the teacher can use to create a variety of review activities. Student-created Kahoot!

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

Both seasoned educators and those new to the teaching profession must confront these daunting challenges, which demand fundamental changes in the way teachers teach and students learn. Here are just a few of the creative ideas included in this book: Using Instagram for research and narrative writing. Capturing voice recordings.

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Technology Teaching Mobile Devices Social Studies 345

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The new tool provides a semi-proctored environment for organizing research and writing in an AI-enabled environment. Composer is a new tool that allows PowerNotes+ users to see the full picture of writers’ research and writing, from AI-assisted text to outside sources to original thoughts, all color-coded for easy identification. “AI

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Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 164

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. I’ll never forget when my 5th-grade teacher had our class reenact a scene from the book "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry". They reinforced a monolithic depiction of Black life devoid of any moments of joy, hope, or success.

History 168

History Knowledge Textbooks Social Studies 168

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! What is the first sign that youre going to like or dislike a teacher? Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Are pranks funny or mean?

High School 52

High School High School Writing Essay 52

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2024

In a recent book exploring the influence of generative AI on teacher education, two researchers, Punya Mishra and Marie K. When I learned to do citations as a high school student, our teacher required that we physically make the citations using index cards, even while it was possible to have a citation generator churn them out.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2024

American Museum of Natural History : Virtual field trips allow students of all ages to observe Museum exhibits up-close and complete an activity in order to gain scientific understandings. Each virtual field trip contains a video, teacher guide and student activities.

History 330

History Mobile Devices Students STEM 330

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

When I mentioned that I was a teacher, I asked him, What skills do you value most when hiring? In history, they could inquire, What were the key economic factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire? Heres how teachers can help students develop this skill: First, start with specificity. Finally, practice with AI tools.

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Questions Critical Thinking History Essay 307

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

As the students ask, answer, edit, and share the annotations right inside the text, the teachers can monitor their activities and make learning suggestions. Newsela is a daily updated news-as-literacy platform accumulating articles on History, Science, Health, Law, and Arts. Engaging the Reading.

Art 226

Art Languages Language Plagiarism 226

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

When I was in college, I started writing a holiday newsletter to include with my Christmas cards. As I began to write, I realized that 2020 for me was a year of extremes. Teachers have found it challenging to connect with their students when a screen mediates those interactions. 1 Relationships need to be our #1 priority.

Learning 544

Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2023

This post will introduce you to some quick tips for writing a research paper along with the importance of samples. Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic.

Writing 158

Writing Essay Plagiarism Study 158

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that scores for eight-grade students on civics, history and geography exams all dipped from 2014 to 2018. And perform worse on tests. Or, during an election year, volunteering to get people to vote.

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Science Teachers History Learning 210

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Key points: Teachers must accept that there’s no putting the AI genie back in the bottle How much AI is too much? Then there is the world of education, where teachers like me are watching AI completely change the way students learn. Tandem Tales: Have students begin writing a story. I won’t minimize the risks.

Critical Thinking 344

Critical Thinking Plagiarism Students Writing 344

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

What students–especially struggling students–also need is teacher-directed explicit instruction. When I taught ninth grade Global History to an integrated co-teaching, or ICT , class last year, I used explicit instruction in ways I had not done before.

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Students History Feedback Physical Education 281

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As a former high school teacher and current content author for AP History and Social Sciences, I’ve learned several key strategies to help your students earn the AP scores they need to assist them in their academic careers—and retain the material that they have learned.

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Exams Essay Testing History 319

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Obstacles for teachers who are trying to engage learners during change. Teachers are diligently meeting state standards while covering course content and using technology to address collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. Prompt students to write an essential question that they have about the content explored.

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Teachers Assignments Students Participation 223

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The history of Veterans Day is one of the most important we can share with our youth. Five ways that teachers in grades K-8 can teach about the power of service include: . A writing prompt might be: How do you currently serve your community? Having students reflect their current circumstances in regards to service.

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Teaching History Students Writing 297

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2022

As an Instructional Technology Coach in Georgetown County, South Carolina, I have the amazing opportunity to work closely with teachers and students as they use educational technology in meaningful ways. . It is clear that COVID-19 has changed how teachers use educational technologies to support teaching and learning.

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Learning Writing Coaching History 297

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

If today’s educators continue to encourage the use of keyboards instead of digital ink and paper, they run the risk of being a ‘pager’ teacher in a smart phone world, holding on to a past that has outlived its usefulness and limits students’ cognitive potential…at least, that’s what human history and recent research is telling us.

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Cognitive Development History Students Writing 279

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

While novels are engrossing for some students, teachers who use a variety of texts and media sources engage more students and address a broader range of topics and reading standards. If you then encourage students to research topics that interest them, they’ll be even more motivated to read and write–and they may even have some fun.

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Reading Assignments English Math 327

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We spoke with ninth-grade History Teacher Nick Pant, from Dayton Regional STEM School, about successfully implementing Unreal Engine in the classroom. I am a social studies teacher who got introduced to game design as a result of trying to motivate students to study history. I am by no means a game designer.

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Teachers History Social Studies Learning 186

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. Concept mapping can be particularly beneficial in subjects like history and science. Say a student is having difficulty pulling themes from different eras in a history class.

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Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 276

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based simulations have been part of his teaching arsenal for the last nine years, ever since he first tried it. “I It can reduce the onus on the teacher,” Miller says. Lego has used its signature building-block toys as a basis for play-based activity guides for teachers.

Teachers 215

Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 215

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

In 2021, as part of this work, EdSurge launched its first-ever educator writing fellowship and we welcomed seven amazing fellows who, over the course of the year, penned deeply personal essays highlighting the myriad issues educators, school leaders, and learners faced in the midst of the pandemic and political unrest in society.

Writing 156

Writing Education Essay Ethics 156

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. Over and over, he saw teachers resisting technology adoption because they didn’t want to look foolish trying something new in front of students. Recommendations from @jodavisITC.

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Teachers Students Special Education History 200

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2019

Carlin was explaining how to make history relevant to all students, whether it's the history of hip-hop music, the evolution of the coffee industry or a person you pass on the street. What stayed with me that day: everything and everyone has a history—but history doesn't matter to students if it's not relevant to their own lives.

History 162

History Teachers Students Interdisciplinary 162

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Teachers can spend more one-on-one time with students when they use AI to quickly complete tedious tasks. This English teacher created a project-based scenario : The students were attorneys for a law firm, and the teacher is their client, bringing them this challenge: She is thinking about investing in ChatGPT.

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Instructors English Assignments Intelligence 327

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.

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Teaching Essay Teaching Methods Intelligence 327