Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

This includes small group discussions, practice problems, experiments, retrieval practice or writing practice, as well as my favorite component, the teacher-led station. She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Learning History Social Studies 546

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.

History 193

History Students Writing Instructors 193

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

History 380

History Art Essay Physical Education 380

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.

History 157

History Teaching Learning Writing 157

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2024

Though classrooms are closed, these TED-Ed Lessons explore a bit of the nation’s history when it comes to Independence Day. In this humorous talk, Jacob Soboroff shares the history of Election Day and shows how voting on a Tuesday affects voter turnout. Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays ?

History 141

History Social Studies Questions Writing 141

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubric Criteria Research on a problem Solution design Communication and collaboration California English Language Arts Writing Standards Grade 7 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Teachers do not need to write lengthy comments on student work to justify a grade.

Fairness 545

Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. It’ll start with a plot of land and students will write the story, cast the characters, create the entire 1776 world. Players have one goal: To survive. Again, think Legos.

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Writing Reading Teaching Evaluation 199

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. This strategy activates thinking throughout a reading task.

Reading 546

Reading Activities Learning Discussions 546

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 161

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. The Anne Frank House : Explore the hiding place of Anne Frank and her family in virtual reality using the ‘Anne Frank House VR’ app.

History 328

History Mobile Devices Students STEM 328

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform. I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Elephants aren’t anomalies.

History 161

History Knowledge Textbooks Social Studies 161

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 159

Writing Essay Plagiarism Study 159

Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

I’ve written Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology to support English, history/social studies, and science teachers as they shift to the new Standards using technology. Here are just a few of the creative ideas included in this book: Using Instagram for research and narrative writing.

Technology 344

Technology Teaching Mobile Devices Social Studies 344

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2022

Story coding involves using computer programming to retell stories–students might summarize a story, write original stories, or use programming to create alternative endings to well-known stories. Teachers can use story coding to bring history, science, world languages, ELA, and even math into their lessons.

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Teachers Science History STEM 352

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom. She had her students draw images depicting their vocabulary words on one side of index cards and write the word with its definition on the other side. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

Blended Learning 520

Blended Learning Students Exams Study 520

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

While the fears of cheating have definitely been legitimate, have you actually tried writing an essay using just AI? AI allows students to learn history by having life-like conversations with tech-powered versions of Socrates, Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King. Hate to say it, but the outcomes aren’t instant gratification.

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Internet Essay Students Art 334

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

In history, they could inquire, What were the key economic factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire? In history, they could inquire, How did World War I impact womens roles in society? And in creative writing, they might refine a prompt like Write me a story. Finally, practice with AI tools.

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Questions Critical Thinking History Essay 306

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise.

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Students History Physical Education Feedback 322

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

History and Civics in American Schools is a new book that details the decline of history and civics knowledge among students — and offers a plan for how states and local school districts can foster understanding of and curiosity about our nation’s history. history and civics standards.

History 265

History Students Math Reading 265

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The history of Veterans Day is one of the most important we can share with our youth. A writing prompt might be: How do you currently serve your community? Learning about how our nation was shaped, the various perspectives that make our country whole, and the sacrifices made for our freedoms is important.

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Teaching History Students Writing 294

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.

Cognitive Development 279

Cognitive Development History Students Writing 279

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.

Exams 317

Exams Essay Testing History 317

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2022

For those of you who have ever found yourselves searching for creative ways to inspire your students to write while also reinforcing important skills related to story structure, having your students “write around the room” is a fun way to get your students excited about writing. The real fun is in the reading of the stories.

Learning 294

Learning Writing Coaching History 294

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 152

Writing Education Essay Ethics 152

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. We all have unique interests, learning preferences, histories and life experiences, family dynamics, strengths, and weaknesses. Every person is different.

Learning 544

Learning Blended Learning Assignments Feedback 544

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

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. Helping students uncover their passions I once had a student who insisted on writing her research paper on body piercings.

Reading 325

Reading Assignments English Math 325

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Tandem Tales: Have students begin writing a story. You can even design the story around a subject that your students are studying, such as hurricanes, animal habitats, or an era of history. RAInk the Writing: What ifour students could engage with the perspective of something that cannot talk?

Critical Thinking 343

Critical Thinking Plagiarism Students Writing 343

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

A Brief History Educating our youth has been an American priority since our country’s beginnings. Focused on the basic skills of “the three Rs” (reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic), American education in the 1700s and 1800s generally concluded by age 12 or 13 and often excluded girls, minorities, and lower socioeconomic classes altogether.

Critical Thinking 293

Critical Thinking Ethics Disabilities Education 293

eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2018

After analyzing that data, we were determined to personalize reading and writing to meet the needs of our student population, 68 percent of whom are Hispanic and 12 percent of whom are English language learners (ELLs).

English 225

English Schools History Writing 225

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2017

With a little creativity, educators can use Minecraft with history, math, writing and language arts, foreign language, and more. Is it any wonder, then, that educators are incorporating the popular block-based game into their curriculum?

History 515

History Languages Language Art 515

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Most projects in ACPS are tied to the local area, a region of the country rich with history and culture, and invite students to explore their own community. Albemarle County (VA) Public Schools (ACPS).

Learning 279

Learning History Attention Feedback 279

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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. The student understands all the important topics about the Gilded Age, WWI, and WWII, but is unable to write a cohesive paper about overarching themes.

Multiple Choice Questions 277

Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 277

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Our highest passing rate ever in the history of the school was fifty-two percent before Covid. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.” We are witnessing history, and this is just the beginning.

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Math History Learning Achievement 269

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. Sure, the skills of writing may have been practiced, but so what? It was a maddening moment of clarity for me.

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Assignments Essay History Social Studies 201

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Keeping the UC San Diego academic honesty policy in mind, consider the following: A student prompted Gemini to rewrite their text to improve the quality of their writing and submitted the AI-generated version of their text. A student used ChatGPT to write their conclusion word-for-word, but they cited ChatGPT as a source.

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Consequently, the use of discovery—a loaded term if there ever was one—in older history texts is one of the most common examples of how bias can creep into social studies classrooms and can inform (or warp) our worldview. EdSurge: Is it possible to teach politics and history as a centrist? History is very complex.

Social Studies 218

Social Studies Study History Evaluation 218

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

“The pandemic has shed light on the need for student agency and inclusion, along with an emphasis on content-rich knowledge to support language learning effectively in literacy, history, social science, and science applications,” said Catherine Cahn, the CEO of Twig Education.

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Languages Language Education History 246