Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Metacognition is defined as thinking about one’s thinking or learning. More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). EndWeekExitTicket.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

If you’re unsure where to begin, ask the chatbot for help brainstorming lesson ideas and then ask follow-up questions until you get something you can use. Educators are the experts in teaching and learning, and they need to be at the center of conversations about how artificial intelligence will be used in education.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2024

In many situations, students will work on these projects for weeks or months at a time, which helps them develop deeper content knowledge when attempting to answer complex questions and resolve real-world problems. In Google Sheets, the Explore feature can also be used to analyze data for projects using machine learning technology.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

million grant to researchers within KUs School of Education & Human Sciences to develop Increasing Knowledge and Natural Opportunities With Social Emotional Competence, or iKNOW. The grant supporting iKNOW is one of four OSEP Innovation and Development grants intended to spur innovation in educational technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The pandemic has created urgency to move beyond the status quo, and community-generated portraits of a graduate have swept the nation, highlighting the knowledge and skills many Americans want their young people to possess upon graduation. Advanced technology can now support more ambitious modes of teaching, learning, and assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2016

Of those parents voicing a positive opinion on EdTech, 64% said they were happy with their child’s school and thought it was doing a good of utilizing technology effectively. . They question the true effectiveness of EdTech and the long-range effect it has on their children. . These are all valid questions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hate it or love – technology in education is here to stay. There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And people in those roles follow a playbook for helping subject-matter experts (the teachers they work with) organize their material into a series of compelling learning activities that will get students the required knowledge and skills on a given subject. He calls his system the AI Learning Design Assistant, or ALDA.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2019

We were forced to fit into a traditional mold of top-down knowledge delivery. We wanted to learn in the same ways that we lived. Students want learning technology that straddles their social lives and school lives. Students want learning technology that straddles their social lives and school lives.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Their developing brains observe and question the new, unfamiliar or confusing in an effort to understand the world and their place in it. Such exploration is key to learning. Students may hold back in classroom discussions for many reasons: shyness, lack of confidence, not understanding the content or questions, etc.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

Blended learning comes in a number of varieties, but across the various models, blended learning prompts educators to consider the following questions: What can students learn well independently, especially when aided by digital learning technologies?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

and globe accelerate toward the use of renewable energy to fuel power grids, there is an acute pressure to build an educated workforce and a knowledgeable public who will understand and support these changes. There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

With just one click, teachers may produce 7th Grade Math worksheets like Combining Like Terms , Grade 7 Math quizzes like Distributive Property , Seventh Grade Math unit tests , and 7 Grade Math Practice Questions on Distributive Property etc. IXL Learning is a website that provides online math practice for students of all ages.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

When the pandemic hit, technology became the only way for learning to continue as students and teachers learned and worked apart from each other. An explosion of questions then arose as school leaders, teachers, and parents then began questioning if the reliance on technology was a bane or benefit to learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Ensuring that every teacher has the knowledge and resources to provide a quality computing education is key. Yet even though almost all K-12 classrooms have computers or tablets, most teachers aren’t trained to leverage computing education for rigorous learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. This begs the question: What’s next for education? The policy has passed, but questions remain on how universities will be held accountable.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This will inevitably result in increased comprehension and productivity in student learning. To deal with the challenges of today and tomorrow, we need to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and overcome these challenges. Teacher knowledge is imperative to move students forward.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

How Primary Students Can Use Technology Effectively. One question I hear a lot in my travels is, “Can primary students use tech effectively?”. Like any classroom tool, the youngest learners need good guidance and examples when it comes to engaging with technology in the classroom. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 02/18/2019 - 10:45.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When I mention experimenting with anything, they often respond with a number of questions. Including a video with instructions for a task empowers students to revisit directions at their own pace, rather than waiting for their teacher to repeat them or to answer a question. What about parental concerns about screen time?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Throughout the last 100 years, technology has promised to revolutionize how we teach, radically reconstruct the relationship between teacher and student, and fundamentally change how students learn and work together. Technology is never going to be the magic solution to our problems.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When I don’t readily know an answer, I can use AI to create a learning experience that meets the students’ needs. For example, one of my students wants to learn about the medieval time. One day, at the harvest festival, an eighth-grade history teacher questioned the student about some historical facts, and he answered them correctly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

More than 80 people tuned in and had a chance to bring their questions and perspectives. Our guests were Jesse Stommel, director of teaching and learning technologies at the University of Mary Washington, and Martha Burtis, director of the Digital Knowledge Center at the University of Mary Washington.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 17, 2021

The question arises, “How does one know if the applications have an impact on student learning?”. Moreover, many teachers are unaware of technology integration frameworks such as the Technology Integration Matrix (TIMs) and T echnology Pedagogical And Content Knowledge (TPACK).

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

Although opportunities for students to work independently using instructional learning systems clearly exist in most contexts, the frequency of their use, for what purposes and for which students vary widely.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. We take POs, PayPal, or we’ll invoice you.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Learning games kind of mirror what happens in traditional school, where the teacher understands what they want the student to know, they ask something, and the student spits it back. If learning games can break out of that question-answer mold and put the student more in the driver's seat, the learning becomes more fun.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2017

I have to admit some disappointment that as this year comes to a close, most edtech companies have not produced independent efficacy studies, thus further perpetuating the lack of research on learning technologies. To innovate is to question; to question is to learn.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Yet preparing students to take them may dis-incentivize teachers from helping students acquire a wider range of skills and knowledge, says Sturgis. “Is How one demonstrates “mastery” may vary according to the subject or skill in question. What role does technology play? What does ‘mastery’ look like?

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Altogether, Byju’s combination of products, financial might and expanding embrace of the learners promises to the company an increasingly powerful force in learning technology. That raises provocative questions for U.S. That raises provocative questions for U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. Write a paragraph of at least five lines on why this topic is important to learn. Write another paragraph about what student already knows on the topic and what s/he needs to learn.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Students are also more likely to ask questions and seek support in small groups. These students are not just recipients of knowledge but are resourceful, motivated, strategic, and self-aware – equipped to thrive in an ever-changing world. In essence, while challenging, this transition promises a symbiotic relationship of growth.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Nicole, Grade 2 teacher Time-Saving Pro Tip: Engage students immediately—and save time spent planning a summary of the prior lesson—by beginning each class with the question, "What did we learn last time?" Some of the professionals we surveyed said they would use any recaptured time to seek out new knowledge, striving for those ‘aha!’

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2022

We need to encourage teachers to share computational thinking knowledge and experiences with other teachers. Through CT, students begin to ask fewer questions and become more self-sufficient. They find solutions by using their resources, asking the right questions, researching and experimenting.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This will inevitably result in increased comprehension and productivity in student learning. To deal with the challenges of today and tomorrow, we need to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and overcome these challenges. Teacher knowledge is imperative to move students forward.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 288

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2022

It’s the question that nonprofit association Educause poses annually to college faculty, staff, administrators and researchers from around the world. This year, 57 such experts identified social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends influencing the higher ed sector. What’s on the horizon for higher education?

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

We were joined by: Beth Kalikoff, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington, where in-person classes have been suspended for the rest of the quarter and some courses have moved online. Stephen Downes, a national expert in online learning technology who runs the long-running OLDaily newsletter.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The number of console games is a fraction of that, and console games for learning represents an even smaller slice of the pie. It's just screens all over the place, including sometimes remote learning screens,” he says. “So So the question isn't, ‘What's the right amount of time on the screen?’ So it's not just the TV screen.

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