Showing posts with label evaluation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evaluation. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Education Links 1/1/25

 

Communicating Expectations to Make Instruction More Effective


When students understand how to interact with material and with each other, they can better engage with the lesson.

Should Schools Spy on Student Devices to Prevent Self-Harm?


New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. Should all schools use it? Or is it an invasion of privacy?


Taking Exams in Blue Books? They're Back to Help Curb AI Use and Rampant Cheating

The Pen is Mightier Than the Keyboard

Research suggests that writing by hand can be more beneficial for learning compared to typing.

How Does Anxiety Affect Kids in School?


What it looks like, and why it's often mistaken for something else.

Best Practices in Reading: A 21st Century Skill Update


Our efforts here are to highlight a set of practices that have amassed a significant body of work to demonstrate their usefulness in improving children’s motivation for learning to read, proficiency in reading, and their likelihood to become lifelong readers and writers.

What is ADHD?

ADHD is a common condition that makes it hard to focus, keep still, and think before acting. Some people with ADHD mainly have trouble with focus. (This is also known as ADD.) ADHD can also impact other skills, including managing emotions.

Monday, June 28, 2021

Educational Links 6/28/21

 


School Buildings Are Crumbling. Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Fix Them


What is special education?


A Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy For Evaluating Digital Tasks




Lawmakers show division on instruction around racism in America



How Supreme Court decision frees schools from monitoring off-campus speech



Chicago’s Pre-K Policy Has Important Lessons to Teach Us

A Tool to Help Students Make Good Decisions


Some students need help when it comes to weighing pros and cons, and this simple decision-making matrix will help them sort things out.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Educational Links 9/3/17


An Academic Use for Social Media



At This High School, Teens With ADHD Excel Through Project-Based Learning


Minority Students Still Missing Out on Special Education, New Analysis Says



Back to School Tips and Training for Teachers

http://blog.mimio.com/back-to-school-tips-and-training-for-teachers


Deciding On an Evaluation


Why Your Students Aren’t Learning: 10 Silent Disruptors Of Academic Performance


The reality of learning in 2017 is a matter of perspective, but it’s clear that most K-20 learning environments are teacher-led and academic (as opposed to self-directed and authentic).
While we often write about new ways to learn using new thinking, new models, and new technology, there is absolutely a role for teacher-led, academic learning in the 21st century; being ‘led by the teacher’ isn’t always a bad thing.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Educational Links 3/7/16

Elementary Engineering: From Simple Machines to Life Skills 

http://www.edutopia.org/practice/elementary-engineering-simple-machines-life-skills?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow 

20 Tips For A More Organized Classroom

http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-tips-more-organized-classroom/ 

Eight Evaluation Essentials 

http://www.nesca-news.com/2016/03/eight-evaluation-essentials.html 

My Favorite Internet Search Tips for Teachers & Students 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/03/my-favorite-internet-search-tips-for.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VtzSu9Az4s4 

When Students Lead the Discussion

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/when-students-lead-the-discussion/ 

Blending Learning From the Top Down or the Ground Up?

http://educationnext.org/blending-learning-from-the-top-down-or-the-ground-up/ 

Strategies for teaching, learning success

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/03/04/news-march-4-035/ 

 Beyond Pop Culture: Helping Students to Dig Deeper with Their Writing

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/student-centric-strategies/3725-beyond-pop-culture-helping-students-to-dig-deeper-with-their-writing 

The Teacher’s Guide To Badges In Education

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-badges-in-education/ 

Badges encourage our students to try harder, do things differently, and think outside the box. Badges are a reward, and doesn’t everyone want something to show for the work they did? There is no other explanation for spending six hours on one silly achievement other than to say that I did it.