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David Tanner Brown wrote a new post
Educators, community leaders, and students gathered on October 24, 2018, for the Fall FIRESummit hosted by the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). The FIRESummit spotlights hard-working innovators in e […]
Read MoreEducators, community leaders, and students gathered on October 24, 2018, for the Fall FIRESummit hosted by the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). The FIRESummit spotlights hard-working innovators in eastern Kentucky that go the extra mile to forge innovation in rural education! Over...
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Our school’s problem of practice centers around ways we can increase our writing test scores. While reading “Visible Learning for Literacy” I read a great section on writing and the effect size of different components of the writing process etc. Here is what there research concluded:
Effect Size for Writing Programs = 0.44
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Laura Carroll posted
One of my favorite books is “Better Learning Through Structured Teaching” by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. It is focused around how to implement The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework. The following section is one I would like to share from this text:
When teachers are gradually releasing responsibility to students, formative…Read More
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Laura Carroll posted
Here are great tools that will allow you to give students immediate feedback and provide yourself with real-time data. I use these in my classroom on a regular basis! Great assessment tools!
1. Play a quick formative assessment game. There are lots of great techy options here. Kahoot!. Quizizz. Quizlet Live. The list goes on and on. If we want…Read More
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Love this! Amazing how competitive students come when formatively assessing in this way.
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My kids love Quizziz! One of the teachers at our school introduced me to it a couple of months ago. This really is a great resource…a win-win for both students and teachers.
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We love Quizizz! The resource I posted, PearDeck, has a Flashcard Factory option. Students create flashcards for vocabulary words. It is linked to and can be posted to Quizlet.
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I have been wanting to try PearDeck!
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I’ve tried it a couple different times. The kids seem to love it. I’m trying to decide if it is worth it to get everything it offers. I’ve only used the free option.
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Adrian Smith wrote a new post
Welcome to the newest edition of Tech Tuesday at least till next week then this won’t be the newest edition. Anyways, today we try something new and courageous, we step outside into the cold weather to film, and […]
Read MoreWelcome to the newest edition of Tech Tuesday at least till next week then this won't be the newest edition. Anyways, today we try something new and courageous, we step outside into the cold weather to film, and let...
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The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework. I think we feel we are not doing our job unless we are doing more work than the students, but truth is learning doesn’t take place unless the learner assumes responsibility. No way around it. One way to look at this is our work goes on behind the scenes and creating the learning environment. In…Read More