Not exact matches
For example, Google Classroom is intended for
teachers to use
as a one - stop digital hub to share homework,
assignments, and
student grades.
The new kit is designed to work with the Schoolwork app that allows
teachers to store
assignments in the cloud, track
student progress
as they carry out their homework, and grade their works within the app, TNW reports.
The Canvas LMS provides a seamless environment for
students,
teachers, and parents to access course content,
assignments / assessments, grades, and attendance, along with the integration of additional technology tools such
as OneDrive and Office 365.
She suggests that
teachers think about the purpose of each
assignment and she offers professional development and tools on how to create
assignments that are relevant and engaging for the
student — or «doable,»
as she puts it — without the help of others.
In light of reports in today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade
teacher at Albany High School asked
students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany
as part of a writing
assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the
teacher in question.
New quizzes help
teachers assess
student learning and can be easily added to Google Classroom
as student assignments.
«The new
teachers assume that the
students can read the
teacher's mind regarding such things
as sharpening a pencil, turning in
assignments, and how to take notes, and the list goes on and on.»
As a science
teacher, I gave an
assignment to my
students to create a children's book.
We then tested whether the
teachers who had been identified
as more effective using the value - added measures had
students who achieved more following random
assignment.
As students get older, they become much more independent with their exhibits, and
teachers develop rubrics to go along with a particular
assignment.
As a coach, I've noticed that many teachers give homework as a routine, because it's expected, because it's used as part of a grade, or because they hope that students will master the skills through homework assignment
As a coach, I've noticed that many
teachers give homework
as a routine, because it's expected, because it's used as part of a grade, or because they hope that students will master the skills through homework assignment
as a routine, because it's expected, because it's used
as part of a grade, or because they hope that students will master the skills through homework assignment
as part of a grade, or because they hope that
students will master the skills through homework
assignments.
There are even benefits for the
teacher,
as online submission points for homework and
assignments, including reminders and other useful tools and can be used to also make a
teacher's life easier and give them more time to find ways to make their
students» time at school the more fulfilling.
As a
teacher, I will be the first to admit guilt, having returned countless
assignments covered in comments with little expectation that
students will try to revise.
And, just
as importantly, when a
student struggles,
teachers still give them
assignments that keep them challenged.
The JCRL also has tons of great resources — besides books — that are really helpful for reading
teachers, and people who may be volunteer literacy tutors, to use with their
students or
as resources for course
assignments.
These include standards - based projects and
assignments that require
students to apply their knowledge and skills, such
as designing a building or investigating the water quality of a nearby pond; clearly defined rubrics (or criteria) to facilitate a fair and consistent evaluation of
student work; and opportunities for
students to benefit from the feedback of
teachers, peers, and outside experts.
«Our
students must use the school - designed homework notebook in which
teachers initial each
assignment given (
as a means of checking that
students have properly recorded the
assignment) and that parents initial to indicate that they have looked at the completed
assignments,» said principal Heather Hamtil of St. Vincent DePaul Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Plus, they could capture the digital activity of
students, and ask
teachers to scan
student assignments and tests so those could be analyzed
as well.
Addtionally, principals and administrators may respond to large losses of experienced
teachers, such
as by decreasing class sizes or changing the
assignment of
teachers to
students.
However, a prescribed curriculum requires time reading
teacher manuals, making copies, and grading benign
assignments, where
as a
student - driven and
teacher - curated curriculum, personalized to the needs of individual
students and classes, redistributes your time.
As one example, in a very useful recent policy proposal, Jacob and Rockoff propose three low - cost ways to organize schools to maximize
student performance: combining elementary and middle schools into single buildings; optimizing
teacher assignment policies; and starting school later in the day for middle and high school
students.
On the other hand, Delpit provides counterexamples of success, for instance, Afrocentric
assignments, inspiring
teachers who love and sympathize but maintain rigor, and a beloved white
teacher whom the
students consider «black» for this reason: when asked «how he felt
as a white man teaching black history... tears came to his eyes
as he answered that when he learned about Emmett Till and other terrible things white people had done to black people, it sometimes made him ashamed to be white.»
The
teacher seeks to understand
students» families, cultures, and communities, and uses this information
as a basis for connecting instruction to
students» experiences (e.g., drawing explicit connections between subject matter and community matters, making
assignments that can be related to
students» experiences and cultures).
Teachers will need to incorporate lessons that ask
students to analyze exemplar oral and written arguments, and they will need to increase the number of writing and speaking
assignments in which
students argue their opinion about a topic or theme, using text - based evidence
as support.
Students must submit a certain number of
assignments each week
as specified by the
teacher, and each course includes a «pace chart» with traditional, extended, or accelerated options.
On the site,
teachers post
assignments and host discussion forums,
students store and retrieve files from home, and district staff take online courses in such subjects
as project approach, rubrics, video editing, and cultural competency.
IEP Meeting Reminder - Quick form reminds parents and
teachers of upcoming IEP meetings Project Choices Visual Checklist - This visual checklist helps
teacher track the type of project and gives
students an opportunity to choose a type of project for open - ended
assignments such
as school fairs, museum projects, book reports, group work, etc..
Teachers and
students can share
assignments and notes through mobile apps that are free to download, such
as Google Docs, Evernote, etc..
As a rookie high school history
teacher, with the best of intentions I often told my
students that a single upcoming test or
assignment would significantly impact their overall grades.
I put my current events
assignment on all the desks for
students to do
as soon
as they came in, but then realized the
teacher already had listed on the board two language arts activities and a math
assignment for them for them to kick off the day, and I did not want to disrupt the morning routine.
The effect the «work to rule» had on me
as a
student opened my eyes to the effort expended by
teachers to hand grade
assignments, often using their evenings and weekends (without extra compensation) to do so.
But in general, instruction is both lively and practical, such
as in one classroom where a biology
teacher, donning a lab coat, leads a lab on extracting DNA from strawberries, or a ninth - grade math class in which a
teacher integrates a Texas Instruments navigator system into every part of her lesson; she has her class turn
assignments in via a graphing calculator and checks for comprehension with every
student in real time.
As teachers adopted VTS as an art program, they reported anecdotally that students applied their newfound analytic capabilities to other assignment
As teachers adopted VTS
as an art program, they reported anecdotally that students applied their newfound analytic capabilities to other assignment
as an art program, they reported anecdotally that
students applied their newfound analytic capabilities to other
assignments.
Teachers are now using some of the newer and more advanced features in Docs et al. to suggest edits on
student work for drafting purposes,
as well
as leaving comments, and tracking and monitoring
student progress through individual and group
assignments all securely from anywhere with Internet access.
As teachers create
assignments in Google Classroom, it automatically names and distributes files, organizes content, and provides
students with an
assignment calendar.
During 2013 a project was started for
teachers to engage their
students through the use of a Google Site
as a place where information could be distributed, resources located and
assignment or homework activities could be posted.
As a teacher of gifted students, I am always amazed at how my classes have loved creating game boards as assignment
As a
teacher of gifted
students, I am always amazed at how my classes have loved creating game boards
as assignment
as assignments.
However, controlling for the limited set of
student characteristics available in school - district databases, such
as test scores in the previous grade, is sufficient to account for the
assignment of
students to
teachers based on parent characteristics.
This can done on the spot in a
teacher workshop and
as a homework
assignment for
students.
Ask any
teacher who has had success using a word wall to build vocabulary and spelling skills and you'll likely hear the same explanation
as that provided by middle - school staff developer Melba Smithwick: The key to success with word walls, said Smithwick, is to refer to them often, so
students get in the habit of using the wall throughout the day, in all their
assignments.
In class,
teachers can make adjustments to support struggling
students, but at home, an
assignment that takes one
student 30 minutes to complete may take another twice
as much time — often for reasons beyond their control.
One
teacher wrote, «
Students are more thoughtful during the writing process...
Students rarely think of this like a typical essay
assignment, and their best writing comes through
as a result.»
The study team will analyze data on
teacher technology use and response to coaching,
as well
as student assignment completion and writing scores on the state history exam.
According to Kohn,
teachers should only assign homework when they can justify that the
assignments are «beneficial» (2006a, p. 166)-- ideally involving
students in activities appropriate for the home, such
as performing an experiment in the kitchen, cooking, doing crossword puzzles with the family, watching good TV shows, or reading.
As I traveled throughout the United States working with schools,
students and
teachers frequently reported that personal learning plans had devolved into an
assignment and for some, it felt like another control device to get them to achieve on high stakes tests.
Teachers use educational tools such
as Edmodo, Classflow, and Remind to communicate
assignments to
students and parents.
Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve
teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part,
student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such
as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and
teacher and principal
assignment policies.
As one
student said, «it's demotivating for us to spend hours on an
assignment knowing that the
teacher can only afford to spend a few minutes (if even that) checking for completion before putting a grade on it.
As teachers build lessons and
assignments, those activities are automatically added to
students» task lists.
Classrooms hummed with
student voice and activity
as kids designed and tackled
assignments and projects independently, in small groups, or directly with the
teacher if they needed additional assistance.