with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham Dramatic Academic Progress for East Boston HS – Future with AI Tools This month’s podcast features a preview of a collaborative presentation to take place at the MassCue Convention on May 31st and June 1st at Polar Park in Worcester. Audrey Schindler, East Boston High
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Support for Teachers and Students by Greg Cunningham, Learning Specialist In the traditional classroom, ELA teachers know that students will be in front of them every day. But this fall, many teachers will be using either a remote or a hybrid learning model. Students may fluctuate between learning remotely and
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Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for English Language Arts in the Next Gen ELA MCAS This recorded webinar will provide specific strategies for students to use during online testing, including a review of the technology enhanced format used by the English/Language Arts MCAS test and an
Spring MCAS tests just around the corner. by Joan Reissman, MCAS Maven Mid-Winter Spring ELA MCAS We’ve hardly had a winter, but Spring MCAS tests will be here before you know it. It’s time to start preparing. There will be two ELA test administrations in March, first the retest and
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Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for the 2020 ELA Test This prerecorded webinar will help teachers, parents and students understand the changes in the ELA Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 and prepare for the 2020 ELA test, addressing 2019 content changes, format and question distribution changes, and technology-enhanced
MCAS Next Gen 2.0 ELA – Expect greater emphasis on text comparison. by Joan Reissman, MCAS Maven The biggest change in the MCAS Next Gen 2.0 ELA test, coming to 10th grade next month, is a greater emphasis on text comparison. Although people read every day, much of the reading
It will snow. Just don’t ask me when. by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist I would never want to be a weather forecaster in Boston. The changing jet stream winds, the effect of the warm ocean on a snow or rain line, and the pressure of predicting whether rain will
Simple techniques to improve performance by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist Many students lose points on the ELA open response questions. We know that some students don’t like to write. But even so, we can improve their performance with some simple techniques. The 2017 average on ELA multiple choice questions
by Cathie Maglio, Blended Learning Specialist As a blended learning specialist with JFYNetWorks, most of my time is spent in classrooms working with teachers. I train them on our math and reading software programs that students use to strengthen their skills. I do the annoying busy work of enrolling students
by Greg Cunningham, JFYNetWorks Blended Learning Specialist The world of education has a natural tendency to focus on the academic. A student needs to learn to write, solve equations, analyze a piece of literature, and then demonstrate all that and more in comprehensive testing. What is often lost amid the
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