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"What started last year as a Self Assessment Guide, has been reworked into a more general tool for assessment. This new guide is suitable for teacher, peer or self assessment and also offers a visual map of what we want students to learn (with highlighting of which concepts are most important). Although still ICT specific, this guide could be adapted to any subject by changing the attributes and keywords."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this revised assessment tool from Ross Parker. In the post he shares his experience with using this for a year and the awareness that the tool was not as functional as he had hoped. In brief, he has made four shifts. 1. Taking a tool designed for self assessment and realizing that the same time used throughout the year gets old quickly. Therefore, it is redesigned to "more general, useful for teachers and peers to use." 2. A shift from strands (high level learning outcomes), to attributes (which allows the tool to be used by students over many years as their knowledge and skills grow). 3. A move away from levels or grades to a focus on ways of learning. 4. Allowing students to determine levels rather than assigning them based on personal view. Last year this tool was well received and this new version brings it up to a new level. Consider using this with students and perhaps have them keep a copy of it asking them to review it later on in the school year. You can download a pdf version of the tool from the website. 
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"Teachers are the arbitrators of knowledge and culture. Knowledge and culture are each dynamic, endlessly crashing and churning. This makes teaching significantly important and difficult work, and can leave teaching—as a craft—wide-eyed and nonplussed in response. Worse, those outside the bubble of education can understandably struggle to understand the problem. What are the teaching in those schools anyway? How is it any different from when I was in school?"
Beth Dichter's insight:
How has teaching changed? Below are the seven key ideas. . 1. A culture of emerging literacies 2. A society that is mobile 3. A world where equity is a central theme 4. A society of constant connectivity 5. A world where the technology learns, too 6. A context that demands new credibility in an era of information 7. A culture that can seem, well, distracted Many teachers may be overwhelmed with these changes and may require professional development to help them develop new skills that technology brings. But change has happened before and will continue to happen. The question is how are we adapting to the changes and how can we assist our students in becoming independent learners in this new age of learning?
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out the notes from the talk above, consider watching the video embedded within the post and think about new ways to work with your students this year about the concept of failure. If you are an engineer failure you understand that failure is a teaching tool, allowing you to improve the project, but in education most students consider failure just that...they have failed. A couple of quotes found in this visalization are below. What are your thoughts as you read them? * Have courage. It's not easy to do new things! * No failure means no risk which means nothing new.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
What makes a teacher a great teacher, a successful teacher, one whom is able to reach the students? This post explores 25 things teachers might try and each is explained in some detail. A few of the things are listed below but click through to the article for additional information and ideas! * Successful educators have clear objectives. * Successful educators are able to live without immediate feedback. * Successful educators know when to listen to students and when to ignore them. * Successful educators welcome change in the classroom. * Successful educators are comfortable with the unknown.
Pedro Barbosa's curator insight,
January 26, 2013 4:27 AM
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Sandra V. Barbosa's curator insight,
January 26, 2013 9:26 PM
Se você perguntar a um aluno o que o torna bem sucedido na escola, provavelmente você não ouvirá sobre de algum livro fantástico novo ou série de palestras . Muito provavelmente você vai ouvir algo como: "Foi tudo o Sr. Jones. Ele simplesmente nunca desistiu de mim. "
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Ira Socol raises a question in this post, asking if teachers want to move from being "replicators to design thinkers...(to) move our focus from the needs of those who work in schools to the needs of those for whom school exists...to understand that 'user experience' of school from the perspective of those students for whom it is not working." With detailed explanations, links to a variety of resources, and a look at current brain research Socol asks that you look at the job of teaching from what may be a different lens that you have in the past. Once again, Socol has provided a thought provoking article.
Marcine Adams's curator insight,
January 23, 2014 4:48 PM
This article reminds everyone of what our educational system was once based on, and the system does not work. Our old system and pedagogies view students on an assembly line thinking that's the fast track to career ready students.Change is necessary, but what type of change is controversial. We need to prepare students to be 21st century learners but until we can cleary define what that means our system is somewhat overwhelming and chaotic.
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Even as the web becomes more and more a part of our daily lives, there are storm clouds on the horizon. What do three experts have to say? Tim Berners-Lee says "...what’s been driving the government and driving legislation is a fear of teenagers stealing Music. The Web is a lot more than teenagers stealing music." Tim O'Reilly states that Apple is a greater threat to an open web than other web companies. Juan Enriquez looks at the future, and "he sees a web poised for dramatic change." Read more and listen to each speak via video about the "open web."
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"I tweeted yesterday an interesting news item in Erik Robelen’s blog in Education Week that a few states (Oklahoma, California, Massachusetts) are seriously looking into some sort of assessment of creative thinking as part of the whole 21st century skills/entrepreneurship movement. I think it is a great idea, with a lot of potential for leveraging change. Now, of course, the naysayers are quick to say that you cannot measure creative thinking. This is silly: here is a rubric for doing so..."
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Unfortunately, I was educated in a school system that believed the world in which it existed would remain essentially the same, with minor changes in fashion. We had no idea what the world had in store for us.
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Grant Wiggins asks us to question what we know about curriculum in this piece...what would happen if we made a significan shift in how we look at curriculum? "What if the earth moves and the sun is at rest? What if gravity is just a special case of space-time? Following both counter-intuitive premises revolutionized science and ushered in the modern world. Could a similar counter-intuitive thought experiment advance education from where I believe we are currently stuck? I believe so."
Shafeeq Husain's curator insight,
September 26, 2015 11:06 PM
What else could a curriculum be, other than parcelling out learning in clear and logically-sequenced elements.
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Even if you have a 21st Century classroom (flexible and adaptable); even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; (an adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker) even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have the facilities and resources that could enable 21st century learning – you will only be a 21st century teacher if how you teach changes as well.
Jess Johnson's curator insight,
April 29, 2015 3:33 AM
An outline on 21st century pedagogy... must re-read to determine simplicity level. |
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"As education changes, it depends primarily on internal catalysts for that change. That is, the “things” that change it are on the “inside” of that system itself, most notably data, assessment, PLCs, and running a distant fourth, technology... At some point, this will change. Eventually the tethers will break and education–in whatever form or forms–will shoot forward like it’s been held back in a slingshot for nearly a century..."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Where is education going? What ideas are taking place now that are "disrupting" it to the point it will change? This post explores this, focusing on the following eight ideas. 1. Connectivity is replacing knowledge. 2. Students are clients. 3. Adaptive software can replace 75% of what a teacher does. 4. YouTube is way, way more engaging than reading and writing. 5. Reading and writing should be social. 6. The disruption of mobile technology will be complete. 7. Parent's don't understand teaching and learning. 8. Universities are decaying. For more information on each of these click through to the post.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
I have posted a number of resources from Ross Parker and this one requires a bit of time to understand…and yes, I think it is worth the time. The directions he provides in the upper right hand corner describe how a student should use this visual, as a tool to “steer & assess your own learning.” Our students need to learn how to self-reflect and this tool has the potential to engage students and assist them in reflecting on their work regarding topics studied in technology. You may download this visual as a png, pdf or pages document on the website. Take some time to check it out and see what you think.
Mary Cunningham's curator insight,
October 26, 2013 12:26 PM
A cool self reflecting tool for ways to steer our learning!
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"Do you foster an anxious mindset or a resilient mindset in your children or students? The USA is currently the number 1 most anxious country in the world with 27% of the population living with anxiety and depression. In Australia 20% of the population experience a mental illness in any year. In the UK 1 in 4 people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year and about 10% of children have a mental health problem at any one time."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post discusses an app for the iPad or iPhone that helps students understand their feelings and how their mind works. There are three parts to this strategy. * Catch - Students learn to identify thoughts that impact how they feel * Challenge - Students learn to challenge their thoughts, asking if they are based on assumptions, facts, perhaps overly negative * Change - Students choose to change the way they think There is a table within the post that provides Do's and Don'ts for each of the three C's listed above. Consider posting the image as well as the table within the post "to help teach children to identify the exact nature of their thoughts, unpack and challenge those thoughts and stories and change how they feel."
Chloe Parsons's curator insight,
November 3, 2013 2:37 AM
This is a really interesting post, in the way that it not only informs you about anxiety, but also shows ways to cope. The 'Catch, challenge, change' stratergy has been created to help children and young adults relistically- think about their thoughts- "What am I worrying about?" Challenge your thoughts- "Is this definately going to happen?" "What will happen if I do do it?" And change thoughts- "What can I do to make myself feel less anxoius? Talk to someone?" I believe that once you know about certain disorders, they become less scary. Helping children and young adults learn and understand anxiety, even if they dont experience anxiety themselves, is an important step to teaching kids to understand themselves and people around them.
Jennifer Colin's curator insight,
October 24, 2015 6:20 PM
This is a great resource for helping students build resilience, especially those who have previously experienced trauma. Taking the time to show them how they can think about and handle what happens to them in a more positive way can be life changing in children. This could be integrated into any subject matter; it doesn't need to be limited to the school counselor; in fact, doing so would be a disservice. As I future school leader it is my goal to ensure that students are receiving as well-rounded of an education as possible--and not just academically-speaking. We should be addressing the whole person, and that includes helping them be socially, emotionally, and mentally successful as well.
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Where are we when you look at open source textbooks? This infographic explores the situation and the solution, as well as sharing locations where you may find open source materials. (You might also do a search on OER in this Scoop.it for locations). Given finances of schools I think that open education resouces (that's the OER referred to above) will become more common...but that is my personal opinion.
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From
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"Rapid technology change is here to stay. No sense in trying to change the way the world works–at least when you’re messing with the wallets of major corporations. This kind of change introduces threats to education, which we talked about in part 1. There is likely very little that can be actively done to reduce these threats, as they are first economic issues. But we can begin to understand them better." The five issues explored in this article are: * Increases need for persistent, informal “PD” * Arms “fringe” adoption resistance * Swells adoption cost * Emphasizes role of learner * Exposed needs or new thinking habits Part 1 of this series, "3 Threats of Rapid Technology Change" is located at http://edudemic.com/2012/05/3-threats-of-rapid-technology-change/.
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As educators, administrators and all those with a stake in education ponder, reflect, consider and urge a change in educational frameworks, there are other social changes happening as well. "Never have human beings had so much open contact with others throughout the world on a 24/7 basis, yet at the same time, they are increasingly isolated in their urban environments. Nevertheless, there are connections." A thought provoking article that looks at trends in education, types of networks that exist today and how their impact, and much more.
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There are many explanations for today’s uncertain economy. But Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University has advanced an analysis that’s starting to resonate. In a recent article, Stiglitz says that our problem is “rooted in the kinds of jobs we have, the kind we need, and the kind we're losing, and rooted as well in the kind of workers we want, and the kind we don't know what to do with.” To advance our economy, Stiglitz believes that wrenching, fundamental change is required – no less dramatic than the shifts experienced by an earlier generation during the Great Depression.
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This is a continuation of the 'Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really' that I scooped yesterday. (Both by Grant Wiggins) In this post he continues to look at "an explosion of educational innovation" (which began in the 1930s). Along with Ralph Tyler (whom he brought up in his first post) he also presents work from Harold Fawcett, Hollis Caswell, and John Dewey. This post looks at the concepts of curriculum scope and sequence, with a focus on sequence, and if it is 'logical' or 'psychological'.
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Solve for X is a forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork. Think of a huge problem, a radical solution and breakthrough technology and you have the basis of Solve for X. Short talks on a wide range of subjects (think TEDtalks)...take the time to check out this new forum sponsored by Google.
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Here at Educon yesterday, I had the chance to learn a bit more about design thinking from David Jakes. David's central point was that schools and teachers often get stuck in a "Yeah, but..." mindset when thinking about change.
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"This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin." For more information about Sir Ken Robison check out his website: http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/.
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great evaluation tool
Interesting way to approach self-assessment in vocational areas. Could be adapted easily