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mmekraus

Educational Leadership:Feedback for Learning:Seven Keys to Effective Feedback - 3 views

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feedback assessment Wiggins formative

shared by mmekraus on 17 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Expert coaches uniformly avoid overloading performers with too much or too technical information. They tell the performers one important thing they noticed that, if changed, will likely yield immediate and noticeable improvement ("I was confused about who was talking in the dialogue you wrote in this paragraph"). They don't offer advice until they make sure the performer understands the importance of what they saw.
  • I say "in most cases" to allow for situations like playing a piano piece in a recital. I don't want my teacher or the audience barking out feedback as I perform. That's why it is more precise to say that good feedback is "timely" rather than "immediate."
    • Melissa Jolicoeur
      Melissa Jolicoeur on 17 Oct 15
       
      Interesting thoughts about the nature and speed of feedback. Connecting the ideas of coaching and learning new skills to in classroom learning.
    • Melissa Jolicoeur
      Melissa Jolicoeur on 17 Oct 15
       
      How do you provide feedback to your students? What is your most effective strategy both in terms of benefit to student learning and your own time? 
    • Melissa Jolicoeur
      Melissa Jolicoeur on 17 Oct 15
       
      How do you provide feedback to your students? What is your most effective strategy both in terms of benefit to student learning and your own time? 
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  • eedback is often used to describe all kinds of comments made after the fact, including advice, praise, and evaluation
  • Whether the feedback was in the observable effects or from other people, in every case the information received was not advice,
  • Guidance would be premature; I first need to receive feedback on what I did or didn't do that would warrant such advice.
  • Whether feedback is just there to be grasped or is provided by another person,
  • Formative assessment, consisting of lots of feedback and opportunities to use that feedback, enhances performance and achievement
  • Decades of education research support the idea that by teaching less and providing more feedback, we can produce greater learning
  • Whether feedback is just there to be grasped or is provided by another person, helpful feedback is goal-referenced; tangible and transparent; actionable; user-friendly (specific and personalized); timely; ongoing; and consistent.
  • feedback is information about how we are doing in our efforts to reach a goal.
  • by teaching less and providing more feedback, we can produce greater learning
  • The most ubiquitous form of evaluation, grading, is so much a part of the school landscape that we easily overlook its utter uselessness as actionable feedback.
  • Melissa Jolicoeur on 17 Oct 15
     
    Learning from coaching and learning in other situations to giving feedback in classrooms.
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  • alainarobcon on 17 Oct 15
     
    How to effectively feedback to students
  • Andrew McNiven on 17 Oct 15
     
    Great article to see the value of formative assessment and feedback
  • mmekraus on 17 Oct 15
     
    Useful for all teachers!
  • Ryan Archer on 19 Oct 15
     
    Worth checking out. Worth buying the journal.
Marcie Lewis

BBC Radio 4 - The Educators, John Hattie - 0 views

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podcast hattie effectiveness

shared by Marcie Lewis on 04 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • Marcie Lewis on 04 Jan 15
     
    " Listen in pop-out player What really works in schools and classrooms? How much difference can homework and class size make to a child's ability? Sarah Montague interviews John Hattie, Professor of Education at the University of Melbourne and Chair of the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership. Over 20 years, he carried out one of the biggest pieces of education research, compiling studies from previous decades and comparing the effect they have on attainment and ability. His work is ongoing, but the results show a league table of effectiveness. It reinforces things you might expect, such as the importance of teachers, but also offers some surprises that might have parents and teachers questioning their priorities. Presenter: Sarah Montague Producer: Joel Moors."
mardimichels

Essential rules for effectively using iPads in middle school classrooms | iSource - 1 views

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ipads

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  • mardimichels on 09 Dec 13
     
    Some good rules of thumb for encouraging effective use of iPads in middle school classrooms.
Lisa Bettencourt

The Science of Effective Learning Spaces | Edutopia - 5 views

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edutopia science

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    • Jason wood
      Jason wood on 15 Oct 16
       
      This is important.
    • Lisa Bettencourt
      Lisa Bettencourt on 15 Oct 16
       
      Yes! It's a great resource.
  • Daytime Light Exposure Can Boost Learning
  • 21,000 U.S. elementary students showed that, over one school year, kids who were exposed to more sunlight during their school day displayed 26 percent higher reading outcomes and 20 percent higher math outcomes than kids in less sunny classrooms.
  • Christina Schindler on 15 Oct 16
     
    Wow - that is interesting research!
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  • James Trood on 15 Oct 16
     
    Was thinking of the best way to redesign my classroom and our school classrooms yesterday, thanks for the article a great starting point.
  • nkblair on 15 Oct 16
     
    Fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
  • mrdanbailey61 on 15 Oct 16
     
    Very interesting article. I plan to share this with the iSTEAM team at my school!
  • mrdanbailey61 on 16 Oct 16
     
    Very interesting to me as we plan new learning spaces and look at effects of lengthening recess breaks for more outdoor time.
Marcie Lewis

Inquiry learning / Effective pedagogy / Media gallery / Curriculum stories / Kia ora - ... - 1 views

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inquiry Inquiry learning video

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  • Marcie Lewis on 06 Jan 13
     
    Great video on learning through inquiry.
garth nichols

6 Twitter Tips That Will Jumpstart Your Professional Development - 2 views

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Twitter Facebook Emond-Montgomery

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  • garth nichols on 12 Feb 13
     
    This is a great resource for tweeting effectively...
garth nichols

Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School - Jessica Lahey - The At... - 1 views

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whole-child Boys_Education

shared by garth nichols on 02 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • The authors of this study conclude that teacher bias regarding behavior, rather than academic perfor
  • mance, penalizes boys as early as kindergarten. On average, boys receive lower behavioral assessment scores from teachers, and those scores affect teachers' overall perceptions of boys' intelligence and achievement.
  • The most effective lessons included more than one of these elements: Lessons that result in an end product--a booklet, a catapult, a poem, or a comic strip, for example. Lessons that are structured as competitive games. Lessons requiring motor activity. Lessons requiring boys to assume responsibility for the learning of others. Lessons that require boys to address open questions or unsolved problems. Lessons that require a combination of competition and teamwork. Lessons that focus on independent, personal discovery and realization. Lessons that introduce drama in the form of novelty or surprise.
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  • Split the class into groups of four and spread them around the room. Each team will need paper and pencils. At the front of the room, place copies of a document including all of the material that has been taught in some sort of graphical form--a spider diagram, for example. Then tell the students that one person from each group may come up to the front of the classroom and look at the document for thirty seconds. When those thirty seconds are up, they return to their group and write down what they remember in an attempt to re-create the original document in its entirety. The students rotate through the process until the group has pieced the original document back together as a team, from memory. These end products may be "graded" by other teams, and as a final exercise, each student can be required to return to his desk and re-create the document on his own.
  • Rather than penalize the boys' relatively higher energy and competitive drive, the most effective way to teach boys is to take advantage of that high energy, curiosity, and thirst for competition. While Reichert and Hawley's research was conducted in all-boys schools, these lessons can be used in all classrooms, with both boys and girls.
  • garth nichols on 02 Jul 13
     
    Great article on Boys' Education
mrdanbailey61

Framework for 21st Century Learning - P21 - 4 views

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21stcenturyskills 21stcenturylearning

shared by mrdanbailey61 on 20 Nov 16 - No Cached
  • “21st century student outcomes”
  • are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.
  • Disciplines include: English, reading or language artsWorld languagesArtsMathematicsEconomicsScienceGeographyHistoryGovernment and Civics
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  • In addition to these subjects,
  • promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into curriculum:
  • To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to create, evaluate, and effectively utilize information, media, and technology.
  • Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not.
  • A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future.
  • Global awareness Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy Civic literacy Health literacy Environmental literacy 
  • Today's students need to develop thinking skills, content knowledge, and social and emotional competencies to navigate complex life and work environments. P21's essential Life and Career Skills include:: Flexibility & Adaptability Initiative & Self Direction Social & Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity & Accountability
  • Leadership & Responsibility
  • mrdanbailey61 on 20 Nov 16
     
    This page gives an overview of a framework for 21st century skills and learning. I like how it values all of the academic disciplines and gives links to different sites that focus on broader interdisciplinary themes, innovation skills, information, media, and technology skills, and life and career skills.
mardimichels

The Elephant in the Room | Network.Ed - 0 views

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Technology

shared by mardimichels on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Even when the most innovative teachers progress from teacher-centred classroom dynamics to inquiry or project based learning, rarely is technology considered to supply the scaffold for a more effective collaborative and socio-constructivist approach to the acquisition of knowledge.
  • We need to realise that these technologies are only absent from schools because we are deliberately keeping them out. We have created an alternative reality in which technology doesn’t exist. We are, in effect, striving to perpetuate a status quo that is already dead and buried in the real world.
  • mardimichels on 09 Jan 14
     
    Interesting (older) article about the use of technology to support innovative teaching methods.
mardimichels

Advanced iPad Classroom | Indiana Jen - 0 views

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ipad ipads technology education

shared by mardimichels on 05 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • A key concept that we employed is that it’s about using a handful of apps to do a variety of projects effectively and creatively. This is the “One Screen Model”
  • The central tenet of using iPads is App Fluency: “The ultimate goal of fluency challenges is to be able to move information from app to app and from device
  • “Using two or more applications or web tools in conjunction with one another to create a final product or experience that would not be possible with using a single tool
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  • As workflow was a common topic throughout the session, we decided to switch up in the end to discuss some ways to facilitate collecting and curating student material. One of the most popular tools for getting content off of iPads and shared with the teacher is Google Drive; many schools have become Google Apps for Education institutions making this much easier. One of the best tools available to teachers working in a GAFE environment is the script Doctopus. This tool enables teachers to distribute content effectively and collect it easily without having to worry about all of the snafu’s that happen with sharing (typos in email addresses, titles, etc).
  • mardimichels on 05 Feb 14
     
    Interesting notes on some goals to work towards for an "Advanced ipad classroom" Topics discussed include: app fluency, workflow and the "one screen model"
Justin Medved

Oppia - Home - 1 views

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interactives

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  • Justin Medved on 03 Mar 14
     
    "It's hard to learn to play the piano just by watching a video of a great pianist. Interactive learning is much more effective! oppia.org helps you make embeddable interactive educational "explorations" that let people learn by doing."
  • sandygibson on 03 Mar 14
     
    This could be great for flipped classrooms. The kids would need to be able to read and have certain level of computer literacy, but I reckon it would work in and outside of the classroom. Great find Justin!
Justin Medved

Essential conversation skills for leaders - The Globe and Mail - 3 views

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Leadership

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  • Justin Medved on 13 Nov 13
     
    "A leader's day is filled with conversations. Success comes from how effective leaders are during those talks. "You can define leadership as a series of conversations every day," said Richard Wellins, Pittsburgh-based senior vice-president of Development Dimensions International Inc., a human resources consulting firm."
Justin Medved

EDpuzzle - A new flipped classroom tool. - 4 views

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flipped classroom

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  • Justin Medved on 31 Oct 13
     
    "Find a video and use only what you need. Make it to the point. Explain it with your voice Change the audio of the video to explain it with your own teaching approach. Record audio notes at any time to add clarifications, remarks, an introduction, conclusions, you name it. Add quizzes along the video Add questions at any time during the video to check your students' understanding. Get individualized statistics of your students, and check the effectiveness of your lesson."
garth nichols

Who Is Afraid of Knowledge? | Moments, Snippets, Spirals - 1 views

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cohort21 knowledge technology Critical thinking

shared by garth nichols on 06 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Back to my statement: Knowledge of facts is critical to building understanding. In-depth understanding. And yet, knowledge is slowly becoming a Cinderella in the broader context of education for reasons that escape me. Cognitive science tells us that “thinking” well depends on activating knowledge effectively: “The power of human cognition depends on the amount of knowledge encoded and the effective deployment of it.” (A Simple Theory of Complex Cognition, John R. Anderson, 1995) We all know that there are two types of knowledge: declarative knowledge (yes, those “irrelevant”, googlable facts), and procedural knowledge (more commonly known as “skills”). These two are intertwined and as student-friendly as you might want to be in dismissing the former (because, well, “knowing” stuff is hard and we want students to have only great experiences or “fun”), you cannot. These facts (“units” in scientific terminology) are the building blocks of skills (“rules”). Simply put, you cannot build a skill or develop deep conceptual understanding in the absence of facts.
  • garth nichols on 06 Jan 14
     
    Great article that was going around our twitter feed, but I thought I would add it here to juxtapose with Sarah's recent post from Wired.
Derek Doucet

How To Get More Out Of Google | Visual.ly - 2 views

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GAFE

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  • Derek Doucet on 08 Dec 14
     
    How to perform a well executed search on Google - for students doing effective research online.
Justin Medved

Calling all bloggers! - Leadership Day 2014 | Dangerously Irrelevant - 2 views

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leadership

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  • dministrators’ lack of knowledge is not entirely their fault. Many of them didn’t grow up with computers. Other than basic management or data analysis technologies, many are not using digital tools or online systems on a regular basis. Few have received training from their employers or their university preparation programs on how to use, think about, or be a leader regarding digital technologies.
Derek Doucet

12 Effective Ways To Use Google Drive In Education | Edudemic - 3 views

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edtech SAMR collaboration technology teaching learning

shared by Derek Doucet on 18 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • I’d recommend using it as a useful tool for project-based learning where students can collaborate in real-time, hold chats, and even finalize a project from different locations.
    • a_harding
      a_harding on 18 Oct 14
       
      Fantastic applications of Google Drive in the classroom!
  • The other big way I’d recommend trying out Google Drive would be for mind maps. You can create mind maps using a presentation in Google Drive and work on it with others at the same time.
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  • Are you a Google Drive / Google Docs fan? Do you take notes, compose papers, construct spreadsheets, and build presentations in real-time on the web while collaborating with others? I’m not necessarily promoting Google Drive; just merely pointing out a few of the powerful ways the free tool can help you save time and keep you better organized.
    • Derek Doucet
      Derek Doucet on 18 Nov 14
       
      Hey check this out, this could some excellent in class application of drive.
  • Derek Doucet on 18 Nov 14
     
    This is a way that eductors can utilize Google Drive full capabilities in the classroom
  • Marcus Down on 19 Nov 14
     
    I've begun a journey this week where my students and I are collaborating on PE "sportfolios". So, I guess what I am saying, is you can add e-portfolios to the list!
garth nichols

If School Leaders Don't Get It, It's Not Going to Happen | Eric Sheninger - 2 views

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CAIS Leadershipt Edtech

shared by garth nichols on 01 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • For those educators and schools that are either resistant to or unsure about using social media, I challenge you to move from a fixed to a growth mindset to create schools that work better for kids and establish relevance as a leader in your district, school, or classroom.
  • Begin to strategically utilize an array of free social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate important information (student honors, staff accomplishments, meetings, emergency information) to stakeholders in real-time. Consistency aligned with intent is key.
  • Take control of you public relations by becoming the storyteller-in-chief to produce a constant stream of positive news. If you don't share your story someone else will and you then run the chance that it will not be positive. Stop reacting to public relations situations you have limited control of and begin to be more proactive. When supplying a constant stream of positive news you will help to mitigate any negative stories that might arise.
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  • Establishing a brand presence should no longer be restricted to the business world when schools and districts now have the tools at their fingertips to do this in a cost-effective manner. Simply communicating and telling your story with social media tools can accomplish this. When you do, the brand presence develops solely based on the admirable work that is taking place in your district, school, or classroom.
  • Connect with experts, peers, and practitioners across the globe to grow professionally through knowledge acquisition, resource sharing, engaged discussion, and to receive feedback. This will not only save you time and money, but will open up your eyes to infinite possibilities to truly become a digital leader. Who would not want to tap into countless opportunities that arise through conversations and transparency in online spaces? Don't wait another second to start building a Personal Learning Network (PLN).
  • If you are an administrator, stop supporting or enforcing a gatekeeper approach and allow educators to use free social media tools to engage learners, unleash their creativity, and enhance learning. Hiding behind CIPA is just an excuse for not wanting to give up control. If you want students that are real world or future ready, they must be allowed to use the tools that are prevalent now in this world.
  • Schools are missing a golden opportunity and failing students by not teaching digital responsibility/citizenship through the effective use of social media. We need to begin to empower students to take more ownership of their learning by promoting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the use of mobile learning devices if schools do not have the means to go 1:1. By BYOD I don't mean just allowing kids to bring in and use their own devices in the hallways and during lunch. That is not BYOD. Real BYOD initiatives allow students to enhance/support their learning experience, increase productivity, conduct better research, and become more digitally literate.
  • garth nichols on 01 Dec 14
     
    Administrators in Education...please read!
Justin Medved

Skills in Flux - New skills of for the 21st century - 2 views

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skills 21stcenturyskills

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  • Justin Medved on 25 Mar 15
     
    "As the economy changes, the skills required to thrive in it change, too," says David Brooks in this New York Times column, "and it takes a while before these new skills are defined and acknowledged." He gives several examples: * Herding cats - Doug Lemov has catalogued the "micro-gestures" of especially effective teachers in his book, Teach Like a Champion 2.0 (Jossey-Bass, 2015). "The master of cat herding," says Brooks, "senses when attention is about to wander, knows how fast to move a diverse group, senses the rhythm between lecturing and class participation, varies the emotional tone. This is a performance skill that surely is relevant beyond education." * Social courage - In today's loosely networked world, this has particular value - the ability to go to a conference, meet a variety of people, invite six of them to lunch afterward, and form long-term friendships with four of them. "People with social courage are extroverted in issuing invitations but introverted in conversation - willing to listen 70 percent of the time," says Brooks. "They build not just contacts but actual friendships by engaging people on multiple levels." * Capturing amorphous trends with a clarifying label - People with this skill can "look at a complex situation, grasp the gist and clarify it by naming what is going on," says Brooks. He quotes Oswald Chambers: "The author who benefits you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance." * Making nonhuman things intuitive to humans - This is what Steve Jobs did so well. * Purpose provision - "Many people go through life overwhelmed by options, afraid of closing off opportunities," says Brooks. But a few have fully cultivated moral passions that can help others choose the one thing they sho
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