One idea brought up by several speakers this year is a hybrid grades-free way of evaluating students. In each case, it included a high-bar pass/fail approach to class assignments, with a final, more regular grade for the entire semester.
One of the speakers who presented what he called a “Not Yet” grade was “digital ethnographer” Michael Wesch, a professor at Kansas State University. That’s his photo at the top.
He told the crowd that they had to inspire “wonder” in their students in order to get them to learn as much as possible. Some key quotes from him:
“Low standards/high stakes are the opposite of what you want.”
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Skoolbo - 208 views
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This is a must try site which provides an amazing 3D world which teaches English and maths core skills. Players race against two other randomly chosen online players of a similar level. The questions start out very easy and adapt to the performance of the player. The questions are read out and some are displayed on the screen. The player just clicks on the correct multiple choice answer to increase their speed. There is a download for PCs and Macs as well as apps for iPad and Android. There are teacher accounts which allow you to make logins for lots of children quickly. When there log in students will be asked to design an avatar. Because the resource requires a sizeable download it takes a little time to set up, but because it runs on your local device game play is very smooth and quick. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Making Compassion the Fifth C of Learning - The Learner's Way - 26 views
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The question of what learning matters most to our students is one that I return to regularly. A fascinating range of models are available each with similar elements but presented in a slightly different manner. Most could be summarised by the 'Four C's' model outlined in 'Most Likely to Succeed' by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith. Critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity are vital and each plays an important role in allowing us to manage the complexity of modern day life. Beyond being relevant to success in the classroom the Four C's are the foundations of life-long learning but I question if alone they are enough. I believe we must include a fifth; compassion.
The purpose of education - The Learner's Way - 45 views
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Behind the rhetoric and politics, education is about the outcomes it achieves for its learners. More than being about the nuances of technology, learning space design, curriculum structures and pedagogical practices schools should have effective answers to questions that focus on what they hope to achieve for their learners. How we answer this question should then dictate the measures we utilise to achieve these goals and it is to these ends that we must apply our efforts.
Flipgrid. - 82 views
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"Create grids of questions or topics using text or video and share your questions with whomever you like. Your audience then responds with recorded videos. Flipgrid boosts community and collaboration in classrooms, corporations, and at conferences around the world."
How about no grades for classwork? It might happen in some North Texas classrooms this ... - 52 views
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“The new divide will be between those with wonder and curiosity and those without.”
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Keynote speaker George Couros is a what’s called a “division principal” back home in Canada. He’s a blogger and author who is all about encouraging creativity and change in public education with an emphasis on taking advantage of digital tools. He told the conference that that it’s foolish to deny students use of their smartphones and other digital tools in the classroom — and even on exams. In 2015, being able to figure out what information is relevant is more important than memorization when most facts are a click away, he said.
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"The new divide will be between those with wonder and curiosity and those without." "The world only cares what you can do with what you know," Couros said. He said he clashed with a teacher back home who complained that his approach would let students Google up the answers for her exams. His response: "If I can look up the answers to the questions on your test on Google, your questions suck."
Free tools for teachers: Math Worksheet Generator - Partners in Learning Network - 91 views
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Make maths worksheets with this tool from microsoft. Just write one example question and the program will generate more questions of the same type and even provide an answer sheet. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Multiplying Fractions Catchphrase - Resources - TES - 3 views
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Questions require pupils to multiply two given fractions. Plenary or starter game based on the tv show catchphrase. Pupils must correctly answer the question on one of the rectangles to reveal part of the 'catchphrase behind'. A great way to engage pupils and check understanding. Easily adapted to suit other topics or abilities. See the other versions I have shared - all with a different catchphrase. Picture behind could be changed to something more personalised to the class.
Tablets or Laptops? Ask the Right Questions... - 125 views
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Do you buy laptops or tablets? That's the wrong question... so, what's the right question?
A puzzle a day - 120 views
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Get a new maths question to solve every day of the year with this superb site. It's great for lesson starters and the answer and explanation can be shown with the click of a button. Search questions for other dates by clicking the link at the bottom of the screen. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Question Creation Chart (Q Chart) - 236 views
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A template that can be used for staff or students to write questions based on classroom or PD content.
Christmas Maths Facts - 158 views
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Answer the maths questions to light up the Christmas light. Choose addtion, subtraction, division or multiplication questions to answer. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas
IXL - Algebra Practice - 92 views
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Here is a list of all of the skills students learn in Algebra! The skills are organized into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to see a sample question. To start practicing, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will even increase in difficulty as you improve! -
Practice quizzes! They have all sorts of topics and you can finish any time and it gives you the length of time you were in and how many you got right. When you get a question wrong, it tells you what the correct answer(s) are. Multiple choice practice! Can be used with the whole class to review or in teams when they finish an activity early (great for that since they can end any time).
Mentimeter | Interact with your audience - 83 views
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real-time polling through a web site; displays real-time graph on the screen of answers to multiple choice questions; doesn't appear to let you save questions ahead of time, but quick and easy to do so
Naiku Quick Question | Naiku - 67 views
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Naiku's Quick Question allows you to get immediate feedback from your students - simply ask a question, and students respond using any web enabled device, such as a smartphone, tablet, netbook, or laptop. -
Free site lets teachers conduct a variety of web-based assessments using any type of browser-equipped device. Very useful for formative assessment.
8 Questions Answered By Popular Social Networks - 30 views
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"focuses on 8 popular social networks and discusses the questions lying behind each of them, using the point of view of learning. The 8 platforms considered are Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, YouTube, Pinterest, Spotify, Scoop.It and Learnist."
VOCALS scientific questions - Windows to the Universe - 55 views
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examples of observation to scientific question
Five Questions for Crossing the Threshold | On Being - 32 views
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if we wrap our lives around life-giving questions — and live our way into their answers a bit more every day — the better world we want and need is more likely to come into being
A veteran teacher turned coach shadows 2 students for 2 days - a sobering lesson learne... - 56 views
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But students move almost never. And never is exhausting.
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This was no different in my experience. There was not one class where I was asked to move to work with someone else. However, there was opportunity for engagement with others, where the teacher let the students do the talking and the working.
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sitting passively.
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Passive engagement is how I would describe most students to 'sat and got' while the teacher spoke. However, this was not the case in 100% of classes I shadowed/participated in.
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build in a hands-on, move-around activity into every single class day. Yes, we would sacrifice some content to do this – that’s fine.
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We typically do this in a language learning class, so it was tiresome for me to not have the opportunity to move around and engage with others.
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Prodigy - 72 views
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A superb maths game set in a vast magical world, reminiscent of the early Final Fantasy games. Complete the challenges and battle with monsters by answering maths questions. There is a teacher's dashboard so you can set up and track the progress of your students. Questions are age appropriate and adapt to the ability of the child to keep them moving on.
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