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  • How much you trust your adaptive technology depends a lot on what it is supposed to do.
    • rmeyer1130
      rmeyer1130 on 13 Jun 17
       
      Yes! I am trying to keep in mind that none of these technologies are really meant to replace a person, but if they aid in a student's learning of some areas or learning targets, the technology is a good thing.
    • kellijhall
      kellijhall on 19 Jun 17
       
      I feel like I have this discussion with parents a lot. At my school, we (unfortunately) have a lot of parents who give their students technology whenever they want. Some of these parents then try to get me to use their programs in class because they believe it is better for their student. It can be a tricky conversation to navigate..
  • Adaptive technologies can have real value and are not going away. They can free up faculty to spend more time doing what they do best in the classroom—work that is not replicable by a machine.
    • rmeyer1130
      rmeyer1130 on 13 Jun 17
       
      When I am skeptical, I need to remember this. Teachers can still be active in a child's learning, but utilizing technologies when appropriate can be a good thing.
    • kellijhall
      kellijhall on 19 Jun 17
       
      I like to utilize technology when the students aren't with me because I am working with their peers. Math stations or Literacy menu choices can be a great time for students to explore some of these resources. As a teacher, I can't meet with every student during every minute of the day so I agree that these technologies can sometimes be an alternative, but not a replacement, for the teacher at appropriate times of the day.
    • kspedersen
      kspedersen on 21 Jun 17
       
      This statement really struck me. Often times I don't utilize technology because I don't believe that it is as meaningful as it can be; but, it is better than nothing. I cannot meet with every student every single minute of the day and often times technology can be a good stand-in. However, I do find it difficult to find meaningful applications, but perhaps I need to have a more open-mind and not be so critical.
  • mportant to note, of course, is that in-person instruction does not fall out of the picture in most cases; in fact, it many strengthen instruction as faculty take on a more supporting, coaching role, with less time devoted to delivery of content, which students may or may not already have mastered, and more time focused on one-to-one student engagement and self-paced guidance through a curriculum.
    • rmeyer1130
      rmeyer1130 on 13 Jun 17
       
      I like this point. Adaptive technology is not taking the place of teachers. It is finding smart ways to organize time.
    • kspedersen
      kspedersen on 21 Jun 17
       
      I agree. Adaptive technology is not in place of the instructor, rather it is an added layer of instruction. I believe that adaptive technology is a great tool and can make instruction even more meaningful by allowing students to be fully engaged more throughout the day.
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  • some confusion persists about the role of this technology and how drastically it may impact traditional instruction
    • rmeyer1130
      rmeyer1130 on 13 Jun 17
       
      I think we're all mindful of job security! At what point will technologies be perceived as the better alternative to real teachers in traditional teaching roles?
    • kellijhall
      kellijhall on 19 Jun 17
       
      Agreed! However, are we also setting up our students for future success of using technology to learn something new as adults? (Other than using YouTube videos!)
  • Adaptive technology can follow a student’s progress as they work and recognize which concepts they’ve mastered and in which areas they need further instruction.
  • That umbrella term covers a range of approaches and models, Newman said, including competency-based learning, differentiated instruction and tutorial models, as well as adaptive learning.
  • all adaptive software tries to mimic some aspect of what a good teacher does, given that every student has individual needs.
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      Important for me to remember as I start working on the lab. Hopefully, computers will never replace teachers... but I've seen too many movies.
  • They are not expected to know everything that the instructor knows, but they are good at helping to ensure that the students get the basics right
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      In my mind, this is what I'd use OLPs for. I've studied them as part of my blended learning training. To me, they are a way to augment what is being done in the classroom in a personalized way. This statement is pretty much how I'd put it.
  • Students get real-time response to their work
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      What I like about the idea of adaptive learning tech is this. Students can work on the low level, building block skills when and where they want, as quickly as is needed for them. The tech does this automatically, taking it off the teacher's plate. Knowing this kind of stuff will help the teacher drill down to what is needed.
  • Adaptive tech can help them get past those hurdles with a little extra help
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      In Iowa, we probably don't see as much dropout as other parts of the world. But students do fall behind and don't achieve to the level they should - not just for them, but for the future they will encounter. Providing them with tools to overcome the gaps is something we should aspire to as teachers.
  • Educators, of course, have been doing this for centuries. What is new about this practice today, however, is simply the use of technology
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      So this is the thing. Teachers need to move students into the higher levels of thinking and learning to meet the needs of the future. Letting a program ensure students learn these building blocks makes it easier for the teachers to scaffold them to the higher realms of thinking.
  • Adding the tech makes it possible to personalize at scale
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      Ah, now that's cool! I like that sentence because it encourages people to use the tech to personalize more easily and practically for all students.
  • "Do you want them to read something, watch something and then answer a multiple choice quiz, or do you want them to build a bridge with a simulator that gives them specific feedback and specific activity based on that?"
    • arieux1
      arieux1 on 25 Jun 17
       
      This is a good question regardless of what you teach, the level you teach at, and the approach you take. I just wanted to point that out.
  • good” education is entirely quantifiable and therefore manageable by computer.
    • kathleenweyers
      kathleenweyers on 07 Jul 17
       
      I think this is a valid point, that adaptive tech should not be a student's entire educational experience.  Much of learning cannot be measured by a computer program!  A combination of both is best!
  • technology can help make the adaptations easier and more streamlined.
    • kathleenweyers
      kathleenweyers on 07 Jul 17
       
      Technology can be far more efficient in teaching kids things that are measurable, like math facts of sight words.  Other things, like analyzing the tone of a poem may be less measurable using technology.
  • incorporating the right mix of online and face-to-face instruction where suitable.
    • kathleenweyers
      kathleenweyers on 07 Jul 17
       
      Adaptive technology does not mean the teacher is no longer needed.  It can help students be more successful and motivated because they are learning at their own pace at their own level, but teacher intervention can and should still occur.
  • this data to evaluate student proficiencies and generates "insights" and predictions that lead to recommendations and, ultimately, an individual learning path.
    • kathleenweyers
      kathleenweyers on 07 Jul 17
       
      In the data driven world we live in, there are so many benefits to having immediate date.  Teachers do not have to grade a bunch of work to figure out where kids are in their learning path.  Teachers can easily see where kids struggle and step in to provide remediation much more quickly than not using the tech.
jhatcher

3 secrets to successful Station Rotations | Blended Learning Universe - 1 views

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    I am starting this soon. I am nervous how it is going to be, but excited for all the positives I know can be achieved. This article is very recent and has many links. I plan to come back to it many times.
Wendy Arch

Personalizing flipped engagement | SmartBrief - 1 views

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  • "Personalized" learning is something that we do to kids; "personal" learning is something they do for themselves.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 20 Feb 20
       
      This is a great way to look at/describe the differences to colleagues who haven't jumped on the blended/flipped/online learning journey. We hit this problem with Independent Reading. As English teachers, we view this time as "personalized" learning that prompts growth in reading as Kelly Gallagher describes in Readicide (https://www.stenhouse.com/content/readicide). We hope for personal learning, but the students frequently just see it as pointless down time since they would rather be on their phones.
  • If we can't engage our kids in ideas and explorations that require no technology, then we have surely lost our way.
Wendy Arch

"Personalized" vs. "Personal" Learning - 2 views

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  • The tasks have been personalized for kids, not created by them.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 16 Feb 20
       
      At this point in the article, I have many thoughts floating around. One major thought comes to mind. Can we ever fully personalize our classrooms? I get the points given here, but as a functioning society don't we have to conform a little bit? As parents, I think we do this to our children more than most of us would like to admit and certainly our schools follow suit. Also this first line here, isn't this what state standards do? Provide some sort of standardized leaning? Or is it simply saying that kids should be able to design how they will progress through a certain standard? A student chooses his or her own path to the end. However, if is a standard of no interest to me and you make me do it anyway is that truly personal learning? I'm starting to feel like flip flopping politician.
  • folly of believing that everything can and should be reduced to numbers.[7
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 16 Feb 20
       
      This seems to go against our current reality in my school. We're told that everything has to be data driven or evidence based. On the surface that makes sense, but my issue has always been that we are dealing with people not things. We work in a system filled with a multitude of variables and I would agree that there is a folly in believing that everything can be reduced to numbers. The more I read this article, the more I am thinking that we might be looking at turning the traditional school upside down on it's head.
  • Our kids (and we ourselves) are suddenly walking around with access to the sum of human knowledge in our pockets and connections to literally millions of potential teachers. It’s a dramatic shift that requires new literacies to navigate all that access and, importantly, new dispositions to take advantage of it for learning.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 16 Feb 20
       
      Yes, our kids today are walking around with infinite knowledge at their finger tips. Yes, they don't know how to use it and when they are provided the opportunity, they don't seem to use it. I'm not saying that they can't or won't. I'm saying that from my experiences, they are trained not to do so. So many students do not realize their own potential for learning. They want to wait for the teacher to tell them what to do, what the correct answer is, or how to go about a particular task. Maybe we trained them too well. I 500% agree that we need to teach this skill. I also know that I have struggled to do this myself. If asked, I would have say, no I don't how to teach these new literacy skills. It's talked about, but I haven't seen any real professional development on the subject. If you know of any, please share.
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 17 Feb 20
       
      I couldn't agree more with your ideas about students not knowing how to use the knowledge. Sometimes they ask me the simplest question and are offended that I don't have the answer for them. To which I ask, how could you find the answer? I feel as though they only take advantage of having that knowledge at their fingertips when it's a direct benefit to them and seems simpler than relying on someone else for the information. I encourage so many of my students to think through investigations for themselves and to try and come up with possible answers first. So many of them want to sit and wait for me to tell them everything and haven't realized how much more power there is in learning it if they put in the cognitive effort first. Coming from the same district, I also don't know how we teach them how to persevere through that when they just want to take the easy route, but there have to be some strategies out there that help to break down that "instant gratification mindset."
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  • Personalization is often used in the ed-tech community to describe a student moving through a prescribed set of activities at his own pace. The only choice a student gets is what box to check on the screen and how quickly to move through the exercises.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 16 Feb 20
       
      Yikes and ouch. Time for some personal reflection. I would say that I have done exactly this. I'm also fairly sure that personalized learning is what I would have called it. Letting students move at their own pace and not be anchored down by others in the classroom. I agree with most of this article. In fact it sounds like an utopia classroom. Students working on problems in their own way, connecting their own dots, learning new skills so they self progress along their chosen path.... At the end of reading though, I'm right back to my roadblock. How do I even begin to manage this or set it up in the first place? Thinking from the science view, we use a lot of materials and supplies, having to have these items available gives me enough anxiety alone.
  • but every mechanism we use to measure it is through control and compliance.’
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 17 Feb 20
       
      I often wrestle with these different questions/thoughts from a high school perspective. Personalization seems like a great way to reach each individual students' interests and needs, but the logistics of measuring progress always surface. How do we ensure students are still meeting all of the state standards and critera so that they can earn a credit that is satisfactory for graduation? How do we make sure that things are coded appropriately so that those courses are recognized by post-secondary institutions? How do we allow personalization but don't limit it because of the need to be compliant for some things?
    • mpercy
      mpercy on 21 Feb 20
       
      I really think to implement a system which uses a personalized approach, the whole system by which we operate would need to be changed. High school graduation requirements would need to be adjusted as well as college entrance requirements.
  • A personalized environment gives students the freedom to follow a meaningful line of inquiry, while building the skills to connect, synthesize and analyze information into original productions.
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 17 Feb 20
       
      This sounds like a great opportunity for a lot of my students, but I'm not sure it will also fit every student's needs. The more flexible schedule and choice inherent within it worries me about some of my students who really struggle with staying on task and making progress. I wonder how much structure would need to be embedded for these students and would it alter it to the point that it wouldn't be considered personalized?
    • mpercy
      mpercy on 21 Feb 20
       
      In theory, giving students a choice in what and how they learn would eliminate the need to keep them focused and on track. However, we have students in our classrooms today we know would struggle with this! As with any method of teaching, there would be students that would love it and thrive while others would struggle and need more intervention. Not every individual could learn this way.
  • She cautions educators who may be excited about the progressive educational implications for “personalized learning” to make sure everyone they work with is on the same page about what that phrase means.
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 17 Feb 20
       
      There are certainly some changes that need to happen on a macro level if we want to reach our students in the optimal way. State assessments would need to change, the way that colleges rate students may need to be different and even the way college is taught could have implications. What happens if we are teaching these high schoolers in innovative ways that are truly personalized, but then a students ends up in a freshmen lecture hall with 300 students and is put back into that cookie-cutter scenario? Will they be prepared with the skills to handle that?
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 23 Feb 20
       
      I agree with you. We find ourselves teaching for the standardized tests. We need to find out what the expectations are in college to ensure kids are learning skills that allow them to succeed in all classroom settings.
  • However, in order to navigate the system of accountability in the U.S. educational system, many school district leaders require public school educators to teach a specific curriculum that will be evaluated on standardized tests
    • mpercy
      mpercy on 21 Feb 20
       
      This is a big hurdle to overcome if we are to adopt a personalized learning environment. How can we make sure that students know the curriculum they will be evaluated on before going on to college or other programs after high school. Can they still demonstrate success on these tests?
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 21 Feb 20
       
      My school as adopted EL Reading LA curriculum. It is very scripted and all kids read 4 books through the year. Choice in reading has really taken the backseat. No room for personalized learning here.
  • Technology was strikingly absent from these conversations.
    • mpercy
      mpercy on 21 Feb 20
       
      This surprises me as it has been a focus for many districts to become 1:1 with technology. I would think that to become more personalized technology would need to be implemented.
  • After decades of this approach, it is clear that all children don’t learn the same way and personalization seems to honor those differences.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 21 Feb 20
       
      Educators know this and have for a long time. We know our students have changed. I'm so glad to be in this class but I do not feel my administrators will support this because it is not going to fit into their mold- I can statements, success criteria, evaluation. Personalized learing is different!
  • because of the larger preoccupation with data data data data data
    • kimgrissom
      kimgrissom on 22 Feb 20
       
      I love Alfie Kohn but this is a scathing assessment of the data-based movement. I get that not all things can and should be reduced to numbers and I tend to agree with his assessment of the dangers of these things being our focus. However, there has to be some way to see if we're making progress other than just individual feelings.
  • One final caveat: in the best student-centered, project-based education, kids spend much of their time learning with and from one another. Thus, while making sense of ideas is surely personal, it is not exclusively individual because it involves collaboration and takes place in a community.
    • kimgrissom
      kimgrissom on 22 Feb 20
       
      I think this is a very important point as I think about personalized learning and what it might look like. My understanding of personalized doesn't exclude collaboration, but there are models that have the potential to be isolating.
  • We don’t need personalization as much as we need to promote and give opportunities for our kids to do personal learning. And while they come from the same root, those two words are vastly different. “Personalized” learning is something that we do to kids; “personal” learning is something they do for themselves.
    • kimgrissom
      kimgrissom on 22 Feb 20
       
      To me, this is the most important point in all three of these articles. But this is such a complex issue in schools today. The pressure of all that students must learn and be prepared for has led us to a place where there is far less personal learning in schools. And at the same time, it would probably be more efficient (time-wise) to let project-based, personal learning meet the standards BUT we've also gotten to a place where funding cuts mean it's almost impossible to move away from the industrial model because the more personal project-based model requires more and different human resources. In other words, at the same time that there is more to learn and more concern about students having the engagement and perseverance to get there, we have less money to rebuild a system that currently gets us by with high student to teacher ratio.
  • If we can’t engage our kids in ideas and explorations that require no technology, then we have surely lost our way. Big questions, passion, personal interest are what should drive our use of technology, not the other way around.
    • kimgrissom
      kimgrissom on 22 Feb 20
       
      Yes. This. So much of this. To me, this is what I love about the Blend/Flip cohort and AIW. Both of these concepts start with the kids and the content and how to engage them in the real ideas at the heart of the matter and then look at the best way of getting students to that goal with or without technology.
  • describe a student moving through a prescribed set of activities at his own pace. The only choice a student gets is what box to check on the screen and how quickly to move through the exercises.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 23 Feb 20
       
      This reminds me of the online courses I have observed students complete over the past few years.
  • When that happens, the structures around the classroom leave little room for the kind of authentic, whole-child personalization many teachers dream of offering.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 23 Feb 20
       
      I know it is hard for me to give up structure with my Special Education students. This may be easier in personalized learning with students that have learned the skills to self-regulate and stay on task.
  • truly personalized learning experience requires student choice, is individualized, meaningful and resource rich.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 23 Feb 20
       
      I think we have students that will be successful with this learning. Some students may not be prepared. How do we determine which students can be successful?
  • It’s as if engaging them in learning without technology has become this impossible task.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 23 Feb 20
       
      I do not believe in just the Google classroom. I believe in engaging students with the community, books, and conversation.
  • animates “competency-based progression,” “mastery learning,” and programs that tweak the “delivery of instruction.”
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 23 Feb 20
       
      Could this also be at the center of the difference between credit recovery online/personalized learning and more robust project-based/personalized learning? If a program's goal is to get students the bare minimum of credits for a basic diploma (ala GED), then this style might make sense. If we're thinking of a broader, system-wide approach, then this attitude it definitely at the heart of a lot of fears about the automatization of education.
  • Simpler strategies, such as having kids choose, read, and discuss real books from the library may be more effective
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 23 Feb 20
       
      This is what lives at the core of my department's belief in individual reading. Every Friday, students in English 9, English 10, English 11/12, and American Literature read a book of their choice. There are no assignments attached. This "simpler strategy" is based on Kelly Gallahger's work in Readicide.
  • By assigning the lecture at home, we’re still in charge of delivering the curriculum, just at a different time.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 23 Feb 20
       
      THIS!!!! THIS 1000% times over! It takes twice if not three times as long to prepare a flipped lesson than a live lecture. This is a point most people don't want to talk about. We're still putting in the time and effort -- it just changes to outside of class time -- which puts the onus on us. Instead of completing the majority of my work during the school day, I'm completing the majority of it outside of school in the evenings and weekends.
  • The assumption here is that curriculum can be broken into little pieces, that skills are acquired sequentially and can be assessed with discrete, contrived tests and reductive rubrics.
    • Wendy Arch
      Wendy Arch on 23 Feb 20
       
      Is this not what Standards Based/Referenced Grading believes? I am not at a SRG school, so I haven't gone through the process. My experience comes with a testing/data collection software our school is piloting called Performance Matters. All questions are tied to standards and wrapped up nicely-packaged in pretty color-coded data to allow teachers to quickly assess and regroup students based on ability or skill-demonstration. This sounds great - an easy to push students who already know the material and help students who don't - but it is testing actual growth or just test taking ability?
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ollie-afe-2020: Article: Attributes from Effective Formative Assessment (CCSSO) - 3 views

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  • Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 12 Apr 20
       
      Everything we do is to improve student achievement. This helps us going future instruction.
    • maryhumke
      maryhumke on 12 Apr 20
       
      WE hear data driven decisions so often but this is a such a clear definition of why we base instructional decisions on data.
  • Formative assessment is not an adjunct to teaching but, rather, integrated into instruction and learning with teachers and students receiving frequent feedbac
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 12 Apr 20
       
      It is important to do this as students are doing work, having group discussion, and possibly by another adult that can step in the room. One person may observe learning or needs that another cannot.
  • In this type of classroom culture, students will more likely feel they are collaborators with their teacher and peers in the learning process.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 12 Apr 20
       
      This collaboration is important. Students need to feel like they have respect and "own" their learning. I teach Special Ed, so I always give students a way to own their instruction and opportunities to improve.
    • maryhumke
      maryhumke on 13 Apr 20
       
      I agree. Not all kids are risk takers so when they feel supported they are more likely open up with the others in the learning process
    • ravelinga
      ravelinga on 14 Apr 20
       
      This is the direction I really want to go in my classrooms. It is transitioning my students from passive to more active learners. The part that I have work on is building the class norms and modeling them properly in my class.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 15 Apr 20
       
      A classroom culture where there is collaboration between teacher and students in the learning process would be so exciting. I think it would hold students more accountable when they are part of their own process.
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  • Because the formative assessment process helps students achieve intended learning outcomes based on explicit learning progressions, teachers must first identify and then communicate the instructional goal to students
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 12 Apr 20
       
      This is an important statement. Students need to know the instructional goal. I do think this is missed. It is a good reminder for me moving forward. I feel like I do this, but what does that look like?
    • nkrager
      nkrager on 13 Apr 20
       
      Agreed! However, I struggle to find that most students don't "care" about this goal unless you make it relevant to them right now. (And even with this some don't care.) I would love for students to buy in to what we are all doing in our classrooms and understand the bigger pictures, then they would understand the learning progressions.
    • ravelinga
      ravelinga on 14 Apr 20
       
      The communication of the end goal is something that I need to do a better job with. I think I will have better outcomes from my formative assessment when my students see there purpose rather than just me.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      My new curriculum is all about the I Can statements and reviewing it at the end, so this is very helpful. I agree with the comment above- Now to motivate the students to care!
  • Learning progressions describe how concepts and skills build in a domain, and show the trajectory of learning along which students are expected to progress. From a learning progression teachers have the big picture of what students need to learn, as well as sufficient detail for planning instruction to meet short-term goals. They are able to connect formative assessment opportunities to the short-term goals to keep track of how well their students’ learning is moving forward.
    • maryhumke
      maryhumke on 13 Apr 20
       
      I have enjoyed our course work on this. It has made me really think the steps between objection and assessment.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      I agree with you. The Progression diagram that I have made 2 different times has really helped me understand how to break the learning down. Trying to make sure students are achieving at each step is so important to their success.
  • It should help the student answer three basic questions: Where am I going? Where am I now? How can I close the gap?
    • maryhumke
      maryhumke on 13 Apr 20
       
      I will remember these questions Often feedback is just a general statement of good job. These questions will drive student with specific feedback.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 15 Apr 20
       
      I really like the idea of posing those questions to the students and make them more engaged in their learning and the skill of really knowing where they are in the learning progression.
    • emilysjohnson
      emilysjohnson on 16 Apr 20
       
      I imagine the learning progressions posted on the wall and when conferring with students, posing the questions - where are you now? where are you going? how will you get there?
    • Michelle Murray
      Michelle Murray on 16 Apr 20
       
      I think posing the questions to students would be a great way to have them do some self-reflection. That would also help the teacher to understand the students' perception of where they are and be able to give appropriate feedback. For example, a teacher might think a student is doing something well because they have evidence of that, but it would help to know if the student felt they knew it well enough so that they could replicate it in the future.
  • student- and peer-assessment should not be used in the formal grading process.
    • maryhumke
      maryhumke on 13 Apr 20
       
      I think this is very important. There are too many variables in peer statements and comments.
    • leipoldc
      leipoldc on 25 Apr 20
       
      I agree. Peer assessment is meant to help both students learn something new and reflect on their learning/work from a non-teacher perspective.
  • Sharing learning goals and criteria for success with students, supporting students as they monitor and take responsibility for their own learning, helping students to provide constructive feedback to each other, and involving students in decisions about how to move learning forward are illustrations of students and teachers working together in the teaching and learning process.
    • nkrager
      nkrager on 13 Apr 20
       
      I want to increase this in my classroom so if you have ideas, please do share! :) I want students to feel comfortable with this process and care about the learning progressions we are moving through. I want there to be good peer feedback and not just students "jumping through the hoops" so that they themselves get better at the big ideas and collaboration pieces.
    • maryhumke
      maryhumke on 13 Apr 20
       
      I think this is very important. There are too many variables in peer statements and comments.
  • You must also relate your explanation to one of the properties we have been discussing in class to indicate the reason the steps were incorrect.” Again, the students know the goal, where their response differed from the criteria, and how they can improve their explanations.
  • Effective formative assessment involves collecting evidence about how student learning is progressing during the course of instruction so that necessary instructional adjustments can be made to close the gap between students’ current understanding and the desired goals.
    • nkrager
      nkrager on 13 Apr 20
       
      These are only effective when teachers/students use them to drive the instruction further. It is not enough to just say that we are doing formative assessments but then disregarding the data that they give us. Changes and adaptions must be made to successfully move all students forward with the material.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 13 Apr 20
       
      I agree. I think this also goes with doing a pretest or pre assessment. What data are you trying to get and what are you actually going to do with that data to enhance your teaching and to adjust your teaching for your students.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      Really packed classrooms of students can make this so difficult!
  • A second important part of the definition is its unequivocal requirement that the formative assessment process involve both teachers and students. The students must be actively involved in the systematic process intended to improve their learning.
    • nkrager
      nkrager on 13 Apr 20
       
      So important to build this process in our classrooms so that students take ownership of their learning and want to do better. (I would love tips on how to do this better in my own room if anyone has some!) :)
    • jessed44
      jessed44 on 18 Apr 20
       
      Getting students to consistently take ownership of their learning has been one of the most difficult tasks of my career. Intrinsic motivation is key, but by definition, it has to come from within a student There are things a teacher can do, such as offer freedom and choice, but this can be very difficult for students that do not buy in.
  • a process used by teachers and students
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 13 Apr 20
       
      It's important to emphasize that it is a process used both by teachers AND students. I think too often, students don't realize how much informaiton a formative assessment can also provide them and help them with goal-setting for future lessons.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 13 Apr 20
       
      I think that most teachers use formative assessments throughout their lesson plans and teaching without even knowing that they are doing it!
    • ravelinga
      ravelinga on 14 Apr 20
       
      This is why I liked the learning progression activity. It put the use of formative assessments front and center when creating units. Something I need to do better with.
    • leipoldc
      leipoldc on 25 Apr 20
       
      I agree that teachers have been using the formative assessment process before it was given a name. I think they knew they were doing it and because it is good practice, gave it a name.
  • These range from informal observations and conversations to purposefully planned instructionally embedded techniques designed to elicit evidence of student learning to inform and adjust instruction.
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 13 Apr 20
       
      It's always interesting to hear the groans from students if I announce that we are going to have a more formal formative assessment (such as a quick 2-3 question quiz) vs. the simpler formative assessments that I conduct daily in terms of having conversations with students/groups or thumbs up/thumbs down. There's this misconception with students (at least my own) in that if I announce we are having an assessment, it suddenly becomes more important than the daily check-ins.
  • The process requires the teacher to share learning goals with students and provide opportunities for students to monitor their ongoing progress.
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 13 Apr 20
       
      In my building we've spent a few professional development sessions on crafting student-friendly learning targets that we regularly communicate to students and that students can communicate back to us. We are working on how we can better have students monitoring their own progress at reaching those learning goals. I think it's critical that the learning targets are student-friendly so that it becomes easier for them to monitor their own progress.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 15 Apr 20
       
      The communication piece is key to pulling teachers and students together for the same purpose. I would love to continue on finding ways for students to understand the formative assessments and how they can help in the student's learning.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 17 Apr 20
       
      Yes, getting students not to push back is key. I find that my students this year, shut down if I attach the word assessment to any thing. I think that they issue is, the educational system has trained students to think with a "for grade" mentality. Somehow we have to shift that focus to a "learning mentality". Is it possible to get parents to and students not to worry about grades and simply worry about the learning that can happen?
  • In peer-assessment, students analyze each others’ work using guidelines or rubrics and provide descriptive feedback that supports continued improvement.
    • lwinter14
      lwinter14 on 13 Apr 20
       
      I think the use of peer-assessment can be really effective in helping students think about their learning and make changes. It's helpful for them to hear from their peers, and not always receive feedback from just the teacher. I think this brings up a good point, though. Students have to be explicitly taught how to provide helpful feedback, without it, their comments and feedback are often superficial and won't really help the student make progress.
    • ravelinga
      ravelinga on 14 Apr 20
       
      I really like this as a formative assessment that I need to incorporate more into my units. What I like is the students are now being more involved in the learning process.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 15 Apr 20
       
      Have you had any success doing this. At the middle school level we have started pairing the teams together and we present and give feedback across the two teams. However, it is still not what we want it to be. We made a sheet with look fors and sentence stems to help students. We've even stopped a class of 60 students and told them that we are listening for you to us...(a certain sentence stem), and that helps a little, but it still seems a bit fake. I can't tell if we aren't doing something right or if the idea of it is just so foreign to them. I know that as a student we never did peer feed back and the best feedback I got from a teacher was a, "Wow, your hard work is evident".
    • leipoldc
      leipoldc on 25 Apr 20
       
      I like the idea of peer-assessment, but think it would probably work best when the students do not know who is providing the feedback nor to whom they provided feedback. It would require discussion and practice, but allows students to do some analysis which should cause more critical thinking of the work they too are completing.
  • process
    • emilysjohnson
      emilysjohnson on 16 Apr 20
       
      I think we still struggle as a system to view formative assessment as a process. Case in point, administrators in my previous buildings would ask teachers to bring their "formative assessments" to our PLC meetings. It became a tangible thing vs. observations, etc.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 17 Apr 20
       
      I am glad that you brought this up. This whole process is supposed to be something that moves student learning forward and deeper and our profession to new heights. That definitely gets lost in translation when it becomes something forced. My administrators have done the same thing. The meaningful process becomes lost when teachers do it just because they are told to, or they are just going through the motions. I think that you are correct when you say it's so much more than a tangible thing, it has to be observational as well. We also have to get educators to see the value of it and using formative assessments to guide our practice.
  • Specific, timely feedback should be based on the learning goal and criteria for success.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 13 Apr 20
       
      "timely feedback" - students don't want formative feedback when they already took their summative assessment. Make the feedback relatable and clear. If you make the feedback irrelevant it is not meaning full to the student.
    • mkanost
      mkanost on 14 Apr 20
       
      I do like using the language in the rubric to specify what they did well as well as what needs to be built upon to hit the success criteria.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 15 Apr 20
       
      I also liked that part. I have a hard time with the whole specific, timely feedback. I don't always know how to go about doing it for a 150 students. I think that being more clear on the rubric might really help. Rather than focus on content I could include wording needed that help develop the skills needed to get to or master the content. I still am unsure how to effectively answer the where going, where now, and closing the gap questions. I wonder if students can be given a self assessment with a carefully worded rubric and them I can review those and make changes as needed. What ideas or methods do the rest of you use to meet the needs of the last three questions in this sentence?
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 15 Apr 20
       
      or rather the end of the next sentence, sorry
    • benrobison
      benrobison on 21 Apr 20
       
      YES! This cuts out all of the fluff and gets to the heart of what we want kids to learn! Creating better learning targets makes teaching much more purposeful!
  • To support both self- and peer-assessment, the teacher must provide structure and support so students learn to be reflective of their own work and that of their peers, allowing them to provide meaningful and constructive feedback.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 13 Apr 20
       
      I think this is a great way to incorporate the rubric that would be used to assess the student. Peer feedback is one that could go really well and really bad if the teacher doesn't set the guidelines of what it looks like. This is a teachable moment in it's self.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      I agree with this statement. If a student can successfully self evaluate according to criteria like a rubric then they can have success with peers. Start there.
    • jessed44
      jessed44 on 18 Apr 20
       
      I have found that if I ask students to give each other a grade, it is basically useless, as they will just give each other an A. But if I ask them to comment and send back for revision, in actually work quite well. Qualitative over quantitative has been key for me.
  • In other words, there is no such thing as “a formative test.” Instead, there are a number of formative assessment strategies that can be implemented during classroom instruction.
    • parkerv
      parkerv on 13 Apr 20
       
      Viewing formative assessment as a process rather than any one or a series of discrete assessments is critical in my mind for formative assessment to really do what it is meant to do and that is to inform instruction and improve student learning. Never too many reminders of this fact.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      I think the definition has changed a bit since 2006. I know my administrators include AFTER the instruction as formative assessment such as ticket outs and even quizzes. All still help guide teaching decisions but many occur after.
    • benrobison
      benrobison on 21 Apr 20
       
      We use formative assessments in the in-person classroom multiple times within the class period. I have done some formative assessments, realized all of the kids were well past proficient (thanks to great background knowledge), and I moved on. In that sense, there was no test needed.
  • Using the evidence elicited from such tasks connected to the goals of the progression, a teacher could identify the “just right gap” – a growth point in learning that involves a step that is neither too large nor too small – and make adjustments to instruction accordingly.
    • parkerv
      parkerv on 13 Apr 20
       
      It is important to identify those "just right gaps" for individual students and for the class as a whole so that time isn't wasted on things they have already mastered nor do some or all of the students feel lost or overwhelmed. Learning progressions in conjunction with ongoing formative assessment help pinpoint where additional instruction or practice may be needed.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 15 Apr 20
       
      This is one of the positive aspects of blended learning. I can figure out who has gaps and bring them in to work on the skills they need to improve.
    • Michelle Murray
      Michelle Murray on 16 Apr 20
       
      I hadn't thought about how an additional benefit of a well-written learning target is that it allows a teacher to readily know what the next step of learning is for students and let's them use that knowledge to help give feedback that is alerts the student to next steps in their learning, but that makes absolute sense!
  • teachers must provide the criteria by which learning will be assessed so that students will know whether they are successfully progressing toward the goal. This information should be communicated using language readily understood by students, and may be accompanied by realistic examples of those that meet and do not meet the criteria.
    • parkerv
      parkerv on 13 Apr 20
       
      Providing students with user friendly criteria upon which they can self-assess their own progress is critical for optimal learning.
    • emilysjohnson
      emilysjohnson on 16 Apr 20
       
      I agree! Too many students aren't able to tell if they are "on track" because they think they have to get in the heads of their teachers. The assessment piece remains a mystery to them.
  • Formative assessment is a process that directly engages both teachers and students.
    • parkerv
      parkerv on 13 Apr 20
       
      Student involvement makes the formative assessment process so much richer and teaches students life long skills that will help them think critically when in the workforce. I believe it also helps motivate students to do their best.
  • The teacher might first offer students a paraphrased version of that goal such as, “You will be able to judge the strengths and weaknesses of arguments in the editorials you find in our daily newspapers.” The teacher would discuss the criteria for evaluating arguments and then provide several examples of critiques of political essays. This will provide students with a reasonably clear idea of the analytic skills they are to develop and also provide them with the tools required to assess their own written analyses.
    • kshadlow
      kshadlow on 14 Apr 20
       
      This process really helps you hone in on scaffolding to move learning to your end objective.
  • With this kind of descriptive feedback and collaboration, the teacher clarifies the goal for the student, provides specific information about where the student is in relation to meeting the criteria, and offers enough substantive information to allow the student an opportunity to identify ways to move learning forward.
    • kshadlow
      kshadlow on 14 Apr 20
       
      Feedback throughout the process is so beneficial to the student. I think it is easy for teachers to skip this part or not notice they are giving it during conversations. Written feedback usually happens in those final assessments.
  • Helping students think meta-cognitively about their own learning fosters the idea that learning is their responsibility and that they can take an active role in planning, monitoring, and evaluating their own progress.
    • kshadlow
      kshadlow on 14 Apr 20
       
      I think teachers and students need to hear and believe this concept more. Once teachers buy into allowing students more o fa role in their learning, students will take on more responsibility...in the ideal world.
    • emilysjohnson
      emilysjohnson on 16 Apr 20
       
      Absolutely! We need to re-structure the classroom environment so that students don't see it as hierarchical. The teacher should be a guide in the room, sitting among his/her students. This way, students may begin to develop more ownership of their learning.
    • leipoldc
      leipoldc on 25 Apr 20
       
      Helping students see that the only way they can truly learn is when they take ownership for their learning is the key. We will never be able to teach someone who does not want to learn.
  • Students can use a rubric to provide feedback to a peer by articulating reasons why a piece of work is at one level and discussing how it could be improved to move it to the next level.
    • kshadlow
      kshadlow on 14 Apr 20
       
      This idea takes some of the worry out for students who don't want to hurt or offend other students in the critique.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      I think this will definitely happen. The more it is done, the better students will be at peer editing.
  • inform instruction and learning during the teaching/learning process
    • mkanost
      mkanost on 14 Apr 20
       
      This is so important to decipher the difference between summative and formative.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 17 Apr 20
       
      I agree! This is for the teacher and the students.
  • particular kind of assessment.
    • mkanost
      mkanost on 14 Apr 20
       
      My first year or two, I believed that it was a specific assessment. The confusion between formative and summative for a new teacher is hard to grasp if you haven't been explicitly taught.
    • Michelle Murray
      Michelle Murray on 16 Apr 20
       
      I worry that in our district's attempts at the PLC process that teachers have gotten the wrong impression that formative assessment has to be proven through a specific assessment in order to facilitate a data-driven discussion. I believe that data can tell us a great deal about where our students are and how to move them forward, but I don't like the idea of it replacing ongoing feedback about the process.
    • jessed44
      jessed44 on 18 Apr 20
       
      This is an important point. Any, and potentially all assessments can and should be formative.
  • Students build on this learning in later stages of the progression to develop an understanding that people represent and interpret the past in different ways
    • mkanost
      mkanost on 14 Apr 20
       
      An effective teacher understands that this must be built upon before students can learn new material.
    • jessed44
      jessed44 on 18 Apr 20
       
      Looking back at my early days as an educator, I did not do a very good job at this. In hindsight, I really assumed that students knew how to do some things that they obviously did not know how to do. I still find that I have to get myself to slow down and break apart tasks for students. I wonder how many other teachers struggle with this, and may not even be aware of it!
  • However, for students to be actively and successfully involved in their own learning, they must feel that they are bona fide partners in the learning process. This feeling is dependent on a classroom culture characterized by a sense of trust between and among students and their teachers; by norms of respect, transparency, and appreciation of differences; and by a non-threatening environment. Creating such a culture requires teachers to model these behaviors during interactions with students, to actively teach the classroom norms, and to build the students’ skills in constructive self- and peer-assessment.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 15 Apr 20
       
      I think this is so very true. I fully think that we as a system we have to do a better job at promoting learners not students. Students do things for a grade. They follow the rules so they don't get into trouble. They don't follow the rules to get out of work or other outside issue. Learners however, they do the work to learn, even if it were not graded. They come to school to better themselves and they understand that they are there are doing the work for themselves, it's a passion of self improvement. The know the teacher is there to facilitate them and they understand that the person in charge of the learning in the classroom isn't the teacher, it's them, the learner. I hope, that through the formative assessment process, scientists seminars, and norms that I have developed, that I am beginning to foster more learners and less students. It is a journey that has forced me to become less of a teacher and more of learner myself.
  • A teacher needs to have modeled good feedback with students and talked about what acceptable and unacceptable comments look like in order to have created a safe learning environment
    • Michelle Murray
      Michelle Murray on 16 Apr 20
       
      As an instructional coach, this is a step that I frequently saw teacher's skip when they asked students to to self- and peer-feedback. Teachers assumed students knew how to give high quality feedback then were frustrated with the responses with students gave, often coming to the conclusion that self- and peer-feedback were a waste of time because the feedback lacked quality.
    • benrobison
      benrobison on 21 Apr 20
       
      I find this the most important piece. If I don't model feedback, how are kids supposed to know what's going on? Without the modeling, this becomes an unimportant time-filler.
  • Effective formative assessment involves collecting evidence about how student learning is progressing during the course of instruction so that necessary instructional adjustments can be made to close the gap between students’ current understanding and the desired goals.
    • benrobison
      benrobison on 21 Apr 20
       
      I would say that sometimes PLC work goes too far in this...there is too much data being thrown around, and less attention to actual teaching. Sometimes, the formative assessments are analyzed but the kids don't receive any feedback. If we want our students to be a partner in the learning, the feedback has to be provided to the student, not just for teacher use.
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  • One of the ways in which students internalize the characteristics of quality work is by evaluating the work of their peers. However, if they are to offer helpful feedback, students must have a clear understanding of what they are to look for in their peers' work. The instructor must explain expectations clearly to them before they begin.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 19 Apr 20
       
      The whole time I was reading this article, I was thinking, but I never get it to work the way I want it. Then, as I was scrolling, I came back to this beginning statement. I think this is the real key that often gets lost. Every time I have had students do a peer assessment, I don't how clear I was on teaching students how to do it. I'm not sure I was clear enough on the look fors and the expectations.
  • Portfolios are purposeful, organized, systematic collections of student work that tell the story of a student's efforts, progress, and achievement in specific areas. The student participates in the selection of portfolio content, the development of guidelines for selection, and the definition of criteria for judging merit. Portfolio assessment is a joint process for instructor and student.
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 19 Apr 20
       
      I have recently been looking into this idea. I really like the idea of students selecting what they think is their best work and uploading it to a portfolio. Then the student would have to explain how their artifact shows their understanding of the standard. I think it will make students much more invested in their learning, knowing they would have to explain how it matches a standard later. I had a college class where we had to select work and upload it to an online portal and describe how it was evidence of our learning. It made me much more aware of what I was doing, knowing that I had to justify it in the end.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 19 Apr 20
       
      I like this idea. I use to have students create file folder portfolios but an electronic portfolio is very easy. I like the idea of having them write how the artifacts shows their understanding of the standard. We need anything we can to help them CARE and be motivated to learn.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      Student portfolios were a hot topic when I first got into teaching. It was this awesome thing where all of the students work is placed, reflection of learning, and posted for all to see. This is still a great idea... plus I love how it shows the students where you started, all the hard work, and where you are at now.
  • Students may have little exposure to different forms of assessment and so may lack the necessary skills and judgements to effectively manage self and peer assessments. There may also be a perception amongst students that the academic is ‘shirking’ their responsibilities by having students undertaking peer assessments. I
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 19 Apr 20
       
      I have seen this with my own students. They often don''t like having to self assess as they see it as my responsibility. Like the softchalk lesson says, they have been schooled not to. I think they also don't see the real value. We tend to communicate to students that the work is for a grade not for learning. I think this is a huge cultural shift we need to make. Somehow we need stakeholders in education to understand that it is the learning that matters not the grade. I realize that we all think that, but how do our practices show that belief?
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  • “Professors in the trenches tend to hold their monopoly on evaluating their students’ work dearly, since it helps them control the classroom better by reinforcing their power and expertise,”
    • jnewmanfd
      jnewmanfd on 19 Apr 20
       
      So I don't know if this is the best reflection to make here, but when I read this, a thought came to mind. A few years ago I was taking a class taught by Brian Hand (educational researcher). He asked us on day one, who was in charge of the learning in your classroom. Most of us said, we are. His reply (and I don't mean to be crude)"...and that's whats %$#@ wrong with education. You're students are in control of the learning, even if you aren't aware of it or want it that way." It was a bit abrupt. As it was the first time I've ever been sworn at in PD, I always remembered it. I also think that it's spot on. I don't own the learning as I don't chose who actually learns it. For learning to occur, I need to create a culture where students are in control of their learning. I think otherwise the best we can hope for is compliance. Which isn't the same thing.
  • type of evaluation is to give students a practice session with it
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      Always great to practice and model what the students will be doing.
  • students develop trust by forming them into small groups early in the semester and having them work in the same groups throughout the term.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 19 Apr 20
       
      I have to help students build trust because they are nervous to be completely honest. They have a lot of social and confidence issues that can get in the way of great peer editing. If keeping them with the same partners for a given amount of time will help, it makes sense to do it. I will try this next year.
  • It is helpful to introduce students to the concepts and elements of assessment against specified criteria in the first weeks of class when you explain the unit of study outline.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 19 Apr 20
       
      This is easier when we use the Backward Design method to plan our lessons. It should be very easy to share the outcomes and features of the assessments as we teach. I can see how this would be very helpful for the students and their reflections of their learning.
  • The break down in peer grading occurs when the learning environment cannot provide the conditions as mentioned above.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 20 Apr 20
       
      I can see some of these factors are not being met in my classroom when I have peer editing or peer feedback assigned. Some of these factors will be hard to reach which is depressing.I think with practice, explaining expectations, a positive culture for my students we can overcome many of these factors but not all.
  • Over and over again, students rejected their own judgments of their work in favor of guessing how their teacher or professor would grade it.” (p. 168)
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 20 Apr 20
       
      I think this possibly comes from students experiencing many school years of teacher's not valuing their opinions. We have not asked students what they think about their learning near enough.
  • They also recommend that teachers share expectations for assignments and define quality. Showing students examples of effective and ineffective pieces of work can help to make those definitions real and relevant.
    • jhatcher
      jhatcher on 20 Apr 20
       
      I keep seeing this throughout my Ollie and Blended Learning classes! It is important and I will do more of this in my teaching next year.
  • Students do not learn to monitor or assess their learning on their own; they need to be taught strategies for self monitoring and self assessment.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 23 Apr 20
       
      I have this conversation with students so they can self evaluate if they know what their supposed to know. I often find that students are waiting for the teacher to tell them rather than figure it out. So it is one of my goals to design ways that students will self assess on their lessons.
  • lift the role and status of the student from passive learner to active leaner and assessor
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 23 Apr 20
       
      It is important for students to become active in their learning and to not just sit there and be spoon fed by the teacher. If the student is involved in their learning, they will understand it better and have the desire to improve.
  • the loafers— students that cannot provide feedback due to the lack of necessary skills, whether it be education background or language.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 23 Apr 20
       
      Peer grading or assessing would be difficult in a group of students who do not have the skills to provide useful feedback. This could be true at my school which is very diverse in language and culture.
  • Students in this sample reported that their attitudes toward self-assessment became more positive as their experiences with the process accumulated.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 23 Apr 20
       
      It seems obvious to me that as students would become more experienced in the expectations and process of self-assessment, that their attitudes about it would improve.
  • this method seems geared to identifying any ‘slackers’ or those who sit on the side lines through the entire project, with minimal contributions.
    • Val Rosenthal
      Val Rosenthal on 23 Apr 20
       
      I could see where students would use peer evaluation as a means to judge who contributed to the project or not. It doesn't seem too valid. Depending on who's in your group, who you like, or who you don't like; not who helped learn something.
  • once the students have more experience, they can develop them themselves.
    • kshadlow
      kshadlow on 23 Apr 20
       
      I'm excited to get to this point. I can see students having the "buy in" when they help create the rubrics/criteria.
  • Students must feel comfortable and trust one another in order to provide honest and constructive feedback.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      Students have to feel safe in the classroom in order for this to work out. If the trust isn't in the classroom this will be a flop.
  • Goal setting is essential because students can evaluate their progress more clearly when they have targets against which to measure their performance
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      I've thought about doing goal setting in the math classroom. Plus this way I could also tell if the student felt confident about the certain concept and I could use the data to better my lessons on that concept.
  • Represent an emphasis on language use and cultural understanding
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      I think it would be awesome for Storm Lake to do a portfolio for all students and a little about them and their background. I think this would be useful for teachers to understand a student a little more.
  • required, and to provide guidance on how to judge their own and others’ contributions.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      Already stated this above, but laying down clear expectations of what is expected when they are doing reviews is key for smooth sailing.
  • majority of students-as-graders are not able to provide quality feedback that can help students develop their writing and critical thinking skills.
    • bhauswirth
      bhauswirth on 23 Apr 20
       
      I think this statements underestimates our students. I think we have students that are clearly ready to be a student grader and can provide quality feedback.
  • students are looking at their work and judging the degree to which it reflects the goals of the assignment and the assessment criteria the teacher will be using to evaluate the work
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 27 Apr 20
       
      This is important for students to realize they have the role in their learning to improve. I like the idea of having the students use a rubric where they highlight the color they are understanding their objectives at.
  • It seems like the kind of skill that should be addressed in college.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 27 Apr 20
       
      With the Covid 19 Pandemic, I would like to start addressing this with my students during Zooms. If they see they can self-assess to have multiple tries, then they may be more motivated to participate in online learning.
  • saw self-assessment as a vehicle for figuring out the teacher’s expectations.
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 27 Apr 20
       
      We need the students to change their view to also realize what their expectations are for themselves.
  • Most did not see the larger value of the skill they were developing
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 27 Apr 20
       
      This is what our goal is. If we give students the ability to self-assess at the beginning and through the course, then we hope they want to keep learning.
  • self-assessment need not necessarily be about self-grading
    • tkofoot
      tkofoot on 27 Apr 20
       
      This again makes me think of the green, yellow, red rubric style. It is a way to self-improve without attaching a grade. There will be some students that may not want to reach the end result, but most kids will.
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  • The course content and activities are of sufficient rigor, depth, and breadth to teach the standards being addressed
    • Janet Wills
      Janet Wills on 17 Sep 20
       
      hardest thing to do- not get caught up in whistles and bells-- stay focused on what's important
  • • All resources and materials used in the course are appropriately cited and obey copyright and fair use. (iN 4.9, QM 4.3)
    • travisnuss
      travisnuss on 20 Sep 20
       
      I would like to have more information and help to make sure I am doing this correctly, especially since I don't cite anything I use pretty much makes me sure I am not doing this correctly. Copyright is still fuzzy to me even though we spent time in one of the Blending/Flipping classes on it.
  • A. Course Overview
    • travisnuss
      travisnuss on 20 Sep 20
       
      This is something I feel as a school we really need to sit down and think about and come up with some common language for integrity and netiquette. We have realized three weeks in the school year, that this wasn't something discussed with our hybride students and many of them did not realize they were responsible for the online work on the days they weren't in school, not just the work they got when they are in school. The feeling is that most of our staff felt that the students would pick that up on their own and now that we are a few weeks in, both the students and teachers are trying to adjust to that minor detail.
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  • The course provider offers orientation training
    • brippentrop-nuss
      brippentrop-nuss on 22 Sep 20
       
      I feel this is something we should work on as a district or by building level to have some common expectations. Teachers could build on it with their own expectations but lets give them the foundation to start. I fell we missed the mark on this with our hybrid students and even our online students who are working through online courses from an outside vendor.
  • Learner Engagement
    • brippentrop-nuss
      brippentrop-nuss on 22 Sep 20
       
      This one I'm struggling with in my one section of 100% online students. I need to learn some strategies to have students interact through zoom.
  • Learner Engagement
    • Deborah Cleveland
      Deborah Cleveland on 23 Sep 20
       
      I have been reading "The Online Teaching Survivial Guide" and it does a nice job of talking about these three types of interactions and how to build those into a course.
  • instructor-student interaction,
    • Deborah Cleveland
      Deborah Cleveland on 23 Sep 20
       
      Module Introductions and mini-lessons (text, video, podcast) Announcments that remind, coach, suggest, and inspire Explanations and interactions with students via email, forums, and live events.
  • student-student interaction
    • Deborah Cleveland
      Deborah Cleveland on 23 Sep 20
       
      Opportunities for small group work that encourages student to student interaction could include problem-solving, gaming, or collaborative writing. One other thing that the book mentioned is to start student-student interaction casually. This allows people to get comfortable with each other and the processes of working as a group without having to wrestle with new content.
  • student interaction with the content
  • Technologies are chosen that are accessible to students (iN 4.7, QM 6.4)
  • Technologies are chosen that are accessible to students (iN 4.7, QM 6.4
  • ogies are chosen that are accessible to students (iN 4.7, QM 6.4
    • Deborah Cleveland
      Deborah Cleveland on 23 Sep 20
       
      With so much technology out there it can be overwhelming. One thing that I did this summer was encourage teachers to find out what the district/school was making accessible to them and their students and then build their capacity around using that tool. Sometimes this was hard because they had to give up similar tools that did the same thing, but for the sake of consistency with students and also ensuring that all students have access to it...knowing what your school or district is using in essential.
  • student interaction with the content
    • Deborah Cleveland
      Deborah Cleveland on 23 Sep 20
       
      In an online course, digital content is king. Digital content allows for learners to engage in it anywhere, anytime, and often while doing other things (think podcasts while workingout). The good news is there is a ton of content out there. The bad news is as a instructor, I need to sift through it all and decide what is the best content for my learners (keeping in mind that what might be perfect for one learner may not be the case for another). One suggestion that the book had was to have learners identify resources that extended their learning around the core concepts of the course.
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  • Knows the content of the subject
    • Janet Wills
      Janet Wills on 17 Sep 20
       
      I like to keep in mind that content is king- any technology used has to be useful to help students understand the content or learn skills
    • erinlullmann
      erinlullmann on 20 Sep 20
       
      This is definitely something that has been on my mind throughout remote learning and as my school moves toward 1:1 devices. We can't simply use technology for the sake of using technology. How can the technology enrich the learning of the content?
  • Demonstrates competence in planning, designing, and incorporating instructional strategie
    • Janet Wills
      Janet Wills on 17 Sep 20
       
      need to have a knowledge of tools available and a way to curate them
  • Networks with others involved in online education for the purpose of professional growth
    • Janet Wills
      Janet Wills on 17 Sep 20
       
      important to know who in your district you can bounce ideas off of and be able to help colleagues
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  • appropriate for online education
    • arbonneannie1
      arbonneannie1 on 18 Sep 20
       
      This goes hand in hand with a few others; however, I felt it was noteworthy as a reminder that online instruction is different from face-to-face instruction and effective practices will likely look different in each place. Make sure to plan with that purpose in mind.
    • erinlullmann
      erinlullmann on 20 Sep 20
       
      I completely agree! This is where I think many teachers are struggling right now with remote teaching - we are trying to do what we do in the face-to-face classroom and transfer it to online. This is not necessarily the fault of the teacher as we haven't been trained on quality online instruction. This is my goal for the current school year - to develop a PD plan for our teachers on how to instruct online.
    • travisnuss
      travisnuss on 20 Sep 20
       
      I've been trying to create a blending learning environment this year that both my students who are "hybrid" and face to face can utilize. I think if I was creating curriculum as well as a separate online course, I'm looking at burning out pretty fast. I've already noticed the amount of extra time it is taking to get my five different preps to be appropriate for both.
  • including rubrics for student performances and participation
    • arbonneannie1
      arbonneannie1 on 18 Sep 20
       
      Communication is key in any learning environment; however, it seems to have a larger role in the online world. I appreciate the reminder of including rubrics as they serve as a great communication tool on expectations and assessment.
  • Tailors instruction to meet the different needs of students
    • arbonneannie1
      arbonneannie1 on 18 Sep 20
       
      This is an area I need to continue to learn more about. It seems that the online environment lends itself well to differentiation.
    • erinlullmann
      erinlullmann on 20 Sep 20
       
      This is an area that also presents challenges in my mind. What does that differentiation look like for online environments?
  • Creates a learning community that encourages collaboration
    • arbonneannie1
      arbonneannie1 on 18 Sep 20
       
      This is one of many reasons why I enrolled in the 101 course. Collaboration looks different in the online classroom and I want to continue to develop tools to provide the optimum collaborative environment.
  • Utilizes a course evaluation and student feedback data to improve the course
    • erinlullmann
      erinlullmann on 20 Sep 20
       
      This is something that is not included in the Iowa Teaching Standards. I like the idea of this, but I think as the teacher of the course it can be a little scary to ask students for their feedback. It should be a part of every course both face to face as well as online after students are at an age in which they can effectively offer feedback. I think there are ways that questions can be asked to get quality feedback instead of just "I didn't like this course." I also appreciate that the emphasis of this standard is on improving the course based on the feedback. The continuous process of improvement is so important for all teachers.
  • Proposed Online Teaching Standards
    • erinlullmann
      erinlullmann on 20 Sep 20
       
      My professional learning goal for the current school year is to create a professional development plan for our elementary teachers as we begin to implement 1:1 devices. I think it would be important / helpful for me to incorporate these standards while I create the plan.
  • Communicates with students effectively and consistently
    • travisnuss
      travisnuss on 20 Sep 20
       
      This is one I am struggling with right now with my hybrid students. Unless they communicate with me on the days they aren't in school, I haven't done the best reaching out those students to see what their needs are. Fortunately, the days they are in class, I do try and touch base with them to see where they are at, if they need help and if they can get that help during the day while they are in school.
  • Aligns assessment with course objectives
    • brippentrop-nuss
      brippentrop-nuss on 22 Sep 20
       
      Key in any assessments. Important to include formative assessments to make sure students are on track to meet course objectives
  • Has experienced online learning from the perspective of a student
    • brippentrop-nuss
      brippentrop-nuss on 22 Sep 20
       
      Although helpful to understand some of what the students are experiencing. It could be a struggle if you are a frequent online student and are "use" to the structure on online course it's easy to forget what it feels like to be a new online learner. Also, adults sometimes learn different than students.
  • student feedback data to improve the course (Varvel VI.F)
    • cjd203
      cjd203 on 24 Sep 20
       
      I think that using feedback is a great tool to get a feel for how students feel about a course. what kinds of things could be added or removed to improve the overall experience for the learner.
  • student feedback data to improve the course (Varvel VI.F)
  • synchronous/asynchronous
    • cjd203
      cjd203 on 24 Sep 20
       
      The use of synchronous and asynchronous instruction in online teaching, jumped out at me. It has been an area of focus and discussion in some of the other B/F classes I have enrolled in. I wasn't aware of the difference between the two models before taking such classes.
  • ailors instruction to meet the different needs of students, including different learning styles,
    • cjd203
      cjd203 on 24 Sep 20
       
      I think the concept of differentiation is well understood by most educators but often poorly implemented. A great way to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners is to use an intelligence inventory at the beginning of the year to identify different learning styles. Allowing for choice and autonomy in the classroom supports differentiation as well.
  • Identifies and communicates learning outcomes and expectations through a course overview/orientation
    • cjd203
      cjd203 on 24 Sep 20
       
      I feel like most teachers/educators do this when they go through their syllabi at the beginning of a course. I try to do it with each unit that we do as well to make sure learners are aware of learning targets. I have seen some teachers write objectives on the board daily to keep students on track (this is great practice).
  • Demonstrates ability to enhance academic performance and support for the agency's student achievement goals
  • • Is knowledgeable and has the ability to use computer programs required in online education to improve learning and teaching, including course management software (CMS) and synchronous/asynchronous communication tools (chat, email, web 2.0, videoconferencing, webinar, whiteboard, etc.) (SREB B.3, Varvel III.B)
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      Whew! Not yet - but I am working on it. I am fairly tech savvy, but sometimes the amount of computer work needed is overwhelming and I just get tired of sitting. I love being able to interact with my students - I learn more about them from the face to face, and it is tougher to get to know them when we are online.
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      Whew! Not yet - but I am working on it. I am fairly tech savvy, but sometimes the amount of computer work needed is overwhelming and I just get tired of sitting. I love being able to interact with my students - I learn more about them from the face to face, and it is tougher to get to know them when we are online.
  • • Utilizes a course evaluation and student feedback data to improve the course (Varvel VI.F)
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      This is always good for me - especially in my ICCC classes. I want to know how effective I have been. I want that student feedback - even if it is 'bad' - that way I know what I need to improve and/or work on for the next time I teach that course.
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      This is always good for me - especially in my ICCC classes. I want to know how effective I have been. I want that student feedback - even if it is 'bad' - that way I know what I need to improve and/or work on for the next time I teach that course.
  • • Creates a learning community that encourages collaboration and interaction, including student-teacher, student-student, and student-content (SREB D.2, Varvel VII.B, ITS 6.a)
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      This is a huge challenge - especially for asynchronous learning. In my ICCC class, it is a little easier, but we sometimes still struggle due to lag time or people's wifi accessibility issues.
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      This is a huge challenge - especially for asynchronous learning. In my ICCC class, it is a little easier, but we sometimes still struggle due to lag time or people's wifi accessibility issues.
  • • Has experienced online learning from the perspective of a student (SREB F.1, Varvel II.E)
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      I think this is really important - if you don't know what it feels like from the other side of the screen, you won't know what issues you should be worrying about.
    • dsnydersvjags
      dsnydersvjags on 28 Sep 20
       
      I think this is really important - if you don't know what it feels like from the other side of the screen, you won't know what issues you should be worrying about.
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