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lisacetroni

What Are Formative Assessments and Why Should We Use Them? | Scholastic.com - 2 views

www.scholastic.com/...nts-and-why-should-we-use-them

Assessments TLT

shared by lisacetroni on 30 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • lisacetroni on 30 Jul 12
     
    This short article provides a helpful overview of assessment -- summative and formative.
john russell

Applying PBL fundamental skills - 41 views

In art, I have been using the DQ,driving questions, recently with my unit on the self portrait, and in the Red Grooms project. In the self portrait unit, students are creating 3D images about who t...

PBL TLT

started by Michele Mathieson on 10 Feb 12 11 follow-ups, last by john russell on 19 Feb 12
Michele Mathieson

Project Assessment Map | Project Based Learning | BIE - 0 views

www.bie.org/...project_assessment_map

project based learning Fridays

shared by Michele Mathieson on 13 Oct 16 - No Cached
  • Michele Mathieson on 13 Oct 16
     
    An assessment map that could be tweaked for our FAB Lab projects.
Michele Mathieson

Assessment and Rubrics - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - 3 views

www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html

TLT Asessments

shared by Michele Mathieson on 18 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Michele Mathieson on 18 Nov 12
     
    Kathy Shock is amazing. Take a look at this resource she has created and shared.
Michele Mathieson

Kidblog | Teachinghistory.org - 0 views

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kidblog samples

shared by Michele Mathieson on 30 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Michele Mathieson on 30 Sep 12
     
    Examples  So how can using a blog help students learn history? There are limitless ways to use the website, but there are a few strategies that work particularly well in the elementary environment. When first starting a unit, create a "KWL chart" on your blog. Have students blog about what they know, what they want to know, and eventually what they have learned. Students will be able to see other posts and scaffold their learning off the responses of others. As the educator, you can quickly assess, focus, and possibly redirect your unit to meet the specific needs of your students. Have students blog about what they know, what they want to know, and eventually what they have learned. Another way to use Kidblog is to post video or audio clips. After our unit on the early 20th century, students viewed and listened to footage of Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt on Kidblog. Students had to decide who was a better president, and they blogged reasons to support their choices. Knowing that the writing was being presented to classmates encouraged a focus on the published quality.
Michele Mathieson

George Lucas On The Best Fix For K-12 Education - Forbes - 10 views

www.forbes.com/...he-best-fix-for-k-12-education

PBL

shared by Michele Mathieson on 06 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • In today’s world, students need three fundamental skills: they need to know how to find information, how to assess the quality of information, and how to creatively and effectively use information to accomplish a goal. These skills are critical for college, careers and life in today’s Internet-connected world.
  • lisacetroni on 29 Jan 12
     
    In his response to the first question, George Lucas shares a concise explanation of PBL. When I think back to my own elementary experience, I remember the projects and presentations I did. What do our students need to be able to do? Research/find information, assess it and apply it with thought and creativity. To me, this is the backbone and maybe the yardstick of PBL. What do you think?
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  • kathleen dubovsky on 08 Feb 12
     
    I agree that creative thinking, collaboration and the ability to think critically about information are the backbone and yardstick of pbl.
  • Lisa Keeler on 09 Feb 12
     
    Lisa- Would you describe the projects and presentations you did in school as PBL "main course" or "dessert?" I remember creating and operating a pretend grocery store in second grade. We had cans and boxes and we priced everything and got to operate the store and to this day I associate that experience with learning about money and learning to add and subtract. But- when I read about project based learning I think of it as "dessert." It was a great way to learn some math though!
  • john russell on 13 Feb 12
     
    I like the insight that George Lucas shared in this article. I think that his perspective as a producer and director as someone interested in creating products is interesting. The director, in order to create a great film, must weed through much film to edit and have the eye and ear to determine what is important to keep and what to reject. It makes sense that the students must learn to determine which info is more important and which it is better to leave alone or reject. A keen understanding is required to prepare students for this type of process. It sounds as if PBL does this. I wonder how many of us have been dong this--at times, at least, without naming it PBL?
  • Caitlin Dean on 14 Feb 12
     
    This reiterates an important point from other sources, that students need the skills to find and analyze information more than they need actual information. I think while we know this and teach these some of these skills, I have so much room for improvement in this area! Need to constantly remember this important tidbit, and brainstorm ways to move in that direction. On the positive side, I think that teaching 21st century skills of collaboration and cooperation is something we are already doing well!
  • Andrea Corbin on 14 Feb 12
     
    I appreciate Lucas's clear definition of PBL. The project based work that I did, or that my children did, does not differ except for the faster access to information today. I thought that the need to learn how to get along and collaborate has always been a project problem. If children spend more time on machines than playing with other children, I wonder if this social/emotional learning is more important today.
  • Andrew Brennan on 14 Feb 12
     
    The caveat that must be added is that the creative and effective use of information must be done ethically. It's importance cannot be overlooked and must be thread through all PBL.
Michele Mathieson

Welcome! - 0 views

goformative.com

shared by Michele Mathieson on 02 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Michele Mathieson on 02 Oct 15
     
    An interesting app for creating formative assessments, classwork, homework online with real time results.
lisacetroni

Hit the Mark with Digital Media Exit Cards | Edutopia - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/...media-exit-cards-matt-levinson

Teaching & Learning

shared by lisacetroni on 06 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • lisacetroni on 06 Aug 14
     
    Clever formative assessment ideas for a one-to-one classroom
  • Lisa Keeler on 06 Aug 14
     
    There might be ways to use Kidblog for this also. I love exit cards and am always glad when I use them, but haven't made it a regular practice. I imagine many of our colleagues have great ideas for using them- digital or not. Voice recording apps might also work for this...
Erica Roth

NAIS - Assessment Practices for Promoting Equity - 0 views

www.nais.org/...practices-for-promoting-equity

DEI

shared by Erica Roth on 25 Jan 21 - No Cached
  • Erica Roth on 25 Jan 21
     
    Shared by Beth Miller - How is SBL also DEIB work?
Erica Roth

NAIS - A Standards-Based Assessment Model Can Help Build More Diverse and Equitable Com... - 0 views

www.nais.org/...erse-and-equitable-communities

DEI

shared by Erica Roth on 25 Jan 21 - No Cached
  • Erica Roth on 25 Jan 21
     
    Shared by Beth Miller - How is SBL also DEIB work?
lisacetroni

Understanding by Design: Essential Questions | huffenglish.com - 2 views

www.huffenglish.com/?p=363

Essential Questions Curriculum Design

shared by lisacetroni on 09 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Our students need a curriculum that treats them more like potential performers than sideline observers
  • Essential questions “keep us focused on inquiry as opposed to just answers” (124).
  • lisacetroni on 09 Oct 12
     
    This article speaks to me about EQ's. Do you feel the same?
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  • Kelly Kosefeski on 09 Oct 12
     
    I like the idea that there is no definitive answer to a well crafted essential question. That depending on where/when/whom it is asked, the answer will always be different.
  • Andrea Corbin on 09 Oct 12
     
    I see there is a lot of confusion or disagreement about what a good essential question is.
  • Andrew Brennan on 09 Oct 12
     
    The EQ reminds me how a curious learner might approach a topic or subject. As they learn more they can still ask the same question. It's not about mastery but about the joy of research, inquiry, thinking, deducing or inferring and all driven by the EQ.
  • Kayla Carter on 09 Oct 12
     
    As I read this article, I found that it connected project-based learning and EQ's together. It emphasized the importance of general questions that require inquiry, thought, and group discussions. It makes me want to look at my unit and come up with one-two over arching questions, and put them up in the classroom. Throughout the unit, I would reference the question and as we learned/discovered more about our topic of study, the students would be able to dig deeper and deeper into the EQ. (Just like project-based learning, where students are given problems and work to find a solution over time). By the way, I am pretty sure that I own the book that was referenced in this article. If anyone wants to borrow it, please let me know.
  • Jenny Kirkland on 09 Oct 12
     
    I find Wiggins and McTighe's views thought provoking. I've read some of their book...Understanding by Design. The framework they use is backwards. They recommend beginning with the essential questions which link to the understanding, then determine the assessment, and lastly develop your activities. I like this idea...it forces the designer to focus on the understandings and essential questions throughout the entire design process. I would like to keep my focus on my essential questions and what I want my students to truly understand.
  • Anna Helsby on 09 Oct 12
     
    I think this article reflects the importance of learning through inquiry and exploration that many of us value, especially as teachers of younger learners. The idea of an essential question being something pointed but allowing for a lifetime of thought or study is one that I'm sure many of us would hope our essential questions might capture. However, I struggle to visualize how this would look in a first grade classroom. When would we share these questions with our students, or would we not? Are these questions for us to build our lessons around or are they something we would like our students to attempt to answer in a concrete way at some point during a unit? Must they be subject specific or are there more general lines of inquiry that could be applied across the curriculum? I would be interested to read examples of effective essential questions that fall within this description that have been used with younger students, and what kind of learning this has led to.
  • kathleen dubovsky on 09 Oct 12
     
    Parts of the article made me want to reread dewey and eisner.....there is a great quote from eisner about viewing as curriculum not as something to be covered....makes me wonder what it would be like to have some large essential questions for the whole school..... And then more narrowed ones for each class..... Creating life long learners should be our goal.....i always find it disheartening when i ask students at the end of the unit of study what they are still wondering and they write "nothing"..., then i feel that i have not taught well.... But then maybe as the article states we feel that we shouldnt have questions at the end of a lesson....we have been "trained" to think that sitting through a lesson should answer all of our questions answered, when in fact the opposite is true. Sorry for the lack of punctuation and upper case letters, but i am wedding prep exhausted.
  • Michele Mathieson on 10 Oct 12
     
    I like the concept that education "is not about learning the answer but about learning how to learn". I also like the idea of having the students try and personalize the questions, trying to relate the essential questions to their lives and experiences or ideas they have had.
lisacetroni

Student Choice in the Classroom -- Join Michele & Lisa in this discussion... - 41 views

Have you been more conscious about choice since we discussed it at our last TLT? Have you tried to implement choice in either bold or subtle ways? Anything to share at our next TLT meeting? Mark...

Student choice TLT

started by lisacetroni on 01 Apr 13 12 follow-ups, last by lisacetroni on 14 May 13
lisacetroni

Education World: Academic Choice Motivates Learning - 10 views

www.educationworld.com/...responsiveclassroom001.shtml

TLT

shared by lisacetroni on 01 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • lisacetroni on 01 Apr 13
     
    Responsive Classroom article ... What makes Academic Choice different from the daily choices children make in the classroom?
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  • Andrea Corbin on 02 Apr 13
     
    The authors seem to agree that limited choice is the best, with a driving question and a clear rubric for expectations. I enjoyed Rhee's article where she talked about her students wanting to be told what to do.
  • Robin Albertson-Wren on 02 Apr 13
     
    The perfect culminating quote: "When teachers use Academic Choice to structure lessons, children become purposeful learners who engage in an activity because they want to, not because the teacher told them to. They work with a sense of competence, autonomy, and satisfaction." The more we allow our students to have ownership in their learning, the more connected and invested they become. What a terrific way to support learning! Hooray for all of our academic choice at STAB. Consideration: "Let's be thoughtful in our math lessons next year, and work to continue to incorporate academic choice when possible."
  • Janet Kingsley on 02 Apr 13
     
    I think a lot of these articles point out the need for a great deal of planning and structure to be present in order for the each student to succeed with his/her chosen project.
  • Karen LeMaire on 04 Apr 13
     
    I especially liked the reflection questions mentioned in the article. "What helps you learn?" "How did your work change the way you think about the topic?"
  • Jill Mozee on 09 Apr 13
     
    I think Academic Choice is a great format to use and it allows students more options.
  • Anna Helsby on 11 Apr 13
     
    Thinking about this from the point of view of our "Assessment" CFG, I would be interested in how one could tie together these ideas for academic choice with self differentiation. I love the idea of choice being a motivator, especially when the choice being made is one that is challenging to the individual. However, sometime I worry that the choices being made are the "easy" option rather than the one that would be best suited for the chooser. On a completely different note, I liked the idea of having a set of math problems and giving students choices for the ways of solving. This could support those who are not sure what to do (especially with the option of manipulatives) but also gives those more able students the opportunity to be creative in their solving. I think setting an activity like this would also encourage students to really think about their methods of solving, and prepare them to vocalize their thought processes.
  • Caitlin Dean on 25 Apr 13
     
    I agree with Karen- I think the reflection portion of this article is so important! Think of how much students can grow by participating in academic choice and following up with the metacognition piece. With this, each time we introduce a new set of academic choices to our students, the process should feel smoother and more beneficial for everyone involved!
lisacetroni

Less Teaching and More Feedback? | InService Blog - 2 views

inservice.ascd.org/...ess-teaching-and-more-feedback

Assessments

shared by lisacetroni on 07 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • lisacetroni on 07 Sep 12
     
    ... thought-provoking.
lisacetroni

Brilliant Integration of the iPad | November Learning - 1 views

novemberlearning.com/lliant-integration-of-the-ipad

TLT

shared by lisacetroni on 27 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • lisacetroni on 27 Sep 11
     
    This is a cool article David shared. I bet some of our children would love to try it this year since many families have iPads at home.
  • Lisa Keeler on 28 Sep 11
     
    I love this. Completely agree with the observation that students are doing this in the safest of places and have control as they decide how many recordings to make and which to submit. What a great portfolio assessment possibility. And parents would likely be in the know since the children are doing this at home...what a great place to start a dialogue with parents about independent reading.
  • lisacetroni on 11 Oct 11
     
    I would also suggest that you click on the teacher links and the kids' videos.
kathleen dubovsky

ALPS: The Thinking Classroom Home - 4 views

learnweb.harvard.edu/...index.cfm

TLT

shared by kathleen dubovsky on 16 Oct 11 - Cached
  • lisacetroni on 17 Oct 11
     
    What a great site! I was unable to login, but what I could get to was stimulating. Provocative questions under the reflect tab, especially under classroom and self-assessment. Great for our next TLT and discussion with our Critical Friends.
Michele Mathieson

SmithsonianTweenTribune | Articles for kids, middle school, teens from Smithsonian | tw... - 1 views

www.tweentribune.com/free

shared by Michele Mathieson on 28 Sep 21 - No Cached
  • Michele Mathieson on 28 Sep 21
     
    Looks like a great resource for both LS and MS.
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