Tag Archives: Assessment
Maintaining the Status Quo
Andrew Feenberg’s critical theory of technology posits that technical structures constructed under a previous system, when inherited by a new system will likely result in the re-establishment of the old system. For example, in a socialist revolution, if the technical … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, education, grading, institutional momentum, nature of technology, reform, SBG, school, status quo, technology
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Trying to Make Educational Technology Applicable
In past versions of my educational technology course, I’ve had students complete “tech projects” in which they learn about specific technologies and discuss ways they would use the technologies (or preferably have students use the technology) in their classroom. This … Continue reading
Teaching Responsibility
I’ve been using standards-based grading in my courses for several semesters and run into a recurring issue regarding student responsibility. While many SBGers use weekly quizzes to determine student proficiency, I’ve opted to have students demonstrate proficiency via projects/papers (some … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, assignments, course evaluations, responsibility
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How we should use Khan Academy
Khan Academy is not going away. So, how could we make use of Khan Academy? 1) As a textbook. After students have had experiences and discussed ideas in class, I often gave students reading assignments out of textbooks (notice the … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Class Activities, Education Reform, Technology in the Classroom
Tagged Assessment, khan, Learning, veratisium
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What should we flip?
My last post had some criticism of the flipped classroom. David Cox, Frank Noschese and I were discussing the nuances on twitter and each had an important insight. David noted that the better flip described in my example lesson is … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Class Activities, Curriculum, General Education, Learning, Teacher Actions
Tagged Assessment, edreform, flipped classroom, homework, questioning, teaching
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Assess the teacher, not the students
*Disclaimer: 1) I know this is a touchy subject, I’m only trying to add to the dialogue. 2) I proofread with my son in the room, so was distracted, but wanted to get this “out there”. :) There has obviously … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Education Reform, Teacher Actions
Tagged Assessment, education reform, reform, teacher quality, teaching, value added
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Create Your Own Assignments
I am considering how to make my assessment of student learning more authentic, accurate and transparent. Last semester I tried having students grade themselves which was at first not very well received by students. Yet, in the end, students seemed … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessment, assignments, authentic assessment, reflection, self-assessment, Testing
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Grading – shift toward understanding
I tried a new approach to grading this year. In an ideal environment, grading would look very different from traditional school, or not exist at all. However, the pragmatist I am, I thought about how I might work within the … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Learning, Reflection
Tagged Assessment, authentic assessment, grades, grading, homework
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Teaching as Dynamic 