This is my initial design thinking prototype, completed as a story/news article from the future. It explains how teachers have found the answer to "finding creative solutions for planning and implementing individualized learning experiences and timely, effective formative and summative assessments for every student in the classroom," through the use of Web 2.0 tools for student collaboration and assessment. The article is split into two pictures, but is supposed to be read all the way through as if it were a one page document.
Here it is-
I appreciate and look forward to hearing your feedback!
First, I absolutely love the flexible class hours idea. Let it be so! I also see the promise in having assessments be easier to share and grade. We are already starting to use such methods. I like being able to look at student projects online instead of carrying home piles of stuff. I think you are right on to include peers in the assessment process. If students help to develop the criteria upon which a project is assessed, and assess each other, the teacher's work involves seeing the thinking of both the author of the project and the peer. In addition the quality of work improves, students are more engaged and reflective, and students have instant access to your feedback.
ReplyDeleteContinuous feedback and the ability for all to see and collaborate on each other's work are all formats that motivate me, for sure! These are definitely things I can add into my own classroom right away, even if we don't have flexible class times yet. :-)
DeleteAt our high school the teachers are using the goggle docs to assess and give feedback to the students. This is an opportunity for teachers and students to get information quickly to each other instead of having to wait a week or two. I also like the idea of flexible class hours, after reading your blog I watched a couple of students in my class and they were not on the schedule of the class and they would be more motivated if class hours were on their schedule. Thank you for sharing Shari
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback, Shari! If only I were in control of my own class hours. Hopefully one day soon this transformative thinking will saturate into public education. I'm waiting until the day our leaders are willing to truly let go of the way things have always been done and try new ideas that may work better. It will be a paradigm shift, for sure, but much needed in my opinion.
DeleteI've been really thinking about your ideas here. So many great ideas! One way that I have effectively used Google Classroom this year is to post video lessons, documents, and feedback/assessment forms in Classroom for students who have had to be absent. The students hear my voice, read my feedback, and are able to chat with fellow students via the comments feature, under my watchful eye. Do you have ideas for resources that allow students to move at their own pace without you trying to stay ahead of the game? Would you use Khan or some other self-paced resource?
ReplyDeleteWe've used Khan Academy in the classroom, and that would be a perfect resource to use in the Flipped classroom as well! We have lots of videos we are supposed to show from Discovery Streaming for social studies too. The negative is you need a log-in. I would love to have them watch these on their own time so we have more time in class. I may need to find similar videos on YouTube or other locations that allow me to upload them. All ideas are welcome! (The iCivics site and videos from School House Rock and Liberty's Kids I know are possibilities from YouTube!)
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