I have been thinking about assessment and where we need to head with this for a while. This is the second draft and I would appreciate comments, suggestions etc. Many thanks to Nick and Brett for their comments.
Assessment, in the form of examinations, has be a constant feature of education since the 18th Century. Some [...]
I have never been a huge fan of examinations. In fact, many current forms of assessment leave me cold. We are required to assess our students; to measure their progress, to track their learning, to identify weakness and perhaps to measure our own performance as educators.
But do they do our students justice?
We know that [...]
Ian Jukes is a researcher and presenter I have wantde to meet. His paper on Digitial Children is one I have read and enjoyed. It even warrants a page on my wiki. So I must admit I was looking forwarded to Ian session today….
….and I was not disappointed.
At about a million miles per hour, Ian [...]
This last week has been quiet on the blogging front as I have been busy with examinations and marking. It is fair to say that I have been reflecting on my own marking and the comments colleagues have been making too.
As our curriculum gears itself towards 21st century education and the 21st century learner, assessment [...]
This is an excellent collection of tools that have been categorised under three headings - Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Kinestheic learners. This is a modified VARK format.
http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/10/100-helpful-web-tools-for-every-kind-of-learner/
Its an excellent post and one I will be using to update my own resource materials on VARK.
The thing that excites me the most is that not [...]
One of my current blog topics is 21st Century teaching and learning. I have written a number of posts on this topic.
I believe there are three factors or areas that key to 21st century teaching and learning:
The 21st Century teacher and learner
The 21st Century Learning space
Facilitating 21st Century learning by changing
resourcing
teaching skills
the curriculum
I have combined [...]
Robin Good’s - A Beginner’s blog publishing guide
This is a really good resource for staff (and student) professional development. It covers:
what is a blog
why should I write it
platforms
blogging from the desktop
what should I write about
Publising your blog
image sources
resources
Its a thorough detailed and useful guide and one I will be using with m,y students and staff
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(with apologies for the tardiness)
Most of us have met them. If we teach in independent schools, higher decile schools or teach in more privilaged areas they are becoming increasingly common. Even the more short sighted of teachers can see them increasing as our future becomes increasingly electronic. Whether we call them Digital Natives (Marc [...]
This is an excellent Youtube Video by Prof Stephen Heppell. Its an interesting commentry about learning, the role of the teacher and schools. Well worth a watch. This video sits well with my earlier post on 21st Century Educators.
Schools of the future
Stephen ahs also got his own youtube channel - again worth a visit for [...]
How do we take measure of ICT integration or implementation? Its not something we can score on a scale of 1 to 10 or measure as achieving with excellence or just passing. The benchmarks for every school and every classroom are different.
In preparing our students for the 21st Century, we must prepare them for the [...]
