Category Archives: Assessment

Our choices: Summer Reading 2013 – The Art of Questioning

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

My previous post, Summer Reading 2013 – Flyer and Choices, describes our summer reading plan and choices.  We offer choice of book and choice of platform, when available.  Here’s what and how we selected to read: 29% - The Falconer: What We Wish … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading 2013 – Flyer and Choices

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

How do we model learner choice? We know student-learners need and deserve differentiated learning opportunities.  Don’t all learners? Last year, the teaching faculty read Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We … Continue reading →

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Feedback please – a focus on progress – an update

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

One additional revision of Julia’s rubric has been made based on feedback from our friend and colleague, Angél W. Kytle (@akytle).  In her comment, she asks “… A couple of questions– first, do you need the number? Why have the kids rank … Continue reading →

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Feedback please – a focus on progress

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Building trust and relationship is critically important in growing and completing feedback loops.  I’ve been co-teaching World Language with Julia Kuipers as often as my schedule allows.  If you’ve read the posts, you know she is an excellent teacher. Earlier … Continue reading →

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Goals and Self-Assessment – April 2013

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Submitted on April 8, 2013. The above shows how I submitted my goal; the design and images are important to me.  The hyperlinks are not active in the document above, so I’ve included all text below. When asked what I … Continue reading →

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Ask; Don’t Tell: Listen to Learn and Assess – #nspiredatT3

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

At T³, Sam and I also facilitated a 90-minute session titled Ask, Don’t Tell: Listen to Learn and Assess.  Here’s the program description and our simple agenda. Ask, Don’t Tell: Listen to Learn and Assess Can we merge diagnostic and formative … Continue reading →

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Celebrate and Grow…Protocol for offering and receiving feedback – Implemented

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

On our quest to collect feedback about our community so that we may continue to grow and improve, we have developed our feedback protocol, and we have practiced to test the feedback prompts, the lesson plan, and the technology we … Continue reading →

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Celebrate and Grow…Protocol for offering and receiving feedback – Brainstorming

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

How do I offer feedback that can be heard? What if I want to offer or I am asked to give feedback to my supervisor or evaluator? What are the risks and consequences if I offer cool feedback? We strive for … Continue reading →

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Leading Learners to Level Up – #LevelUpMath #LearnFwd12 – the details

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

Hello, I am Anne Conzemius, the host for your Learning Forward session. Well, no pressure there, huh?  Actually, about 15 minutes prior to this quick introduction, I scanned the roster of participants and noticed Anne’s name on the list of … Continue reading →

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Leading Learners to Level Up – #LevelUpMath #LearnFwd12

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

At Learning Forward 2012 Conference in Boston, Jeff McCalla and I offer a session as described below: Learn to model practical classroom formative assessments that naturally offer differentiation. Hear stories and gain artifacts from National T3 instructors as they share their … Continue reading →

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