Eclectic Technology

"I’ve said it before; I’ve never taught a perfect lesson...I want to know what works and what doesn’t. Like my students, I thrive on feedback. So evaluate me, please. But let’s lay down a few ground rules.

* I teach children, not targets or standards, so please don’t walk into my classroom expecting to see me teaching a specific skill at an exact moment in time. That’s not how it works here...."

'How do we assess learning in real life?'
"Think about it,  learning is rarely measured via a test in real life...School life, needs to take a look at real life measurement tools and consider making the school world, look more like the real world with meaningful and authentic assessment. In short, we should measure individuals by how well they do stuff rather than how well they do the meaningless work of memorize, regurgitate, and fill in bubbles on demand."

So what would happen if instead of standardized tests we looked at school work, engaged students in games that will allow them to show mastery by progress...these ideas plus six other are waiting to be read in this post.