This past week, two of the students in my M.Ed. course, both teachers in local school systems, led a Master Class on "eyes forward assessment." They made a strong case for strengths-based, assessment-driven instruction ... the analogy being that when we drive we look forward and not backward. I am sharing the following resources with their permission.
They posted some great resources using a platform called Padlet: http://padlet.com/missjessweber/assessment. I really appreciated the global perspective they added to their presentation as attested to by two resources they used.
They posted their presentation using Google slides: http://goo.gl/qcLT6k
They also wrote reflection blogs on the experience and their professional learning plans. They are excellent posts and I would encourage you to check them out:
Jessica Weber -
Jenny Loebsack - http://msloebsack.ca/masters/Blog/Entries/2015/2/28_Re-thinking_Assessment.html
"Global" and "local" are constructs which no longer adequately capture our lived experience. "Glocal" attempts to capture the melding of international and local realities. This blog provides an opportunity to consider how we can develop glocal thinking and encourage others to do so as well.
About Me
- Steve Sider
- I have been an elementary and secondary school teacher and administrator. Currently, I am a faculty member in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My M.Ed. and Ph.D. had a focus on the educational and linguistic experiences of children who moved from other countries to Canada.