Feedback is important because feedback helps you know how to improve on your work. It helps you improve because if you get good feedback you can know your next step to make your work better. When I know what to do so I can show my learning. Id like to tell teachers to not just focus on the mark and to focus more on the feedback.
Written by Carson Draper at Alliston Union Public School gr5
Showing posts with label students. Show all posts
Showing posts with label students. Show all posts
Monday, 9 March 2015
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Students First
Students First.
I once had an administrator ask me "why do you do what you do?" It was a powerful question that I've used to guide my learning and teaching ever since. I wrote down a statement on the front of my day planner that has been my mantra ever since: IT'S ABOUT THEM. This leads into my curiosity about TTOG. My current thinking and knowledge tells me that when I show my kids that I value what they know and what I know they are capable of then I'm telling them that they matter. They matter more than the end of the task or unit. That I value their learning so much that I want them to continue to learn, search and discover long after the task is over - the learning is more important than the task. I am excited to think more deeply about what grades really mean and what really drives learning forward. As a kindergarten educator, I know that the foundations we set in the early years impact the attitudes and learning of students onwards and look forwarding to exploring TTOG in this particular context.
I once had an administrator ask me "why do you do what you do?" It was a powerful question that I've used to guide my learning and teaching ever since. I wrote down a statement on the front of my day planner that has been my mantra ever since: IT'S ABOUT THEM. This leads into my curiosity about TTOG. My current thinking and knowledge tells me that when I show my kids that I value what they know and what I know they are capable of then I'm telling them that they matter. They matter more than the end of the task or unit. That I value their learning so much that I want them to continue to learn, search and discover long after the task is over - the learning is more important than the task. I am excited to think more deeply about what grades really mean and what really drives learning forward. As a kindergarten educator, I know that the foundations we set in the early years impact the attitudes and learning of students onwards and look forwarding to exploring TTOG in this particular context.
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
A new mindset
I have been teaching for over a decade and thought I had a good understanding of assessment. This year I was given the challenge of teaching grade 4 (after 11 years in primary) and felt like I was starting over again. Not being able to rely on a filing cabinet full of resources I decided to jump in to the inquiry process with both feet. During an inquiry session that I attended at BIT14 I heard that we need to shift our mindset from making our students' learning fit into the curriculum to making the curriculum fit in with the students' learning. This statement made so much sense to me and has made such a difference in level of engagement and understanding of my students. This new way of learning demands a new way of assessing, but what does that look like?
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