Comment on "LIVE WEBINAR: How can we use e-tools purposefully for assessment of literacy in a primary setting?"
Here is Dylan Wiliam talking about feedback on learning (formative assessment) in today's webinar:Comment on "STATEMENT: "The rate of change in education is too slow for our priority learners - Māori, Pasifika, students with special educational needs? Do you agree or disagree?"
I think change is particularly slow in secondary schools where silo thinking prevents true innovation which the NZC allows, indeed, encourages. Gifted kids,Maori and Pasif...Comment on "Teacher Action Inquiry @ Tauranga Intermediate School"
Once again Karen, a big thank you to you and your teachers for sharing this cluster story in the VLN. Your teachers have been brave and generous to share details of t...Comment on "iPads in Education – How you & your iPad can volunteer together in your child’s classroom, Part 2 | The Digital Media Diet"
I gave Smarty pants a run through yesterday and was quite impressed. It would need an adult to assist to get kids started with the initial 10 minute assessment. http://i...Comment on "What does it take to be a 21st Century teacher?"
Hi Mike, thanks for sharing this perspective. It certainly is a good reminder of the realities and the challenges teachers face. It would be a shame to think that assessme...