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do you share these forms anywhere, Starr? Either way, the amount I am learning from your books/podcasts/YT channel is immense. Thank you

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Thanks for the insight. Maybe I missed it but what level are your students? I'm assuming college level (16-18) but it's be good to have that clarified. :)

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This is fantastic. It is great to see a student articulating what she is learning, how she is improving as a student and reflecting on the feedback she has received. Great work.

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Hello Starr, may I have a sample of one of your students' essays/ reflections which has your feedback! I really love your way of giving a detailed constuctive feedback! :)

Fantastic! This has been super helpful for my University reflective assignment.

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You sound just like a good teacher. Congrats for teaching people

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Needed this this morning!

How am I doing? Does this video help you understand? Please let me know if more clarification is necessary.

What do you think is the best approach for second language acquisition/learning?

Starr - Maybe you need to re-upload the video to youtube, it does not work properly for me on any browser.

may have something to do with the browser you are using... it isn't working in safari, but firefox/chrome okay

Me as well Starr. Only seeing the opening still of your face. :(

That's weird. Let me check it out. Was working yesterday

I am not seeing pictures of rubrics, was that your intent. I just see a non-moving picture of you.

How effective is your rubric? #ttog #effectivefeedback

What is the best strategy to keep the kids concentrate and focus on the assessments?

Preparing for end of year self assessments - kids want to talk #ttog #edchat #sunchat

In preparation for the end of the year, students are reviewing learning to self assess. #ttog

Providing students with a choice for their end of treat self assessment. #TTOG

May 4, 2015

Starr, are you using a tablet camera? Do students know you're recording? Also, what prompted you to open a window into your classroom? I've been thinking of how to do that in a way that preserves the privacy of my students.

Oh, bummer. This got cut off. I'm catching up on all your videos since last month. I appreciate these little bite-sized morsels of wisdom.

Senior newspaper class periscope. Just a regular day. A small window into our publication #jerdchat

Not much happening now and I feel like I'm doing something wrong #ttog

#celebratemonday by providing kids the space to inspire themselves and each other

This is the perfect time of year to try out #TTOG in one class or one project. See you it goes.

Helping science and math teachers consider reflection in their classes #TTOG #STEM

I think that's a great idea because if students have to be in school anyway they might as well learn something especially if it's interesting. Grades mostly work for memorization; if people are truly passionate about something they would want to learn.

I'm pretty hard on myself. I work hard to live with a level of honesty to continue to grow. The self awareness has been a labor of life long Introspection and Therapy. I've applied things from my personal life to everything. Thank you for your kind words and validation. I appreciate it. It's not always easy but it is always worthwhile

This made me wonder if the deep level of self-awareness you demonstrate here is a rare thing in educators. I hope it's not, because It's so incredibly important to our craft. How many teachers are ever-mindful of their own deeply-ingrained beliefs and values to the point where they can push back in those times they can see how it impacts their assessment or their practice? I've been a mentor to veteran teachers and this level of introspection was rare. I hope you appreciate this about yourself.

What is learning? Such an important question for teachers to ask themselves from time to time. Easier to answer: What does learning look like? For me, it's not enough to see that a student gets from one column to the next in a rubric. I wish there was some way to be able to gauge how likely new info/knowledge/skills will be applied to contexts outside my classroom. I guess I'm bringing this up because to me, it's not about learning, but rather the quality of learning that we should somehow be able to assess. How can we be sure that once students achieve mastery, that it endures? We can compare pre- and post- tests and say, at the very least, a student scored higher so they must've learned something. But the true test for the quality of learning would be if that new idea/concept/skill/process endured and was independently applied to other contexts. Ideally, I would see this if my students kept comprehensive portfolios and I followed them for all four years of their high school days. Hmmm...I guess a teacher's got to have a dream. ;o)

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John, thanks for sharing your comprehensive thoughts on the subject. I think they will help others who are interested in science and math. You're awesome and now you've found me on another network!

It's interesting that you mentioned and many STEM educators believe their courses are heavy with content. To me, a few things seem so obvious: (1) the most important objective of STEM and non-STEM educators should be the facilitation of the development of lifelong skills - the four most important ones being effective learning, effective problem solving, teaming, and communicating; (2) the only content really critical for any topic really is the core knowledge (CN = knowledge that enables gathering, organizing! understanding, and using of material and enables meaningful interaction with experts) AND I'm not convinced there is all that much more CN for STEM classes that for history, Greek literature, Eastern religions, ... ; and (3) even the CN should NOT be the objective, i.e. the focus, of assessment but rather that CN should be the basis of student-centered activities that reinforce skills development leading to their becoming aligned and habitual personally for each person. It seems so obvious to me that the no grades approach is an even better fit with STEM courses - as is my personal choice of no textbooks and a PBL pedagogy. Don't get me wrong, no grades (and the other features) are good, I believe, for any course - but I am / was an engineering faculty member!!! MY CONCERN: There are too few educators at all levels willing to honestly consider such approaches to working with students!

I've been wondering how I can do this so I appreciate you sharing your journey. I'm going to spend my Sunday morning listening to your journey for this year.

What concerns do you have?

I'm impressed with how your students infuse the actual standards into their reflection. Definitely something that I'll incorporate into my classroom activities. Great springboard for teachers to consider for their professional practices.

Starr, you read my mind. I have this topic on my Tech Tuesday lineup this week, and really love how you infused the technical aspects of using comments on GoogleDocs to provide specific feedback. One of my favorite features is the ability to provide a hyperlink in the comments, so I can point a student to another source (video on how to write a thesis, writing page from OWL, etc).

What do you look for when providing specific feedback to students?

How do you answer, "Can I do this again for a better grade?"