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@charlesdumais Working on setting up some kind of hybrid/virtual online unconference for digital learning day 2/5. I will keep u in loop.
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@KDesjadon @charlesdumais @Swanny203 @7wgreen7 viruses & bacteria get you sick. Though much of assessment practices are a plague. #ctedchat
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@7wgreen7 A student who was engaged all year and kept up with the readings will always outperform crammers (outliers aside) #ctedchat
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@KDesjadon I think we also erroneously separate knowledge into the facts (nouns) and skills (verbs) #ctedchat
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@KDesjadon It is a cycle. The more you know the more you comprehend. The more you comprehend the more you know. #ctedchat
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RT @ndebrantes: “@charlesdumais: @jgmac1106 @DrChrisLongo If you cannot communicate what you learned, have you learned it? #ctedchat”
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@DrChrisLongo @KDesjadon @charlesdumais I disagree. I believe in a stronger emphasis on the content over the skill. #ctedchat
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@charlesdumais @DrChrisLongo Agree thoguh it must be something modeled, taught, and assessed on its own merits. 21st cent wrting #ctedchat
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@charlesdumais @DrChrisLongo Then does this make it a bad tool assess knowledge? Could lack of presi skills mask knowledge? #ctedchat
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@charlesdumais @ESSCDiversity Agree choice in learning artifacts and demonstration of knowledge growth important. #ctedchat
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@charlesdumais @DrChrisLongo Need to make sure though we use presentations as learning tool & not just showcase what was learned #ctedchat
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Created an Online Research and Media Skills curriculum for CTHSS. Embeds digital learning in content areas, assessed in portfolio. #ctedchat
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@charlesdumais At same time though you need clear evidence of knowledge growth. In both what they know and can do. #ctedchat
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RT @tom_brant: RT @ajpodchaski A5: We offer our seniors a capstone project - pick the topic - real work work - come back in a month - like …
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Building good performance assessments hard. Given high stakes of high school GPA students have right to most reliable assessment #ctedchat
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A5: Students need exposures to multiple case study/simulations. #ctedchat
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@charlesdumais @ajpodchaski Do you need reflection on summative assessments? Are midterms designed to be reflective? They should b #ctedchat
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@rggillespie @charlesdumais @Swanny203 I do that for my langauge arts grad class now. We build a website together. #ctedchat
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@rggillespie @charlesdumais @Swanny203 That was my final for situated cognition at UCONN. #ctedchat
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RT @TeachersTweeeet: "If your teachers need a test to tell them how their kids are doing, then you hired the wrong teachers." Dick Allingto…
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