Can you count metacognition #rhizo15 #digped

Had a great #digped conversation today about evaluating tools. We talked about the primacy of pedagogy and how we evaluate our tool use. Here was my fav exchange

How can we ensure the tools we implement benefit students and learning? How can we invite students to help evaluate tools? #digped

— Hybrid Pedagogy (@HybridPed) May 1, 2015

@HistoryJack @HybridPed because best way to measure the content and the skills is through the metacognitive reflection students do. #digped

— Greg McVerry (@jgmac1106) May 1, 2015

@HistoryJack @HybridPed thats because metacognition isnt something to measure it is a tool that elicit evidence we can measure. #digped

— Greg McVerry (@jgmac1106) May 1, 2015

@jgmac1106 @HistoryJack @HybridPed Yes. This. This whole conversation. #digped

— Chris Friend (@chris_friend) May 1, 2015

I think technology gives us new ways to capture metacogntion....not to measure it but to add to our assessment toolkits. We can record think alouds, have students revise in comment, publish portfolios, etc.