…agenda, task list, as well as this goal reflection form: And the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School in New York City (featured in the middle school video above) has a…
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…empowered about doing so. Here’s a reflection template from the Buck Institute. What would a culminating event for your students’ project-based learning look like? Check out all the stops along…
Read more…goals are written in SMART goals format; Each portfolio must end up with a completed About Me, Goals, and Reflections section; Each goal must have one reflection per week (equaling…
Read more…to do it.” Reflection required “We also had to reflect on it on our PLPs, our personal learning portfolios, for Opportunity Time goals and our academic and evidence goals, so…
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…1. Reflection Charity Moran Parsons, Buck Institute faculty and PBL pro, has written an amazing piece on best practices in reflecting on PBL. Two of her tenets are to reflect…
Read more…Assessments: Do you want to have students help you create meaningful assessments? That would be going bigger. How about co-constructing learning scales with students? That could be the work! Reflection:…
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…as highlights of projects. Student leaders explained that P.A.T.H. puts projects at the center. The goal setting, documentation of progress, and reflection on learning would all happen in relation to…
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…planning, and reflection cycle. Check out Julia’s project reflection sheet, below. There you can see how she documented her journey. How can you help students enjoy PLPs and student-led conferences?…
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…If we go back to our core energy transfer, again, students understood how to make a better design. They understand conduction, convection, reflection. Both concepts we could have gone much…
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…Sean recorded an audio version of his above reflection. The value of hunting Sixth grader Mariah found inspiration in hunting for her first deer with her grandfather. She describes her…
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…has been a powerful way to reflect and improve the quality of discussion. We return to our ‘Plus, Delta’ reflection chart to note both what went well and what needs…
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…it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation,…
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…reflection. The timestamps indicate places you can pause the video and reflect along with us. (4:38) How did Morgan explain her goal? How did Morgan measure her growth? And how…
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…of it as more of a cline: this assessment can be codified in Google Forms (or exit surveys) or simply take the form of unscripted reflection.) Your students’ families Down…
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…is a great opportunity to shift focus to transferable skills, and engage students through reflection. Why? Because the transferable skills are likely the skills students are using, or could use,…
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…means scaling back. Paring down. Focusing deeply on what matters. Relationships. Connection. Purpose. Reflection. So when you look at the long list of all that you’ve been asked to do,…
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…PLPs Portfolio Development – evidence, growth, reflection I intentionally amplify student agency by building in choice of subject, path, and pace. Project-based learning Service learning Hyperdocs Choice boards 6 Student-Centered…
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…students. When we look into a mirror we see our reflection. What if that reflection was not you, and no one like you. How would you feel?” Susan Hennessey “The…
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…means stepping into the unknown and surrendering to something bigger than yourself against all obstacles. Kind of like faith. And I do, yes, it’s in really sweet reflection on being…
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…powerful action research cycle. So thank you for the gift of that. Alex: You’re welcome! And I also, you know, in the book I give a version of a reflection…
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…know that another instructional phase is reflecting and evaluating. That comes down to some of the classroom resources around assessment and reflection. Showcases and presentations, for instance, so that students…
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…Again, thinking about that democracy piece. Recognizing and analyzing both racist and anti-racist ideas and actions in myself and in others. Again, that self-reflection. And that acknowledgement that racism isn’t…
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…4th and 5th grade students loved learning new vocabulary for talking about identity. As you explore social identity markers with students, you might engage them in reflection on their own…
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…their community drives their sense of efficacy. The “I” statements also prompt reflection on the past and future. For example, last summer many students attended Kingdom East School District’s camp…
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…inevitably social justice oriented, for organizing their learning. Meg focuses on how student voice factors into assessment and provides examples of structures for student self-assessment and reflection. (O’Donnell and her…
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…time in self reflection, just because I feel very responsible to my students. Jeanie: What I hear you saying is that we need to center relationships. And that those and…
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…approach so special: It’s not a one-size-fits-all ‘program’ that all schools can follow for improvement; it’s a method for study and reflection that will give every school a customized solution,…
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…4 shifts for student-led conferences in a proficiency-based environment This post also focuses on how-to do SLCs, but specifically while in a proficiency-based environment. Video evidence & reflection for student-led…
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…while in a proficiency-based environment. Video evidence & reflection for student-led conference A story from a school that used screencasting as a tool for using video evidence and reflection in…
Read more…benefitting from student-led PLP conferences: Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs Screencasting as PLP reflection Student-led conferences come to Leland & Gray Now tell us How do you communicate students’…
Read more…the project at the front of a project-based learning experience increase personalization for students? Lab Report Culminating Video Reflection Post: This Is Really Scary (And I’ve Never Been More…
Read more…learning theorists suggest none of these promotes learning, editing, reflection and growth than how is a badge any different or better? We aim to find out! Stay tuned for details….
Read more…cats this is cool! Think of all the ways this could be used in the classroom: student introduction videos, student reflection on lessons, adding your voice and video snippet directly…
Read more…block with students on netbooks. Her blog post is excerpted from a longer reflection prepared for the 2014 AMLE annual conference.) Does the use of a learning management system impact…
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…their projects, the reflection on them; it’s the growth I’m looking for. I like to reach out to the community: you can’t have these internships and you can’t have these…
Read more…2. Do some liquid math Everything needs water, and how much and where it comes from is a great topic for discussion and reflection. This rain harvest calculator can help…
Read more…reflection, goals, personal strengths and challenges, and as a multimodal platform to demonstrate their learning. As we moved into our second year, we began discussing these developments with a broader…
Read more…learning. I have to admit, I felt guilty for several reasons. In reflection, I utilized (hogged) most of the tech resources, most of the time. I felt like students were…
Read more…a media-rich approach by Common Sense Media that seeks to engage students in media “reflection, deconstruction, and creation.” Sounds cool, right? Wait until you see how compellingly it’s presented for…
Read more…Learning can simply click on that specific label and view all the posts related to it. The implications for evidence gathering and reflection in a learning community such as this…
Read more…talks about other ways tech-powered timeline tools can be useful in deepening reflection on other areas of science-related content while making connections to other disciplines. Teaching project planning with timelines…
Read more…document your professional growth, provide a framework for reflection, and gain a better understanding of how to make PLPs most useful for your students. I shared what I have gleaned…
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…you’re saying it you can go out and say it! Rachel: Did the audio reflection help you get more of your ideas out? Student 1: Yeah. Another benefit of recording…
Read more…his students. I’m going to turn it over here to Mr. Ducharme: An educator’s reflection “I must admit that I reached out to the Google+ Community quite by accident. Looking…
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…bad thing — is that there’s so much out there around the state, that people are using for goal-setting and reflection and student-led conferences and sites — there’s tons of…
Read more…Supervisory Union blog. I shared this student photo (at left) with a group of teachers during a goal-setting and reflection workshop. They all smiled, especially after I asked them to…
Read more…is designed for ownership, collaboration, and reflection. In preparation for a student-led conference, teachers spend weeks helping the students get ready. But in my years as an educator and teacher…
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…the resources, decide on when to add check points and formative assessments throughout the learning, be clear how ongoing reflection will be shared, and negotiate the best audience to share…
Read more…a jarring, disruptive, and impossible-to-ignore screech blared. In a space meant for reflection, quiet and focused learning, deep dives into inquiry, this interrupter literally felt like chalkboard nails reminding us…
Read more…meet the artists. QR codes linked each piece to the artist’s reflection — reflections that took place weekly, capturing the ongoing progression of thoughts and creativity as the piece was…
Read more…event. Teachers were clear about the expectations and provided the necessary scaffolding, models and supports. Every student used their PLP to house important work and reflection, and some chose to…
Read more…teacher-given grades and rely on student reflection and self-assessment. There are a lot of tools and templates floating around, such as the Genius Hour Self-Assessment Rubric, but it this is…
Read more…partners: For larger projects, assign a responsibility partner to students. This student can help brainstorm ideas, they can keep each other on task, and problem solve. Reflection and Responsibility for…
Read more…toward the CVU Graduation Standards.” “Nexus@CVU is a program dedicated to student learning in a highly personalized environment which encourages self reflection, deep inquiry, and community connection.” These programs represent…
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…(PLP), but students reported little engagement in following through on and reflecting about their goals. In our attempts to think differently about goal-setting and reflection, we decided to approach goal-setting…
Read more…period bind each iteration. This ensures natural pauses for reflection and planning. Victoria Smith, a Language Arts teacher at Crossett Brook Middle School in Waterbury, Vermont, focused her research on…
Read more…hard. Challenges within groups are frequent. Often one of the best ways to help students and get ahead of problems is to know about them as soon as possible. Reflection…
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…were taken, students chose their platform-type (letters, poems, PSA videos, etc.) to convey their learning. They included notes as part of their submission, along with a self-assessment and reflection that…
Read more…ready to help answer the question. These encourage collaborative competition and reflection. Go deeper: To learn more about Socrative and how to use it for formative feedback, check out this…
Read more…below. 5 statements for reflection: Our proficiency-based learning system includes: Clear expectations of learning Student progress measured and supported PLPs and Flexible Pathways that lead to Proficiency-Based Graduation Requirements (PBGR)…
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…do we share our learning with others? Reflection: When and how do we reflect on our learning? Overall: When and how are we able to personalize our learning during the…
Read more…tweaking, ask students to identify the trouble spots and problem solve. This repeated reflection will preserve the integrity of the routine, showing students that you mean what you say, and…
Read more…team planning time, the reflection, the resource-gathering. So a lot of us should share out all the work we’re doing. Let’s look at four ways Vermont educators are sharing their…
Read more…well. We believe that once students have had an organic, empowering, and authentic making experience, reflection rooted in the Transferable Skills can help students solidify their learning and identify evidence…
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