Posted in Literacy and Technology, tagged data, NYC schools, Teacher Data Reports, teacher quality on January 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Many teachers in the schools we support received Teacher Data Reports last week. This report is a DOE initiative to give teachers and school administrators information about the individual teacher’s impact on student test scores as compared to their peers.
Reactions on the ground.… Ouch!
To put it plainly … many teachers were really upset.
Posted in 1, tagged Assessment Innovation, Assessment of Creativity, culture creation, Lessig, Read/Write Web, REMIX, Student Generated Content, TED on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always interested in helping teachers master that difficult balancing act between helping students learn today’s essential skills and teaching new skills required for future success. I found Lessig’s new book REMIX and Lessig’s TED talk pretty illuminating. It offered me a new way to think about the importance of ideas like the Read/ Write WEB and why we should promote learning through student generated content – even for our most struggling students.
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