STEM Education continues to emerge as one of the most critical components needed to prepare the next generation of workers for the future. Identifying the fundamental skills that STEM interventions impart, where they should occur, and…
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by: Konrad
Apr 24, 2012In my last entry I wrote about Learning Stories, an assessment strategy used in early childhood education in New Zealand. Ever since I first learned about this approach, I’ve been interested in how it would translate…
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Apr 12, 2012Since its inception more than 40 years ago, public media has worked with visionaries like Jim Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Fred Rogers to use the power of television to help America’s children learn, especially children…
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by: KonradFeb 28, 2012
A few years ago, after facilitating a session on assessment in the 21st-century classroom, I was approached by one of the workshop participants and asked what initially prompted me to start reconfiguring my classroom practice and…
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Feb 14, 2012The single biggest obstacle educators and administrators need to overcome in order to embrace social media in the classroom is fear. They’re afraid of (often) mistaken information about viruses, predators, and productivity vacuums and just say,…
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Feb 1, 2012
A few years ago, I ran into an old colleague of mine at an educational conference. He was using the lunch break to catch up on his marking. His backpack, placed on the chair beside him,…
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Jan 24, 2012
In my last post, I wrote about the value of Assessment for Learning as an approach to supporting and engaging students. Whenever we talk about Assessment for Learning, we must also address its key element —…
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Jan 17, 2012
Whenever I think of assessment in the classroom, I am reminded of a rubric I created a long time ago to go along with a short writing assignment for my grade eight Language Arts class. You…
