Joe Marangell

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That was a helpful reminder for me to add ANORA to my word list! 😀

Teacher → Facilitator of Learning I hate educational buzz words. In my industry of educational technology, they show up on the regular. We redefine words to meet the current…

How do you navigate the space between instructor and facilitator? medium.com/voiceedu/tea... #EduSky #FutureOfLearning #EdTech

Four keys to productive coaching conversations:

1. Focus on relationship-building and cultivating trust.
2. Keep the conversation going.
3. Ask questions: for clarity, out of curiosity, and for permission to share feedback.
4. Be comfortable with where the conversation goes.

#edusky #educoach

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A4: I include a self-assessment with every major assignment. Something I borrowed from a colleague is also asking students to sum up what they did well and where they want to continue to grow. #ungrading #edusky

I was just thinking the other day about how we used to do this every time it snowed!

Classroom full of bored or sleeping students with a teacher standing at the lectern.

The ONLY instructional strategy with a NEGATIVE effect size: Lecturing. -0.26 or 1/2 a year's loss
Why?
It's passive.

There's no room for engagement or interaction necessary for deep understanding & skill development.

Just a lot of one person talking.

#EduSky #EduCoach

A3: I have found it takes time for students to become comfortable with this process. Frequent 1:1 conferences are helpful starting points. Meeting regularly for informal discussions about their work helps ease the transition to reviewing a larger body of work later on. #ungradingchat #edusky

I definitely can relate!

Something I have tried in a capstone course is entering "✓" grades at various points (✓+, ✓, ✓-, or 0 for no submission) w/points attached to each one to show progress toward the standard. These points are ultimately unweighted at the end of the term when the grade conference overrides them, though.

Yes!

Thanks!

Thanks!

104th NCSS Annual Conference Friday November 22, 2024/10:50 AM - 11:45 AM "Lift Every Voice: Inquiry, Collaboration, and Assessment in Social Studies" Joseph Marangell

If you're at #NCSS2024 this weekend and interested in this topic, I'll be doing a poster session with a colleague on Friday from 10:50 to 11:45 AM! We'll share strategies for engaging students in "visible thinking" activities throughout each stage of the inquiry process.

I have been using a lot of the KQED resources this year for a course I'm teaching and find them really helpful!

Yes! The funny thing is that most of the time (with me, at least) the final grade ends up being the same or close to the placeholder grade that's already in the gradebook!

Q2: A gradebook "hack" I adapted from Sarah Zerwin’s Point-Less: Track daily progress, but base the final grade on a conference where Ss bring evidence of meeting course goals and discuss what grade they earned. The conference is weighted at 99% to override the other scores. #EduSky #UngradingChat

Thank you!

Thank you so much! :-)

One area would be writing good success criteria, but I see you recently created one about that!

No, but I will look into it tomorrow! Thanks!

A3 I have used Adobe Express and like the features that are available but need to become more comfortable with it. I look forward to seeing other examples of how educators use it! #EduSkyChat

That's great! They are always so helpful and responsive, even when students contact them for help with citations!

A2: It's not a new tool, but I can't imagine not using NoodleTools with students. It's a great resource for helping students organize research projects from start to finish. They are always updating it, too! #EduSkyChat