Though delayed by a trip back to Michigan, an excellent week at the Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Institute1, and now a week in Chicago while my wife attends a conference for work, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my Masters project. Today, sitting in a coffee house on Michigan Ave., I started the [...]
I haven’t posted for 25 days. Yes, the holidays played a decent part of that hiatus, but it’s also been the result of the binge of artifacts I had students create just before winter break. In short, I was so excited to break away from the traditional teaching style that I probably stretched myself too thin.
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A little background: This year, I essentially threw out all large tests in my classroom. I still utilize small quizzes, but I wasn’t feeling the validity of large tests. Instead, I developed what I call “artifacts.” Essentially I have the students create something (a book, song, comic, presentation, etc.) that demonstrates their knowledge of the content [...]
