I am struck immediately by the analogy the author uses to connect curriculum and instruction. Identifying curriculum as the end and instruction as the means…
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I am struck immediately by the analogy the author uses to connect curriculum and instruction. Identifying curriculum as the end and instruction as the means…
Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Test Better, Teach Better’ Chapter 2
So having read the first chapter of Popham’s Test Better, Teach Better, I like the direction the book is taking in looking at assessment from…
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Good morning, students and staff. I want to take a little of your time today to share information regarding the rumors of potential acts of…
Across from my desk in my office I have a bookshelf loaded with all the same ‘best practice’ books owned by nearly all administrators. Each…
This summer I was reading a post by Bill Ferriter (@plugusin) on his blog The Tempered Radical. His three part series on flipping the classroom…
Just spent a couple hours at Jackson Hole High School in Jackson, WY. They have put a new program in place designed to focus on…
I have spent the last two days in Casper at the Wyoming Spring School Improvement Conference (denoted on twitter at #WyEdCon). I presented two different…
I had an interesting conversation this past weekend with my doctoral cohort group (great group of people) regarding state and federal accountability packages. One point…
Key Question #1 – What do YOU expect? Ask yourself this question – whether you are a teacher, administrator, paraprofessional or librarian…this could be of…
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So I just read a blog post by Tom Vander Ark titled 6 Reasons EdLeaders Should Let Students BYOD. (http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2011/10/6-reasons-edleaders-should-let-kids-bring-devices-to-school/) This brought a few interesting…