Thursday, 16 August 2018

What really matters- reimagining assessment for modern learning

                Bruce Dixon, Will Richardson          modernlearners.com          change.school
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Initial thinking centred arond HOW rather than WHY

if we don't understand the WHY fully - the how is linked to what we know about school and the frame we bring.




Why assess (in general) before we think about HOW? How leads to us wanting an answer- answer not there yet to the why....

Distance between stakeholders of understanding - engaging with the conversations.

What is worth assessing and not?

Measure?  pitfalls? success for all? What does this look like without increasing of anxiety/ streaming/competition
How do we measure with the feeling of success- awhi kids not group- ANXIETY!!!
white paper- war on learning (Bruce Dixon)

When was learning a competitive sport? Teaching a competitive Sport
(Bruce Dixon)

Why do you exist? as a school
Mission/ vision definition (twitter)



A PIVOTAL moment in education-at crossroads- huge opportunities - some through technology but low down as a vehicle or influence but NOT a driver!!!




Behind the words what do we mean?? 
DEFINE learning
Do we have to show learning is happening everyday? We want to know akonga are learning??
Value/pitfall of OTJ


Are our assessments satisfying needs? 



lets make it all bout learning!!


Offloading when the test/exam is over! Drill content.....

Are we doing what we believe?

If we want to stop ākonga learning what do we do?
The left hand side only will succeed if left side works for teachers as well as students>
We trust you!! Its a culture- safety and support- no blame, judgement. (eek learning narrative data??)
I have your back as a leader
compliance and complancy- complancy replaces compliance

Now the loss of NATIONAL STANDARDS... what will/can this bring? for learners?  teaching to the test... data driven education- interpreted in a traditional way.


This is about trust, own trust, aware if trusted

Qualitaive vs Quantitative assessments

BELIEF/  vs PRACTICE - how strong is it?
ACTIONS vs WORDS
ETERNAL conflict
(resilient/risk-takers)

Finnish teachers are never evaluated - are we assessed or have we been assessed on the right hand side


COLLECTIVE change
Coherent in the message we send??



The affect of competition? Staying with the norm- supporting whanau wanting norm 

comfortable in our thinking not defensive!! Challenge with the criticiser doing the right side!!

discussions at the clubrooms about 'handwriting'
Lets put it back at then
Learning is not a competitive sport
A 6 year old shouldn't have to come to school to figure us out- let them grow their natural disposition to learning grow not be stilted!


Valve company - modelling the leftside as acompany - their handbook

Internet is transformative to our world!

Who are our kids?  Shadow a kid.....

EXPOSURE to experience- limit PASSION conversations

Social presence- online life- 

over- prescribing of drugs

tug of war for our kids with whanau wants for education and the known/ unknown.     
  As stuck in the middle of the now

tug of war with friends too-SEL, gaming 

Kids clean up our mess!!

can our people/kids discern fiction and non-fiction- navigate media landscape/google
'crap detector'

Most disruptive shift is AGENCY 
CONTEXTUAL shift- freedom to access through internet

Out of school kids roam-drone parents- compressing their experience in the natural world??





Why should schools exist?


CHALLENGING what teaching looks like?


Mission is built on...
Vision is built on...


Teachers can overhelp!! can hinder

We have to let go!

why is genius hour only an hour!!!!! Like Haeata

SEL- self directed - share with me a your....( from ) during learning  times
(screencastify-site)

SAMR- technology!!

technology is about FREEDOM to learn
(look at drowning statistics & parents on devices)



The power of the learning narrative- kaiako expectations
(complainer on the document-reading after criticism)

LIFTING the constraints
Pose the challenge without the scaffolds or instruction
Makerspace prompt: Make a bird, singing and dancing appreciated
Play-based learning at a high-level- My dream- resources available- eg. makerspace paintbrushes
Left mess can be a constraint??
balance and priority
Take away the workshops- and leave out resources

"They just play games in class"- deal with the behaviour - agency??
gaming/ screentime/ boogie man (social media)- DRONE PARENTING/ TEACHING 

Emotional side of school change- book

Moving from OLD to BOLD- making change in your school

Re-imagining assessment

the assessments we want
the teachers we want
the parents we want
the leaders we want

investigate norms of learning
















































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