Education and teaching… Beyond “About Me.” Personalizing Learning Through Digital Badging of Transferable Skills 4 Dec 201828 Nov 2018 What is this panda talking about? "You are about to witness the strength of student creativity" The panda image above is obviously a word cloud. It is like thousands of…
Education and teaching… Demonstrations of Understanding. Or, how student creativity can drive assessment. 29 Nov 201826 Nov 2018 "Mr. H!! Can I just make a slide show, essay, or poster? " "Nope, no thanks, I'm good. What else are you thinking?" "Why not?" The simple answer is "because."…
Education and teaching… Just Because You Taught It Does Not Mean That They Learned It. The Role Of Formative Assessment 21 Nov 201812 Dec 2018 It is dinner time. The one chance each day to sit down with my children and ask them about their day. It is time for "highlights/ lowlights." "What was the…
Education and teaching… Just Hear Me Out! Possibilities for Unthinking, Unlearning, and Relearning Proficiency-Based Curriculum 19 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 In an ecosystem, symbiotic relationships rule. They determine success and failure of an organism, with even the smallest of changes impacting all organisms within the system. Bottom-Up or Top-Down ecological…
Education and teaching… Why failure should be taught as a skill and celebrated in your classroom. 16 Nov 201815 Nov 2018 Failure. It is not a four letter word, but it might as well be one. We avoid it. We skirt around it, hedging our bets to soften a lack of…
Education and teaching… Stop! Collaborate, and Listen! The importance of reflection and feedback in developing student centered classrooms. 13 Nov 201813 Nov 2018 I'm aware, dated myself instantly. If you get the reference, we can kick it, for sure. As educators, I find that we take on so much, make so many decisions,…
Education and teaching… How is this mastery? 9 Nov 2018 I was having a discussion with a high school sophomore this week. She was talking about her latest summative science assessment. She had scored a 3.5 (don't get me started…
Education and teaching… Student Centered Design Thinking- Dip a Toe or Cannonball? 8 Nov 201830 Mar 2019 For anyone that has met me, I am bad at doing something a little bit. I am a victim of my last book, or film, or bright idea. I believe…
Education and teaching… Student Centered Personalization 1.0 – Initial Attempts, Musings, and What’s Missing? 6 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 The engineering process shows us that all ideas must be turned into a prototype. I mean, it is only a dumb idea if it does not work, right? Through any…
Education and teaching… Frustrated? Compassionately flip the script. 3 Nov 20189 Nov 2018 Frustrated. That is the only way to put it. Disgusted, cranky, and ready to throw my hands up, and this child out of my room. After redirecting this child for…
Mr. H's Not So Secret Classroom 