Looking Back at 10 years of EdCamps Oh how the time flies, EdCamp Madison is turning 10 this year! It will be held Saturday, February 3rd at Sun Prairie West High School. Which can be found at 2850 Ironwood Drive in Sun Prairie Wisconsin from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. Get more information and register here: https://sites.google.com/sunprairieschools.org/edcampmadwi/home I will always remember sitting in my first EdCamp opening session at the very first EdCamp Madison and having no clue what I was in for. So, I’d like to take this space to go over some of the basic rules of EdCamp. No One Will Pitch It for You EdCamps are unconferences. By this I mean that they have a blank slate of sessions for the day. There may be a few predetermined sessions, but ultimately the session topics are determined by attendees during the pitch & plan session that opens the day. If an idea gets pitched there will be a session on it. If a topic doesn’t get pitched, there won’t be a session on it. So, it i
Personalizing learning is something I’m very passionate about in my classroom. As I was driving using the new version of Apple Maps, it led me to some essential questions when framing paths to outcome mastery to give learners more autonomy.
There needs to be different ways to demonstrate the same skills.
If the constraints put on learners isn’t a part of the skills or content being mastered, it doesn’t need to be essential to the process.
Most due dates are created by the teacher. If mastery is the key, does it matter if it happened on Monday or Tuesday?
There are so many great tools to assist all learners in letting them get to where they are going. You are one of them.
You need to know where you learners are at before you can determine their first step towards mastery. Pre Assessment is key.
Rapid cycle feedback from teachers is more powerful than any grade.
Reflection and self-assessment are even better than teacher feedback.
Not every learner needs the same feedback and level of remediation when they stumble.
Some learners may demonstrate mastery on a pre assessment, how can you push them even further?
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