Conker AI for Teachers
Conker AI can be added to the growing list of artificial intelligence tools that can help support teachers – especially if you work in a Google district.
assessment
Assessing with Multiple Choices Instead of Multiple Choice
My newest post for NEO is all about empowering students with choices to “show what they know.” In the article, I make the case against multiple choice assessments, which: often make it easy for students to cheat, rarely allow students to demonstrate deeper knowledge, and aren’t authentic windows into student ability. I give some suggestions … Read more
Reflecting with Hexagons
I think that the deepest discussions I ever hear in my classroom happen when we do Hexagonal Thinking. If you haven’t heard of this strategy, I explain how I use it with my 4th graders in this blog post. Last year, I did a post on using Hexagonal Thinking to reflect on the school year. … Read more
C.S.I.
I should probably explain right at the beginning of this post that I am not going to be talking about crime scene investigation. Or television shows. Or the fact that I couldn’t stand C.S.I. Miami because David Caruso is a terrible actor. Or the fact that watching too many episodes of C.S.I. resulted in me … Read more
Redesign the Report Card
I have been looking at alternate report cards lately – some that use standards based grading, some that assess 21st century skills, etc… As I did my research, I ran across an article from 2011 that appeared in Good magazine, challenging readers to “Redesign the Report Card.” I was intrigued by the idea of not … Read more
PicCollage Game Boards
The PicCollage (or PicKids) app is a versatile tool that my students have used for reflection, creating visuals for a report, and telling stories. Recently, I’ve seen a couple of different articles on the web about students and teachers using PicCollage to make game boards. This can range in educational value from creation for fun … Read more