tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post8474211908955491911..comments2024-03-04T06:49:58.529-05:00Comments on The Nerdy Teacher: This is what standardized tests fail to assess #EdChat #PBLChatThe Nerdy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967718792957188554noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-6611383252989617882013-05-20T20:36:50.515-04:002013-05-20T20:36:50.515-04:00"she has something she accomplished. A beauti..."she has something she accomplished. A beautiful song she will have with her the rest of her life. When she thinks about Gatsby or the green light, she can think about a song she wrote and shared with the world." Amen! <br /><br />Most of us read The Great Gatsby in high school. It's been 35 years ago for me. I probably got on A on the unit, but I guarantee Maddie will remember Pete Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471981262858095983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-9184475332758016262013-05-20T18:14:12.203-04:002013-05-20T18:14:12.203-04:00The first thing that struck me in this post was th...The first thing that struck me in this post was that teachers are using mutiple choice test as their summatives -- wow this is so bad --- there should be multiple modalities to evaluate students.<br /><br /><br />The second thing that struck me was -- that you are turning over the project for the students to design and getting them to develop the rubric to mark it. Projects are great but the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419205894515461457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-60138123071436053122013-05-17T16:27:30.529-04:002013-05-17T16:27:30.529-04:00Kudos to Maddie. Here's another example of a G...Kudos to Maddie. Here's another example of a Gatsby student project: www.galileoproject.orgAndrew Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054157761941583021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-13629528014442200422013-05-17T13:01:25.125-04:002013-05-17T13:01:25.125-04:00Precisely. Excellent post. When students use their...Precisely. Excellent post. When students use their talents to show their learning, everyone learns more.Tim Wilhelmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009421943238236049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-36249590001027394322013-05-13T21:39:10.367-04:002013-05-13T21:39:10.367-04:00Completely agree that our standardized testing dri...Completely agree that our standardized testing drive an inordinate amount of class time that could be better served by fostering this type of creativity and individual expression. I think you would appreciate this post by @plugusin Bill Ferriter on how testing is narrowing his classroom. <br /><br />http://www.teachingquality.org/content/how-testing-will-change-what-i-teach-next-yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-79465127031764662402013-05-13T20:37:01.724-04:002013-05-13T20:37:01.724-04:00My son is currently reading this book, and i am su...My son is currently reading this book, and i am sure will take a test afterward. If only there were more schools that embrace learning the way you do. Every year, on the last day, he dumps out his backpack and a mound of meaningless paper pours out of it.... into the recycle bin. bravo to you for making learning MEAN something.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464701363635083063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-2563070911197813822013-05-13T18:57:53.167-04:002013-05-13T18:57:53.167-04:00Beautiful. I love to see what kids come up with. T...Beautiful. I love to see what kids come up with. Thanks for sharing. Justin Stortzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567054196972469484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-69680289097463921822013-05-13T11:57:46.861-04:002013-05-13T11:57:46.861-04:00Love this. I totally agree with you as I love seei...Love this. I totally agree with you as I love seeing my students express their creativity in their projects in my class. Great job with this assignment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10079719709031864476noreply@blogger.com