Growing 21stCentennial Learners: Can rubric and standards-based assessment co-exist with open-ended learning?

I recently had an opportunity to evaluate my belief that compliance-based learning is often perceived as the death of critical thinking skills while evaluating ISTE Standard 4 (Innovative Designer).  I wonder, can the educational standards-based culture support innovative thinking as our students “exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended… Continue reading Growing 21stCentennial Learners: Can rubric and standards-based assessment co-exist with open-ended learning?

Continue reading

An ED Tech Instructional 5 Step System Facilitating Student Learning with Multiple Solutions: By Liz Buffington

  Educators are often overwhelmed or saturated with educational tools that are presented as learning systems that will  positively impact the learning the students in the classroom. Solutions focusing on differentiation, scaffolding, and increasing test scores are used to gain entrance into the classroom by the companies and organizations that provide educational technology systems. In… Continue reading An ED Tech Instructional 5 Step System Facilitating Student Learning with Multiple Solutions: By Liz Buffington

Continue reading