Back-to-School: Consider Your Feedback System, Not Grading System
See this post on our new blog! One question I ask other teachers is “How important is feedback in learning?” Every teacher I talk to agrees that feedback is crucial. It’s how both teacher and student...
View ArticleSchool Leader Chat, Part 1: Grades
I chatted with Martin Moran about shifting mindsets around grades and what this means for teacher PD. Martin is a Lead Designer at the Bennett Day School in Chicago, IL and will be opening their new...
View ArticleSchool Leader Chat, Part 2: Feedback PD
I chatted with Martin Moran about shifting mindsets around grades and what this means for teacher PD. Martin is a Lead Designer and Director of the Upper School at the Bennett Day School in Chicago, IL...
View ArticleFeedback System for HS Engineering / Entrepreneurship – Melanie Kong
This post is part of a series challenging teachers to consider their feedback system for the new school year. I wanted to share my own feedback system as an example if it helps you think about your...
View Article“Giving an A” – Shift Teacher and Student Attitudes in the Classroom
My favorite way to ease into back-to-school is revisiting my favorite education books. After considering my feedback system, I realized that the first time I ever heard of going gradeless was when I...
View ArticleNot Just for Students: Using a Feedback Loop to Improve Your Teaching Practice
We give our students a lot of feedback to guide their growth -- but do we do a good job of seeking and using feedback ourselves? Over the winter break of 2015, I was somewhat startled to find myself...
View Article3 Free Feedback Tools You’ve Never Heard Of
Today is a quick post with some free stuff! 1. Growth Report Google Sheet Get It Here If you're interested in producing a richer, more useful "grade" (i.e. growth) report for students, try this Google...
View ArticleFloop Team & Dr. Naomi Winstone: What does the research say about feedback...
Over winter break, Floop co-founder Melanie and I had the privilege of talking with prominent feedback researcher Dr. Naomi Winstone. Her research has discovered that feedback interventions all seem to...
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