For many years, I used a points grading system. This worked for me along with a rubric. But now, I believe it makes sense to integrate standards-based learning into my life as an educator and do even better for my students. Instead of me deciding how many points you deserve based on the rubric solely, the standards on the rubric will tell students that they are either Mastering, Meeting, or Approaching the standard, or not (as the skills are Not Met during the assessment). They will receive a 4, 3, 2 or 1 if they turn in their work and will be able to edit their work knowing more clearly what to work on.
Teacherease shares: "In standards-based education, teaching is responsive to learning. When starting a new target, teachers present introductory lessons. As students progress, they are offered more complex material. They continue working and learning until they reach the target. Think of SBG as a ladder, where students climb up, “a rung at a time,” eventually reaching the top. After receiving instruction, some students progress immediately, but most do not. It’s common for students to be confused, and only partially complete an activity. Teachers regularly provide feedback, reteach, and offer additional opportunities to reach “the next rung.” This process requires patience and practice, and is repeated until students reach the target. SBG is powerful because it provides a framework to regularly measure student progress. When teachers have continuous understanding of students’ mastery, they can adapt instruction to better meet students’ needs. This causes education to be more effective and engaging." “What Is Standards-Based Grading?” TeacherEase, www.teacherease.com/standards-based-grading.aspx.
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New York Times: The Cult of Tech Genius, By Shira Ovide
Copying other's work without giving them credit for their ideas is wrong, in my opinion. We should always to be sure to cite our sources. As well, though our ideas may never truly be original there is a satisfaction in knowing that an idea is our own. Strive to find your own ideas, and then inform that with the information that other's work can provide. Shira Ovide makes a valid point in her most recent newsletter: "Can You Copy Your Way to Success" (excerpted below): When you copy, is what you are producing more effective? Interesting to consider! What do you think? ------------- "Can You Copy Your Way to Success" New York Times: The Cult of Tech Genius, By Shira Ovide Microsoft was not the first company to make a visual interface for a desktop computer. Facebook was not the first social network. The iPhone was not the first personal pocket computer. Those were the right products at the right time backed by the right company, with the benefit of a little luck and ruthlessness. It’s easy to mock Facebook for making a copycat of TikTok, the hottest app of the moment. And before that, for making … uh … a different TikTok copycat. And before that, for copying Snapchat’s photo-and-video diaries called Stories. But as I said, copying happens. A lot. The danger is, the company doing the copying can sometimes miss what made the original so good. Some of the early feedback I’ve seen from people trying Facebook’s TikTok copy, Instagram Reels, have pointed out that it isn’t centered around something like TikTok’s “For You Page,” which is a constant scroll of one video after another tailored to your tastes by TikTok’s computer systems. You don’t have to follow people or hashtags to find entertaining videos. The app does all the work. (Yes, a computer system steering you to one video after another can also be dangerous.) The question for Facebook, then, is not whether it copied TikTok — it did — but has it copied TikTok effectively. |
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