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The beginning of a new year typically presents individuals with a designated time and opportunity to reflect upon the events of the past 365 days, to cherish the unforgettable moments, to learn from mistakes or disappointments, and most importantly, to set goals for the next chapter in this adventure we call life. In education, we call these types of behaviors “reflective practice”, or the manner in which teachers step back and evaluate the learning environment.

As in any other profession, we assess what was successful, what didn’t work as planned and/or what needs to be adjusted the next time—all in an effort to improve our craft.

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=reflection

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/update-twitter-chats-what-to-do-better/

https://www.pinterest.com/swirlz42/mia-macmeekin/

It's important to take the time to REFLECT on your teaching practice. It's a good practice! And it's from @JoyceValenza. So it's gotta be good, right?

Nice interesting article

En pleno Siglo XXI las competencias digitales se han convertido en un requisito indispensable para la sociedad, tanto en el trabajo como en el día a día de las personas. Por ello se pide el reconocimiento de las competencias digitales como habilidades básicas esenciales.

Los maestros deben fomentar las competencias digitales en sus alumnos con el fin de formar ciudadanos capaces de resolver toda clase de problemas con eficacia y creatividad.

Check out this revised assessment tool from Ross Parker. In the post he shares his experience with using this for a year and the awareness that the tool was not as functional as he had hoped. In brief, he has made four shifts.

1. Taking a tool designed for self assessment and realizing that the same time used throughout the year gets old quickly. Therefore, it is redesigned to "more general, useful for teachers and peers to use."

2. A shift from strands (high level learning outcomes), to attributes (which allows the tool to be used by students over many years as their knowledge and skills grow).

3. A move away from levels or grades to a focus on ways of learning.

4. Allowing students to determine levels rather than assigning them based on personal view.

Last year this tool was well received and this new version brings it up to a new level. Consider using this with students and perhaps have them keep a copy of it asking them to review it later on in the school year. You can download a pdf version of the tool from the website.

great evaluation tool

Interesting way to approach self-assessment in vocational areas. Could be adapted easily

It's never too late to go over basics... nice article!

There are rubrics, lists of questions to ask, goal sheet links and much more in this helpful article.

What might you learn about your students/learners if you were to ask your students to answer these questions? TeachThought suggests that you might use these questions in a number of ways:

* Jigsaw

* Choice (as in let the students choose the questions they answer)

* Personalize (this may work well if you know your students and can ask them to answer questions that would relate to them)

* Use them as a writing prompt

* Team building games

* Big Picture

* Wing it

More information on these is available in the post.

The article provides suggestions on ways to prersent these questions across multiple grade levels. 

I plan to use this list in my all of my classes.