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Authenticity of Experience in Performance Based Assessment

Guest Blog Post by Kristin Mancini. Kristin is the World Language Curricular Lead/Program Coordinator for Madison Public Schools in Madison, CT. She has taught High School Spanish for over ten years. Kristin is currently working on re-imagining K-12 curriculum in Madison Read More …

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How One Barbershop Owner is Encouraging Reading

Barbershop Books

I was in Manchester Public Schools last week chatting with Erin Ortega, Coordinator of Program Planning and Development. She described a program that is tentatively going to be launched right after the New Year: a local barber wants to inspire reading Read More …

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Rx for Learning: Creeds Elementary and the Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum

Creeds Elementary

I recently wrote about Reciprocal Experiences (Rxs) and how they can add a real-world element to any curriculum. Today I’m going to outline an actual example of an Rx that took place between The Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum and Read More …

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How Did Fifth Graders Help A Museum Increase its Local Visitors?

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A fresh perspective can make all the difference. The Virginia Beach Aviation Museum boasted one of the highest “Things to Do” ratings on TripAdvisor.com, yet it was struggling to attract local visitors. “People come from all over the world to Read More …

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Rx for Deeper Learning: Reciprocal Experiences for Schools and Community Partners

deeper learning

Rather than creating made-up scenarios that mimic the work of people in a particular field, why not center learning experiences on authentic community problems? Reciprocal experiences (Rxs) do just that. They are mutually-beneficial partnerships between schools and community organizations that: Read More …

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Leading Personalizing Learning: ASCD CEL 2016 Reflection

ASCD CEL 2016

Bena Kallick and I presented to a few hundred educators on leading personalized learning with Habits of Mind (HOM). As we canvased the room to find out who was there, I was thrilled to see a group of educators from Read More …

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Can Students Help Us Get to Mars?

Mars

This past week, President Obama fired up imaginations and aspirations in his declaration — to get humans not only to Mars but to spend time exploring the planet. President Barack Obama: America Is Going to Mars US Will Send People Read More …

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Creating Disbelief: A Personalized Meal Served by Students

personalized meal

This post was originally published on Christine’s school website, individualizededu.com, and re-published on Learning Personalized with permission. This past week was another of epic proportions. (I don’t prefer that word as of late but for this, it is all too Read More …

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What is a Performance Task? (Part 1)

performance task

A performance task is any learning activity or assessment that asks students to perform to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and proficiency. Performance tasks yield a tangible product and/or performance that serve as evidence of learning. Unlike a selected-response item (e.g., Read More …

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Fear and Excitement: Announcing a Civic Action Assignment

civic action assignment

I introduced the final product for our civic action plan today. This is their exam in which they demonstrate the work they’ve done during the trimester toward the civic action to impact the problem they believe is important. I shared Read More …

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