Life is easy right now. I know what I am doing and how to do it in my classroom. So that means it is time for a change! We are moving to a new building and starting a new textbook series. I really liked the old one as it was constructed math and the students had to work to figure out how to solve problems. In the new one, there are many examples and way more than I will ever be able to get across to the students. So I am going to have to heavily filter what I have the students learn.
I also want to change how students are assessed. I really want to move towards digital portfolios and I want, at this point, to have them link work to standards and reflections to show how well they understand the standards. I think this will work and it will be interesting to see how the students adapt and feel about this kind of assessment. I may change my picture of what a portfolio looks like after I finish my enquiry project, but we'll see.
This isn't so much changing the curriculum itself, I don't have a clear one anyway, as it is changing how I asses, but that in itself, will change my curriculum as I teach students how to document.
I like the idea of using digital portfolios also. I think it makes great sense as we are pushing towards the standards, also it will handle the issues of transition from level to level.
ReplyDeleteDigital portfolios do seem like an efficient and effective assessment of learning. I am hoping to be able to bring the idea to the elementary school in which I work. Cathy, your comment about change is interesting--so true, a change in one thing affects change in so many others, since the curriculum content, instruction and assessment are intertwined!
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