6 February 2014: Wrap up meeting

How can students demonstrate their knowledge in effective digital formats?

As demonstrated by us (students in faculty PLCs) we have been blogging our own conversations in addition to commenting on others.  Dr. Nygaard has also given us excellent example by having all the seniors blog and inviting the whole community to follow their blogs.

8th graders are blogging (kidblog) for their genius hour.  

In 7th grade, we have noticed that iPad minis are a distraction as well as a tool for classroom learning.  We are learning to watch iPad usage as a regular part of our class management plan.

Students make videos for the purpose of sharing/teaching/reinforcing concepts learned in class. 6th grade does a good job of helping students explore all the different options for showing and sharing work in all their classes (google tools, imovie videos and a variety of apps).

Socrative, Nearpod and Quizlet have been used for formative assessment.

4th graders loved creating online graphs!

Generally, students have been using online collaboration as a tool for group work.

In the middle school, we find that projects are generally a better assessment of student learning than end of the chapter "tests."