Presentation for FETC 2014 in Orlando, FL

1. If you hate
ASSESSMENT
Dean Shareski
Community Manger
Discovery Education

2. You’re Doing It Wrong
Dean Shareski
Community Manger
Discovery Education

3. @shareski
shareski.ca
dean_shareski@discovery.com
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4. @shareski
shareski.ca
dean_shareski@discovery.com
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5. @shareski
shareski.ca
dean_shareski@discovery.com
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6. @shareski
shareski.ca
dean_shareski@discovery.com
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7. http://dlc.com/defetc14
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9. How Do you
Define Learning?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/17014945@N08/3378969069

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11. “I try to distinguish between contexts of productive and
unproductive learning. And by productive, I mean that
the learning process is one that engenders and
reinforces wanting to learn more.
Absent wanting to learn, the learning
context is unproductive or
counterproductive.”
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13. “Information will be learned slowly and doomed to
unless they are
quickly attached to a
framework of knowledge that
we already possess.”
rapid forgetting
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14. Rick Stiggins
Alfie Kohn
Cathy Davidson
Assessment Heroes
Ken O’Connor
Grant Wiggins
Joe Bower
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15. http://shareski.ca/y/3h4
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16. Could you pass this test?
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17. Could you pass this test?
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18. Why we need to rethink
Assessment
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20. http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertogp123/5843577306
“We may not be able to measure learning,
but we can document it”

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23. “MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
MAY BE THE
LEAST SIGNIFICANT
RESULT OF LEARNING”
Dr. Linda McNeil
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24. “If you say you don’t have time for
assessment, you assume that the teaching is
more important than the learning.
Feedback is the key to reaching goals.

25. “If you say you don’t have time for
assessment, you assume that the teaching is
more important than the learning.
Feedback is the key to reaching goals.
Saying there’s no time
is to confuse causing learning
for mentioning stuff.” Grant Wiggins

26. Assessment is not a Spreadsheet
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27. Assessment is not a Spreadsheet
It’s a Conversation
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28. How We Might Begin to
Rethink Assessment
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ores2k/394359583/

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37. 4 Big
Ideas
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38. Self/Peer
Assessment
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mullhaupt/2227174639/

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40. “Who owns the learning?”
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rzganoza/4186516481

41. “Who owns the assessment?”
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rzganoza/4186516481

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43. What did you learn from
others?
What did you contribute to
the learning of others?
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44. Student Choose Weighting
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/grade6kms/5146468921

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47. “Taught me to examine my work critically”
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48. “Taught me to examine my work critically”
“...enabled me to focus on learning”
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49. “Taught me to examine my work critically”
“...enabled me to focus on learning”
“I wasn’t comfortable assessing myself”
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50. The Trouble With Rubrics
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52. Unintended Learning
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54. Put Technology
to Work
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphrodite/66231929

55. Meta Cognition 1867 - 2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivander/58499153
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56. Press Record
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57. Press Record
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58. Reduce Workflow
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59. Reduce Workflow
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60. My Evernote Trick
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61. My Evernote Trick
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62. My Evernote Trick
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63. My Evernote Trick
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64. My Evernote Trick
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65. My Evernote Trick
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66. My Evernote Trick
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67. Show Your Work
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68. Board Builder
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70. Make it Matter
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/6029602465

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cacobeto/8211087339

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cacobeto/8211087339

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cacobeto/8211087339

75. ATHLETIC STAGES
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/edrost88/9694012755

76. ARTISTIC STAGES
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/celloc/4194343038/

77. WHERE ARE THE ACADEMIC STAGES?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahams__flickr/383840141

78. The World as Your Refrigerator
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmerogers/3611400213/
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79. The World as Your Refrigerator
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmerogers/3611400213/
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80. The World as Your Refrigerator
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmerogers/3611400213/
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81. Warning:
Work that Matters is Really Hard to Assess
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82. Model
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83. SAGE ON
THE STAGE
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84. SAGE ON
THE STAGE
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86. GUIDE ON
THE SIDE
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87. GUIDE ON
THE SIDE
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89. MEDDLER IN
THE MIDDLE
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90. What About You?
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91. What About You?
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92. The Learning Project
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98. My Teaching Staff
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101. Inquiry isn’t just for kids
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/6579378601

102. How Much Wheat to Make a Loaf of Bread?
http://growaloafofbread.blogspot.ca
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103. How Much Wheat to Make a Loaf of Bread?
http://growaloafofbread.blogspot.ca
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104. Don’t Complicate Assessment
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105. Don’t Complicate Assessment
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106. Don’t Complicate Assessment
What Did You Learn?
What Can You Do?
Why Does it Matter?
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109. “The business model of school is simply going to have to
change -
we just can't sell facts for a living any
more.”
Stuart Firestein
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111. Thanks
shareski.ca
@shareski
dean_shareski@disco
very.com
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