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Jennifer Barnett is the technology integration specialist at Winterboro School in Talladega County, Ala., where she supports schools' transition to 21st-century skills frameworks and project-based learning frameworks. Winner of the 2008 Chiquita Marbury Technology Innovation Teacher Award in 2008, Ms. Barnett is a contributor to the book Teaching 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools—Now and in the Future.

jenniferlbarnett03@gmail.com or jbarnett@tcboe.org@JenniferBarnett (Twitter)

Websites:http://jenniferbarnett.wikispaces.comhttp://jenniferbarnett.edublogs.org

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Sheryl Nussbaum Beach is a widely known speaker and trainer on the use of interactive technology in K-12 education. She is the founder of the 21st Century Collaborative and co-founder of the Powerful Learning Practice Network, organizations that aim to help schools and districts re-envision their learning cultures.

http://21stcenturycollaborative.comhttp://plpnetwork.comhttp://twitter.com/snbeach

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NEW DIRECTIONS IN CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTWEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2011

Jennifer L. BarnettWinterboro School

Talladega County, Alabama

21ST CENTURY ASSESSMENTS MUST

Be Performance BasedHave an Authentic, Real-World

ConnectionProvide Immediate Feedback

WHAT IS PROJECT BASED LEARNING?

In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an

extended process of inquiry in response to a complex

question, problem, or challenge.

Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and

practice 21st Century Skills such as collaboration,

communication & critical thinking.

(Buck Institute for Education)

BRIDGE PROJECT (GEOMETRY & PHYSICAL SCIENCE)

Driving Question/Challenge:How do we design & build the strongest bridge possible?

Need to Know:How are bridges designed? Launch event at Kymulga Bridge with Bridge Inspectors, Civil Engineers, and retired math teachers.

Inquiry & Innovation:Apply content to real world situation (slope, proportion, force, friction, parallelism, etc.) by developing hypotheses for the best possible bridge design

21st Century Skills:Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Digital Skills (West Point Bridge Design)

Student Voice & Choice:Choose a scenario and design the best bridge for the area (i.e. multi-lane, footbridge, railroad bridge, highway/shipping port)

Feedback & Revision:Practice presentations, panel reviews, teacher reviews

Publicly Presented Product:Students presented bridge designs to inspectors and engineers. Bridges were tested for weight and stability.

WHY TEACHERS CONSIDER PBL CHALLENGING

Demands a “different” way of thinking Requires tremendous amount of upfront

planningThe Projects The Formative AssessmentsThe Summative Assessment

Demands a different set of skills of students which dictate a new learning ecology in the classroom

Requires Superior Management and Organization to be Successful

HOW CAN A CLASSROOM TEACHER CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

ASSESSING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS?

Explain Yourself! Have students constantly explain their learning to others.

Visitors and guestsAdministrators, other available school personnel

Other teachersOther students

HOW CAN A CLASSROOM TEACHER CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

ASSESSING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS?

Perform and Present! Use rubrics to formally assess specific skills.

Outside audienceEach otherFeeder schoolCompetitions

HOW CAN A CLASSROOM TEACHER CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR

ASSESSING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS?

Self-Analysis and Reflection

Study the rubrics for gaps and wholes

Goal Setting –individual, group Electronic Portfolios

SIX QUESTIONS ALL STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO ANSWER

When seeking rigor, relevance, and relationships, all students should be able

to answer the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of this lesson?

2. Why is this important to learn?

3. In what ways are you challenged to think in this lesson?

4. How will you apply, assess, or communicate what you’ve learned?

5. Do you know how good your work is and how you can improve it?

6. Do you feel respected by other students in this class?

SHIFT IN SCHOOL CULTURETHE TRUST CARD AS A DAILY 21ST CENTURY

ASSESSMENT

Winterboro Trust Statement

As a scholar of Winterboro High School, I am responsible for my educational experience. I understand the level of professionalism and dedication that will be required to succeed not only at WHS, but also in the postsecondary and professional environments. With these expectations comes TRUST.

Sample Trust Privileges:

• Business Casual on Fridays• Priority Seating at Lunch• Extra Break Time in Afternoons• “Trust” Restroom Privileges• Pep Rallies, Assemblies, etc.

Has WHS’s emphasis on PBL and technology made school

more interesting to you?

YES – 76%

Since the beginning of school, how much have your technology skills

improved?

Greatly – 67%

How do you feel the TRUST card and its

philosophy have changed the school?

Positively - 65%

What impact will WHS’s PBL initiative and emphasis on technology have on your

college/ work force preparedness?

Positive – 76%

SO WHAT ABOUT STANDARDIZED TESTS?

All Projects are standards–based Monthly standards based assessments are given in all

content areas Additional quarterly math benchmarks are administered “Regular” tests are administered at the end of each project

Results2008-2009 to 2009-2010

Reading: Largest Gain – 10 points (5th) Smallest Gain – 3 points (7th)

Math: Largest Gain – 11 points (7th) Smallest Gain – 3 points (5th and 6th)

Graduation Rate: Increased 20 points in two years

RESOURCES – PBL & 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

My WikiProject Based Learning PageMy Web Wardrobe Page

Talladega County PBL ResourceVirginia’s Teach 21 Project PlansBuck Institute for Education

CONTACT INFORMATION

Jennifer L. Barnettjenniferlbarnett03@gmail.com or jbarnett@tcboe.org@JenniferBarnett (Twitter)

Websites:http://jenniferbarnett.wikispaces.comhttp://jenniferbarnett.edublogs.org

Winterboro School

22601 Alabama Highway 21

Alpine, Alabama 35014

256-315-5390

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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Co-Founder & CEO Powerful Learning Practice, LLChttp://plpnetwork.comsheryl@plpnetwork.com

President21st Century Collaborative, LLChttp://21stcenturycollabrative.com

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Shifting From Shifting ToLearning at school Learning anytime/anywhere

Teaching as a private event Teaching as a public collaborative practice

Learning as passive

participant

Learning in a participatory culture

Linear knowledge Distributed knowledge

Learning as individuals Learning in a networked community

Teacher driven (teacher gives knowledge) Student driven(student constructs knowledge)

Summative assessment Formative assessment

Teacher is expert Student’s knowledge is valid starting point

Passive Active

Content driven (memorization and regurgitation of facts)

Process driven (analysis, exploration, synthesis)

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Shift From Shift To

SUMMATIVE VS. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

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Summative assessment is commonly used to certify the amount that individuals have learned and to provide an accountability measure. Summative assessments hold teachers accountable for standardized performance. They measure how well the teacher taught the curriculum.

Formative assessment, in which the assessment is integrated with the instruction (and sometimes serves as the instruction) with the purpose of deepening learning, can replace summative assessment in many cases. Formative assessment measures and supports learning, not teaching.

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT CAN BE USED TO:

• Gauge students prior knowledge and readiness• Encourage self-directed learning• Monitor progress• Check for understanding • Encourage metacognition• Create a culture of collaboration• Increase learning• Provide diagnostic feedback about how to improve teaching

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IS NOT ADDITIVE, ITS ECOLOGICAL. A NEW TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT CHANGE SOMETHING, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING"

Source: Mark Treadwell - http://www.i-learnt.com

[Neil Postman]

Shifts focus of literacy from individual expression to community involvement.

Students become producers, notjust consumersof knowledge.

How do you do it?-- TPCK and Understanding by DesignThere is a new curriculum design model that helps us think about how to make assessment part of learning. Assessment before , during, and after instruction.

Teacher and Students as Co-Curriculum Designers

Assessment is part of the learning process- student directed or teacher directed.

1. What do you want to know and be able to do at the end of this activity, project, or lesson?

2. What evidence will you collect to prove mastery? (What will you create or do)

3. What is the best way to learn what you want to learn?

4. How are you making your learning transparent? (connected learning)

Connected Learning

The computer connects the student to the rest of the worldLearning occurs through connections with other learnersLearning is based on conversation and interaction

Stephen Downes

Connected Learner ScaleThis work is at which level(s) of the connected learner scale?Explain.

Share (Publish & Participate) –

Connect (Comment and Cooperate) –

Remixing (building on the ideas of others) –

Collaborate (Co-construction of knowledge and meaning) –

Collective Action (Social Justice, Activism, Service Learning) –

DIGITAL LITERACIES

Social networking

Transliteracy

Privacy maintenance

Identity management

Creating content

Organizing content

Reusing/repurposing content

Filtering and selecting

Self presenting

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Feedback• Task -oriented- Provides information on how well the task is being accomplished .

• Clarification- Looks at process.How to improve the work.

• Self-regulating - Encourages learner to evaluate their own work.

• Appreciation- specific praise linked to affective growth.

What makes a difference to student learning?

Constant and meaningful feedback -- The Student --Teacher relationship --Challenging goals

John Hattie, University of Auckland 2003

HOW TO BLOSSOM WITH EXPECTATION – BUILDING EFFICACY

1. Examine (pay close attention)

2. Expose (what they did specifically)

3. Emotion (describe how it makes you feel)

4. Expect (blossom them by telling them what this makes you expect in the future)

5. Endear (through appropriate touch)

Focus on Possibilities–Appreciate “What is”

–Imagine “What Might Be”–Determine “What Should Be”

–Create “What Will Be”Blossom Kids

Classic Problem Solving Approach– Identify problem– Conduct root cause analysis– Brainstorm solutions and analyze– Develop action plans/interventions

Most families, schools, organizations function on an unwritten rule…

–Let’s fix what’s wrong and let the strengths take care of themselves

Speak life life to your students and teachers…

–When you focus on strengths, weaknesses become irrelevant

Current approach is not working…

Shift to…

It’s about a re-culturation – a transformation - in the way we “do school” and a shift in what we value in this changing learning landscape.

http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/google_whitepaper.pdf

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

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Change is inevitable: Growth is optional

Change produces tension- it pushes us out of our comfort zone.

“Creative tension- the force that comes into play at the moment we acknowledge our vision is at odds with the current reality.” --Senge

COURAGE TO SHIFT THE WAY WE TEACH AND LEARNTHE ART OF RELEASE…

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. ~~Alan Cohen

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  Last Generation

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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Co-Founder & CEO Powerful Learning Practice, LLChttp://plpnetwork.comsheryl@plpnetwork.com

President21st Century Collaborative, LLChttp://21stcenturycollabrative.com

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Questions and Answers

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