Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How Many Classroom Observations Are Too Many Classroom Observations?
Well, that is a relative question. How much money is too much money? How many cupcakes are too many cupcakes? How many 4.0’s in the senior class are too many 4.0’s in the senior class? There are never too many of any of those. The number of classroom observations is relative to what your needs…
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Douglas County Transforms their School Culture with eWalk
“We wanted to be able to intelligently answer the question, ‘What is happening in your school’ â€.
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Renton School District Sees Dramatic Results from eWalk
“Some of our senior staff saw eWalk and we bought licenses for the building admins. The results were dramatic.”
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Should You Conduct Classroom Observations the Day You Return From a Holiday? ABSOLUTELY
I recently wrote an article regarding why classroom observations should be conducted the week prior to leaving for a school break. Conducting classroom observations the day we return from a school break can be just as impactful. Here is why. We recently returned from a three day break that, because of unexpected winter weather, turned…
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A New Approach to Accountability
Media-X partner, McREL, teamed up with student assessment developer, Measured Progress, on this White Paper detailing the call for a significant re-balancing of the formula that schools use to assess students. This paper details how utilizing curriculum-embedded performance assessments (CEPAs) to a greater degree can increase student engagement and provide a more comprehensive view on…
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eWalk Limits Incidences of Teachers having to Ask for Help
I was perusing through one of my LinkedIn discussion groups and came across an article authored by Mr. Henry Gray. The article is entitled Ask for Help. I included the first two paragraphs of Mr. Gray’s article as I thought it provided some insight as to the many opportunities offered through class room visits and…
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Validating the Classroom Walkthrough – AGAIN
It seems that over the years I have found myself referencing the benefit of classroom walk-throughs on many occasions as I speak about the things we do in our building. Just recently I had the opportunity to speak with two members of my faculty and as the conversation progressed I noticed that our walk-through procedures…
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Building eWalk Templates to Manage Other Observation Platforms
I had previously written an article about the new evaluation system in my state of Georgia and how the new web platform no longer accommodated eWalk. The new platform offered one template to record data and in my opinion was awkward, not user friendly, and was unreliable. I cannot begin to express my displeasure when…
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Should You Conduct Classroom Observations the Week Before a Holiday? ABSOLUTELY.
And here is why. Is your school accountable for the education of young people? Is your school measured based upon the academic achievement of your students? Do your teachers have enough time to effectively cover all the standards in the curriculum? Are all of your teachers 100% effective 100% of the time? As I consider…
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BYOD in Public Education: The Next Leap in Tech-Based Learning
Once upon a time, in the land of academia, teachers loathed the very presence of cellphones in their classrooms. To curb this practice, we tried everything. Collecting and keeping the mobiles in our desks. Lining them up across our whiteboards. Reading student texts aloud when a phone went off during lecture. But the days of…
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