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I Don’t Have Time For Formative Assessment
106 months ago
Although a fairly narrow view on the barriers to implementing assessment for learning, the cross section of views shared on the Google Document have been excellent as a starting point for discussion.
The above Wordle is a helpful representation of those contributions. I have removed the following words from the visual: assessment, formative, teachers, learning and students in an effort to focus on the other language more readily used to describe the issues.
“Time” appears as a perceived barrier to quality formative assessment or assessment for learning – but is it really such an issue? Is curriculum time often shunted and pinched too readily? Do we not protect our curriculum time, and so time for reflection, fiercely enough from the other pressures in school?
Online Reporting – On the Back Burner
22 years ago
Unfortunately sometimes you have to be honest and admit that some ideas will remain just ideas. I have decided to step away from the online reporting project using Google Docs as I just can’t find the time I want to give it.
It is not about the validity of the idea of using Google Docs for reporting to parents it is just about time. Our first half term was a great unit of work on Sealife and just the normal routine and timetable of things took over.
Time is Running Out by zamboni.andrea
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I understand that my blog posts have suggested I was starting it this year, and although I have support from school about the concept I have had no extra time to get it started. The discussions and research over the last year have been hugely interesting as to the place of cloud computing applications in school administrative tasks. It does make me think about how schools will need to better support teachers in the new roll out of online reporting that will take place in the next few years. The processes will need to be looked at closely.
I believe Simon Widdowson (@porchester) is going forward with the idea and it will be worth following his future exploits.
For me, perhaps another year, perhaps at another school.
