Monday, August 23, 2010

Learning is Exciting

What new thing have you learned lately? Today I completed training on a new testing tool called Aimsweb. It is used to see where a student is in his math and reading skills. I was so pumped when I felt that I had mastered it. What is it about learning? My appetite has been stimulated to seek out other learning opportunities. What new thing have you learned lately? Let me know.

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  1. I am learning (this year) to really look at data carefully, so that it "drives" my instruction.

    On a more recreational vein, I have been going to occasional glass fusing classes in Columbia, Missouri. It's a blast to make a wallhanging or a bowl using various kinds of glass, and fusing them in the kiln. (Every time it is a surprise!)

    I think you will like using Aimsweb. We have not done the reading prior to this year, but the math works.

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  2. I've learned my graduate students don't as much care about the grade they receive as they do about the depth of the comments I offer in response to their writings. It's something I must keep in mind when I'm tempted to rush through my students' early drafts.

    Barb, great site! Glad I found you.

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