Assessment
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CHAT-CCC: Activity Theory & Competency Frameworks
How can cultural-historical activity theory and competency construct claims help as we adapt to AIEd through competencies? Continue reading
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The Spark
It’s not AI, it’s me! Searching for The Spark in understanding. Continue reading
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Standardization Cycle 2.0
How can an updated standardization cycle help avoid the challenges of the ‘moderation event’? Continue reading
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PerplexityAI as an Inquiry Engine
How might we use Perplexity, a simple and accessible AI tool, as a research assistant in units of inquiry? Continue reading
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What Are Universities Thinking About AI?
Sharing videos and takeaways from an excellent session on ‘Teaching with ChatGPT’, hosted by Kent University. Continue reading
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AI Feedback with CoPilot
How can the GPT tools be used to give feedback on student writing samples against written descriptors? Continue reading
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We Don’t Need an “AI Policy”
Schools that maintain a focus on building a culture of academic integrity through knowing our learners, iterating and evolving will be better-adapted to the opportunities and challenges of AI in education. The ripples of AI tools have been present in… Continue reading
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Reductive Rubrics, Authenticity & Opportunities for Learning
A quick post to share an animated gif, made in the new Keynote 9 update. It is a rebuild of a lower-quality animation I made years ago and use often, inspired by a cartoon I saw but cannot track down… Continue reading
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Making Feedback Visible: Four Levels in Action
Five years ago I was starting to become concerned with the difference between marking and feedback. What was making a difference to my students’ learning and was the effort I was putting into detailed marking worth it in terms of… Continue reading
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Webb’s DOK4 & Transfer
I recently took part in a fabulous Bold Moves Curriculum Mapping Bootcamp, by Dr. Marie Alcock at ISKL. I was there to think about next steps for curriculum planning at CA, and it was a great opportunity to pick the… Continue reading
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Capturing the Curriculum, Criteria & “Zooming In”
Shortlink to this resource: is.gd/mypassess Update Sept. 5 2017 based on edits summarized in this update from the IB. Big Update Dec. 2 2017: added subject group overview (curriculum articulation) tabs for each subject group, with data validation for key, related… Continue reading
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Standardization: Cycling away from the moderation “event”
Update 2024: Standardization Cycle 2.0 is here. A quick post to share a resource, based on some of our work at CA. I love cycle diagrams and was thinking about the process of moderation, planning and the challenges of effective… Continue reading
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The IMaGE of an International School
It’s crunch time for my MA International Education studies at the University of Bath, with a big literature review in progress and some data collection coming up, aiming to submit by the summer break. As much as I’ve loved the… Continue reading
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How NOT to be ignorant about the world.
Hans Rosling, TED.com “Fame is easy to acquire. Impact is much more difficult.” Update, 2018: As a Rosling fanboy, using their work on i-Biology since about 2008, I was saddened to hear of his death in 2017. However, his recent… Continue reading
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Faculty PD: Assessment Principles & Practices (and a stretched golf metaphor)
A golf-themed series of PD sessions on assessment principles and practices. Inspired by a Ken O’Connor post. Continue reading
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