Daniel Welty

@JoyKirr Ty for this Joy!!!

Lesson reinforced for me this week: I just have to do my job. I just have to do what I believe is right. I can't control what others do or think- that's their job, and they have experiences that are myriad & complex, as well. Today, I'm going to do my job- and do my best at it.

As you're thinking about classroom assessments next year, remember that we grade against criteria for standards, outcomes, learning goals, i.e., evidence of learning, NOT the vehicle used to deliver that evidence. So, unless we're teaching the assessment format itself, whether or not students do a project, test, paper, demonstration, etc is irrelevant: It's whether or not they presented evidence of their proficiency. This blows the hinges off the doors on the way to success as it opens new and meaningful ways to demonstrate mastery. There's a lot of agency here, which leads to students owning their learning. For some units of study, teachers can even ask students for proposals for how they will demonstrate the evidence of the standard. Then, as with most assessments, ask students to prove their evidence, to explain how the standard is manifested in their presentation. Gosh, this makes learning -- and teaching -- way more fun, and for students, more substantive.

Hey ISTE attendees! If you are interested in flipped learning, I will be talking about Flipped Instructions in the Learning Lab at 1 pm. See you there! #ISTELive23 #FlippedLearning #InClassFlip #FlippedInstructions

Make learning magical! @tishrich #ISTELive23

I knew if I stayed in one place long enough we would connect @KtBkr4 #ISTELive23

Twitter friends at #iste2023, I’m feeling a 6 today, lol

Finally crossed paths with the amazing flipped profesora @martharamirezco at #ISTE2023

Learning about the 🧠

Ready for more #ISTELive23

When this happens at #ISTELive23 @DitchThatTxtbk

@MissJShields1 @ISTEofficial But what if they don’t?

"When another teacher sees what you are doing, they feel like they can do it too!" I love this and agree!! Model it!! @ISTEofficial #ISTELive #ShieldsScribbles

@Super70sSports This was one of my favorites and all of the bigger action figures too!

I’m 51 years old and I’m gonna be completely honest and say there’s at least a solid hour of entertainment here for me if I entered this room right now.

Who is doing #pbl in a traditional HS? Bonus points if it’s science and extra if physics ⭐️ #pblchat

@edutopia Lecturing! And also becoming more tech based which has made it easier for students who miss school to keep up and make up work

What's something you've stopped doing that's resulted in you becoming a more effective educator? #TeacherTwitter #EduTwitter

We need to empower teachers with instructional approaches that allow them to spend less time at the front of the room and more time in small group and individualized discussions. Otherwise, we will continue to talk about differentiation but never really see it in action.

We can teach students an endless amount of content, but if we don’t empower them to be self-regulated, self-aware young adults, we are setting them up for failure when they transition to college or the workforce.

Students master skills when they are deeply engaged in work and the educator is a facilitator. That means teachers need to feel empowered to minimize whole-group direct instruction so they can maximize time spent with students in small group and 1-1 discussions.

@JoyKirr Awesome, enjoy 🧘‍♂️

I tried 10 min of yoga again last night - shoulders and neck - is (easy) yoga really just deep stretching? TY again to my PLN for the easy-to-follow beginner accounts to try! I think (since I'm starting easy) I can make 2x/week work this way! #MentalHealth #Breathe #Stretching

@BrunnerPhysics @GoogleForEdu All details here, i only found out blog.google/outreach-initi…

My Ss blog and are assessed on their blogs. On Oct 1 @GoogleForEdu not only took away Ss access to blogger, but they deleted all of their blogs. Now what?