http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress Collaboration and Innovation Tools for a Learning Community Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:55:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During my visit to Notre Dame Pip Cartwright demonstrated his new AIDA tracking and formative marking system. Linked directly to pupils’ portfolios the system allows teachers: Track whether a piece of work has been completed Look at the detailed requirements for a piece of work related ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2007/01/25/written-feedback-electronically-provided/ There is a plethora of materials available for AfL. To save everyone having to look for them all the time, I have updated the weblinks on the del.icio.us site. This is also available as an rss feed. Within Norfolk, the links are also available within the Netmedia ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/08/02/afl-links-updated/ Talking to Alex Savage (AST at NotreDame) revealed some interesting ideas about the use of AfL in ICT lessons. The Keystage 3 Strategy had been promoting ongoing assessment from the outset, but teachers have often been reluctant. They prefered to have an assessment at the end of a ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/06/16/assessment-for-learning-in-ict/ Giving students the right feedback is a crucial component of Assessment for Learning. To develop teacher skills in responding to pupils, the Enterprise Faculty has been involved in an exciting CPD programme. Teachers recorded a video of their own lessons and reviewed these jointly with colleagues. The ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/05/04/oral-feedback-hewett/ As a result of the work described previously, we put some ideas together: The following needs to be considered when setting up such CPD: Permissions to video students need to be obtained. If the video is recorded, the copyright remains with NCC and ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/24/using-video-conferencing-to-improve-afl/ I read this fascinating post on Konrad Glogowski's blog of proximal development. Konrad points to the need for engaging with pupils on the level of ideas and describes how his students suddenly pay notice and read with interest the feedback they are given on their essays. It rang a ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/13/writing-and-the-readers-comment/ An AST for ICT in a Norwich High School has recently got excited about the use of Video Conferencing for teacher CPD. Lessons are observed remotely, saving time and travel and feedback can often take place straight away using the technology. The children find the process interesting too, though ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/10/video-conferencing/ Whilst observing lessons with a focus on AfL, I noticed a few things which are worth sharing more widely.  In a lesson taught at Sprowston High School, Norwich the teacher enabled students to evaluate each other's coursework against agreed criteria.  Furthermore, prior to the students evaluation he modelled the process ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/10/afl-in-action/ KS4 and AfL seem to have a rather mixed relationship. In many respects, assessment for learning works well in many classrooms. Teachers are explaining examination criteria in detail, they point out what else needs to be done or learnt. When it comes to coursework however, there seems to be some ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/06/course-work-and-afl/ Some of the strategy materials on assessment for learning are great and really detailed. However, too much detail is often a problem for busy teachers. When I asked an adviser, how she enables people to have a quick introduction to AfL, she pointed out booklet no. 12 in ... http://www.educommunity.co.uk/wordpress/2006/02/24/getting-a-handle-on-afl/