#TryGlobal Challenge #2: ConversationTracker
ConversationTracker.movConversation Tracker
1. Adaptive Teaching - gives immediate feedback for adaptive teaching for maximum student benefits.
2. Engcourages a learning environment that values learning Process over Product & students wil respect learning process. Triangulation of Assessment - Evaluations should be a combination of conversation, observation and product.
3. Allows for Growth of Transferable Skills - learning to learn, critical thinking and problem solving. Students are Collaborating and Communicating effectively. This builds classroom community.
The Main Idea:
Present a new Conversation Prompt
Give students 5 minutes to engage in conversation focusing on prompt with a Peer
Record summary of conversation on Tracker page
Students find a new conversation partner daily
Teacher observes converations occuring
Resources:
References:
References:
1. Cult of Pedagogy. (2018, November 18). Get Students Talking with Ongoing Conversations Retrieved from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/ongoing-conversations/
Why build meaninful conversation into classroom practice?
"Evidence of student achievement for evaluation is (to be) collected over time from three different sources – observations, conversations, and student products. Using multiple sources of evidence increases the reliability and validity of the evaluation of student learning." (Growing Success, 2010)
Class Discussion Guidelines
class discussion guide (1).pdfExemplar:
conversation tracker samples (1).pdfSNC1D/1P: Chemistry
Discussions surrounding Electrolysis Investigations (Electricity & Chemistry Expectations