Conference season is here! I had the privilege of spending a morning with some very thoughtful and cheery teachers last week. Here are the slides from the workshop and the accompanying handouts. In a nutshell, we defined authentic audience and real-world task before diving into two types of presentational work: polished and unpolished (aka on-demand). Then we explored appropriate prompts by ACTFL performance level. To top things off, I made a pitch for standards-based grading and provided models of single-point rubrics with "glow" and "grow" feedback so that students can level up their performances and use their feedback to "feed forward." Please share this information widely, and let me know what you think.
I hope you will notice that these slides are more professional than my earlier presentations. Thanks to working with master graphic designer Natalia DeLaat on an ACTFL session last year, and Dr. Kim Talbot's three helpful videos on how to level up a conference presentation, I think I'm moving in the right direction. I was also inspired by a Cult of Pedagogy episode called Let's Make Better Slideshows.
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Stephanie Carbonneau
10/29/2019 09:03:33 pm
Mon amie, How do I get my hands on the handouts?!?
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Carolyn Siegel
8/3/2020 07:42:41 pm
Hi Rebecca! In the "accompanying handouts", what is the source of your level-ups? I have been using the single-point rubrics you posted on twitter a while back (which were INCREDIBLY USEFUL-- thank you!) and want to add more info on level ups for my students. Thank you! Carolyn (formerly of Gann Academy, now in California)
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8/3/2020 09:35:50 pm
Hi Carolyn! Thanks for reaching out. I wrote these level-ups with my colleague Susan Ridker. We used our department's rubric to come up with level-ups, with a focus on making them comprehensible to our middle school students. It definitely took some trial and error, and now they've morphed into our glow & grow type feedback on the single point rubric you referenced!
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Carolyn R Siegel
8/3/2020 09:45:53 pm
Ah well so then I guess my question is about the single point rubric...In the "glow and grow" sections, other than those explicitly listed there is still a "chose a level up" or "try a level up" descriptor. Do you use that in addition to those listed or instead of? If the latter, then my question is, what do your students understand by this? Thanks, Rebecca! 8/4/2020 10:27:48 am
Ah, okay, now I understand your question - thanks for your patience! When using the single-point rubric, we usually include the level-ups in the assignment/prompt itself. That helps us be accountable for what we actually expect, and gives explicit directions to our middle schoolers.
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Carolyn Siegel
8/4/2020 11:03:08 am
Thank you so much for the clarification! And for your very prompt replies! Best of luck this school year!
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