Most recent public comments by Ms. Glencora Roberts https://nowcomment.com/users/10163 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24060?scroll_to=243999 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24060?scroll_to=243999 I agree that the information provided by simply having a degree from a college is limited. Sometimes people who see that information may make assumptions about the skills or knowledge of the graduate that are not accurate, or just have no idea what to expect. Also, while the "Skills" part of a resume is a place to lay out or highlight some additional skills, there is no real way of checking to what extent the person who wrote the resume can do what they said. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243973 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243973 Different students are motivated by different things. Some students would work really hard to add a badge or icon to their profile, but others would find this type of thing silly, I think. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243972 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243972 I think this is an important point. At my school we have outcomes-based assessment, and while badges would certainly complement that, it does not mean we would cease keeping our own separate records or which outcomes individual students had and had not yet met. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243968 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243968 I liked the way Paul had aligned some of his badges with CCSS. I think this helps to reinforce the "meaningfulness" of these badges, especially to outsiders. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243964 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243964 I like the idea that kids could seek out resources besides the teacher with something like badges letting them know who is the expert in one particular skill. HOWEVER, not all students who are able to DO something well are also able to TEACH it well-- so that would be a skill that all students would have to work on as well. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243961 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243959 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243959 This is a good point as far as the weight that something like badges could carry in the "Real World" or a college setting, compared to high school, which has a more insular rating system. Because of the peer focus of P2PU, it's hard for me to envision this feeling legit for an outsider. Maybe there are ways of doing badges that seem more like gaining a certification from a recognized source? Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:12 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243918 https://nowcomment.com/documents/24058?scroll_to=243918 This area of study seems really project-based already. Sometimes "traditional" subject area projects seem less like they fit my non-school idea of what a project entails. For example, our final essays are our PBAT for ELA, but that feels less like a project than planting a garden, for example. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242539 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242539 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242537 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242537 I agree. This idea of equal access sounds a lot easier to say than do. Even if we distribute resources more equitably across schools, how do we reach kids at home, too? Is the library a place kids even still go anymore? Does EVERYTHING have to be accessible on a Smartphone? It just seems like there are some things you need more than 6 square inches! Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242531 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242531 I actually have no idea. As a technology teacher, Shantanu, do you feel that this new Common Core push takes these concerns you mentioned into account? Are "higher level thinking" skills for reading and writing and doing math on PAPER transferable to on the WEB? Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242508 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242508 Right now there are many limitations on the websites we can access from my school. Sometimes it feels like a trustLESS environment, like the DOE does not believe we can be mature with our access to YouTube and so we cannot use it at all. However, there are also plenty of "OMG how did that seemingly innocent Google search turn up these unexpected and inappropriate responses??" moments. Who polices the web and decides what gets through and what doesn't? Given the huge range of information available on the web, what is the right balance between making students feel that they are safe and also giving them them freedom to see the resources that exist? And, again, who makes these decisions, and how much of a case-by-case basis can it possibly be on? Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242502 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242502 This is exactly what I was griping about in my comment! Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/23658?scroll_to=242500 This interoperability, as well as simple access to useful programs, is consistently frustrating to me as a teacher considering much of the development of technology seems to be a money-making endeavor for a given group (Microsoft v. Apple v. Google, any number of the reading programs my school has had to pay for to try out). How do we access a variety of mutually useful technologies to serve our students when the people making those technologies don't seem to be working in a particularly altruistic fashion? (Ex. Google Chrome books were nice and cheap and easy for Google products, but kids who had started their Powerpoints with Microsoft Word were frustrated by the lack of compatibility). Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:47:11 +0800