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This Big Idea is all about time. In a traditional classroom, we might rely on assessments that we give during a class period, or give quizzes on specific days of the week. In flexible learning environments, asking that of students is hard. Instead, you might focus on chunking up assessments into smaller tasks, or looking at the body of their work over a given time to assess progress. Some additional ideas include:

Asking students to do 'student led conferences' to share what they think their progress is like

Developing ways for students to be 'meta' about their work, such as with self-assessments

Creating longer timelines for students to complete tasks by stretching learning over the course of a week with smaller informal 'check-ins'

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Listen to a coach's take below. Other ideas include:

Focus on the positive!  Motivating and encouraging students is key

Ask students to complete a rubric as a self assessment when they hand in an assignment

Leveraging peers as the people to give glows and grows on assignments

Celebrate examples of student work in videos or emails

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"In flexible learning spaces, it's smart to change the types of assessments we use. Authentic assessment can include many of the following:

Representations such as InfoGraphics

Essays or Audio; Interviews or Podcasts

Performance tasks

Exhibitions and demonstrations via Video

Portfolios

Journals or Blogs

Teacher-created tests

Rubrics

Self- and peer-evaluation

Notice that in these, the student is at the center of the experience, and they are less about what students produce, than the actual process of putting them together"

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Creating a portfolio of work over time!

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"I started using ClassKick because we have touch screen Chromebooks, and we wanted to have something that would allow us to see student math work in real time. That way, instead of just right/wrong we can give real feedback. On some questions, we make it open-ended and allow students to see each other's thinking. Leveraging audio is also nice to make sure all learners can respond."
-Mr. Sepak

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We worked with a teacher that wanted to use ThingLink to have students create InfoGraphics as a part of their synthesis of the learning they were doing on Google Docs and in Google Classroom. This fun, engaging activity was great for them to show her what they learned in a new way.

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After five years of traditional teaching, I broke away from direct instruction and moved into a self-paced, blended-gamified classroom. My students flexibly move through the curriculum while self-directing and managing their learning. This is done through the use of Classcraft, an online education gaming software, and our classroom game "Isle of Nosredna." The addition of game elements into my classroom has helped my students stay on track and motivated as they progress through the science curriculum.

Number of Students: ~20 students/period

Number of Adults: one teacher

Length of Class Period/Learning Time: 51 minutes

Digital Content/Ed Tech Tools Used on a Regular Basis: Haiku Learning (LMS); Classcraft; Google Classroom; Doctopus (Add-on in Google Sheets connected to Google Classroom); Educreations; Flipboard; Symbaloo; Kidblog; ThingLink; Socrative; Kahoot!

Hardware Used on a Regular Basis: iPads (1:1); SMARTboard; Apple TV

Key Features: competency-based; student agency; project-based; gamification; innovative use of space

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ThingLink for PBL in Science | Blended Video | BetterLesson

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After five years of traditional teaching, I broke away from direct instruction and moved into a self-paced, blended-gamified classroom. My students flexibly move through the curriculum while self-directing and managing their learning. This is done through the use of Classcraft, an online education gaming software, and our classroom game "Isle of Nosredna."

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"We use Seesaw to capture student work and give them a shared space. Their reading audio helps us to do fluency checks and give feedback, while taking a picture of their writing and sending it in makes it possible for even young students to write without typing"
-Mr. Halvidier

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A great tool for instant feedback is Socrative. You can set answers as 'correct' and allow students to work through at their own pace, or in real time. You can even make quizzes into a collaborative game.

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Flipgrid to Organize Digital "Science Fair" or "Research Project Fair"

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Flipgrid to Organize Digital "Science Fair" or "Research Project Fair"

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This teacher calendars out all expectations to give students time to complete tasks, but also is clear about how they will be checking progress.

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With Quizizz, students can engage on an interactive game at their own pace (unlike let's say Kahoot). As they play they get instant feedback on their answers. There are tons of free quiz resources on the site.

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"We wanted to focus on more of a student centered-style approach rather than have to worry about grading 9th grade students, knowing that would stress them out and they would probably look up the answers. I think we realized that students need different ways to show us what they know, some like traditional, others like video. We landed on a choice playlist, where students could pick at the end of the week how they wanted to be assessed. We used DeckToys to create pathways where they could choose routes and options over a 2 week period of time." - Ms. Delacruz

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Graphic Organizers and shared Google Docs can help students chunk their tasks into more manageable steps. Apps like Popplet can make this fun and collaborative as well.

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Leveraging Live Video Classes for Feedback

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Leveraging Live Video Classes for Feedback

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Students need to be comfortable in front of a camera and recording themselves so activities like FlipGrid are more successful!

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These can be popular ways to promote ongoing learning and reflection, and a great way to incorporate a mix of academic and social emotional writing. Tools like EduBlog, Seesaw, and KidBlog can be great for this!

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Whiteboard.fi to give feedback live and see students' work on virtual whiteboards

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Whiteboard.fi to give feedback live and see students' work on virtual whiteboards

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Listening to our students at a time they often feel voiceless

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Listening to our students at a time they often feel voiceless

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Individual Student's Flipgrid to Record Progress Over Time

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Individual Student's Flipgrid to Record Progress Over Time

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Formative for live feedback with "show your work" option

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Formative for live feedback with "show your work" option

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Monitoring live students working in a Formative.webm

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Giving students more than one way to share what they know, and time and space to figure it out can be great!

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Try to breakout synchronous learning into smaller groups!

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Try to breakout synchronous learning into smaller groups!

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Students will have more of a voice and a chance to collaborate, which is one of the most challenging aspects of flex learning! The two tutorials below can help with this in Zoom and Google Meet.

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-Students are able to revise their assessments as many times as needed.
-Not being time driven, allows for less students to experience failure. -Applying for colleges and having concrete deadlines related to that process has increase urgency.
-Compare and contrast previous work with final products.

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Use of breakout rooms for differentiated learning. At the same time, it is hard to keep track of individual goals for each student.