Overall Reflection on the Reflection Direction by Brad Seeley https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4 What are your thoughts on the Reflection Direction in Teachers Change Lives? What were the celebrations/opportunities? en-us 2019-01-17 15:06:42 UTC 2019-01-19 14:57:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322217910 Overall, I really enjoyed the “gradeless” policy. I felt like I was holding myself accountable for my own success, and when I created something, I made sure it was of quality so I knew that I earned an A. It really helped me with responsibility as well. However, I know that this system could be abused by students who won’t try very hard and say “I can just give myself an A.” ]]> 2019-01-18 17:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322217910 kw19121 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218198 I really liked the graceless policy mostly because I was able to feel in control of my grade and I was always reflecting and able to look back at what I accomplished. I also think that most of the time the most difficult critic can be yourself, so this gave me an opportunity to make sure I was getting the grade that I believed that I deserved.
The only thing that I think was hard was having to take time to have students reflect and grade themselves. It would be hard to do this for a math class as well, just because that is more numerical based and if you got it right, it was right otherwise it is wrong. There isn't quite as much wiggle room with math and science as there could be with English and history.]]> 2019-01-18 17:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218198 Student grading https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218261 I loved how we as students could reflect on ourselves and how we still go feed back from the teacher. What I also loved about this was that we got a huge understanding of how and what we could have done to set goals or improve on what we could have done better. I also loved how when we get the reflection sheets we can actually get a huge understanding of what we as students felt was right for our grades. ]]> 2019-01-18 17:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218261 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218340 Really liked it gave us a chance to improve our work and ourselves before turning something in for a final grade and got feedback from peers and our teacher before turning it in and showing our knowledge. Students could definitely abuse it though

]]> 2019-01-18 17:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218340 I love the grading. At first i honestly thought that that all of the students would take advantage and give themselves an A on everything and abuse the power, but i honestly think we respected the power more than anything. Having the ability to honestly say what you think your grade should be is amazing and a huge privilege and we were all extremely honest about it. It worked great and made this class the least stressful out of all other classes just because we know were getting what we actually deserve. https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218504 2019-01-18 17:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218504 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218561 I like it but think students could abuse it ]]> 2019-01-18 17:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218561 The class https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218677 I liked how the reflection direction with this class because we still received input from you and see we can improve from our work]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218677 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218725 I enjoyed this class being gradeless. When you added in the feedback it really improved the whole overall expectation with the grades. Still having your peers and teachers input allowed for you to strive for a better grade. It also challenge how you look at your own work and allowed you to feel proud of yourself. ]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218725 Student grading https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218887 I really enjoyed being able to grade myself. It gave me a the chance to reflect on what I could do better next time. I also think that by going gradeless I wasn’t worried about my grade. Everything I did wasn’t just for the grade. I was able to enjoy this class and learn more than I would’ve. In other classes I just take the test and move on and forget everything I learned. In this class my knowledge has stuck with me.]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218887 Student Grading https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218920 Overall I really loved the fact that we got to go outside of school into the real teaching field before we graduated. I also loved that we got the opportunity to know both the good and bad of teaching. I really enjoyed it. I also loved how our self grading gave us a choice. ]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218920 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218986 I think that it is useful for students to grow and reflect on their learning. I also felt that I was focusing on the material more and less on the grade.]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322218986 Gradeless? https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322219039 Overall I think the successes of this model relies on the maturity and responsibility of the students. There are absolutely classes where this would definitely not work, Math courses would struggle with this. But science history (Not AP) and creative electives would benefit from student choice.]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322219039 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322219134 I liked how we got to teach kids and how this amazing experience available to us as high schoolers. I liked how we got to grade ourselves because we knew how much work we put into it. ]]> 2019-01-18 17:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322219134 Gradeless Grades! https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322220132 I really liked going gradeless! It reduced stress and made it more fun to actually enjoy the class! I don't think every class could you this method, but most classes should at least think about making this transition.]]> 2019-01-18 17:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322220132 I loved it! lt20647 https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322221096 I think it is a great opportunity to express honesty, however I also like the reassurance of what the teacher thinks about my work and what grade they think I deserve. So when we would turn our work in and then the teacher would say what they think we earned and then what we could do to reach that “A level” then the student can go back and add to their work to reach the standards. ]]> 2019-01-18 17:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bseeley/fmgs7zdwq6j4/wish/322221096