Using Student Work to Assess Learning

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This Week: Analyzing Student Work

	Learning From Students’ Productive Struggles Watch as students deepen their understanding of math principles by working through problems with their peers.
	Critical Friends: Building a Culture of Collaboration At New Tech Network, the Critical Friends protocol is an opportunity for colleagues to engage in honest conversations about teaching and learning.
	Learning from Mistakes In this video, watch three students review sample student work. Through their careful analysis and discussion of mistakes, they better understand how to approach their own work.

Being Present in the Classroom

I’ve long thought January was one of the toughest months of the year for teachers. If you teach on semesters, you're finishing and starting at the same time. If you have your students for the entire year, you're coming off of a winter break and looking to re-energize without falling into a post-holiday slump.

As we start looking to the months ahead, for many that means assessment season. For others, it's observations and evaluations. Regardless of January's focus for your classroom, there's one thing that's certain: we all want more time. It’s that need to get everything accomplished that often creates our greatest anxieties and stresses. If that’s you, perhaps this video will help put into perspective our worries and remind us of what's most important: our presence.

Teacher Laureate at Teaching Channel

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

MLK day is also considered a “Day of Service.” To help you incorporate service and service learning in your classroom, we've shared a number of organizations and resources.

Take Our Observation Challenge

Test your observational skills. Watch this Uncut Classroom and look for the shift in student thinking as the teacher releases the responsibility of learning to the class.