Opening: Intros, and Courtney sings! (0:00 - 0:45)

Parking Lot (0:45 - 17:30)

Can letter grades be equated to standards-based grades?

Chewing on the scoring scales thing. What do I put in the gradebook?

I've tried to turn over some decision making to my students for their work. They avoid choosing until I pick something for them! What am I missing?

CHANGING THE “GAME” (17:30 - 35:45)

What do we mean by “the game”?

Let’s work through some examples of “the game” and then talk about ways to switch it up

Call and Response; minimal effort is enough, “good grades”

Guest Interview: Benjamin Brigham (35:45 - 1:10:00)

Ben tweets at @misterbrigham and blogs at teachgamely.wordpress.com

Resources we talked about: https://education.minecraft.net/ , https://www.ted.com/talks/james_flynn_why_our_iq_levels_are_higher_than_our_grandparents , https://getkahoot.com/ , https://www.classcraft.com/

Terms and Phrases we hate (1:10:00 - 1:15:20)

Courtney: “Let the kids figure it out”

Matt: “Well, my ‘blank’ is different”

Resource review corner (1:15:20 - end)

Courtney: Embedded Formative Assessment, Dylan William

Matt : Visible Learning, John Hattie

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