Why is grouping important? We will tell you why, and offer some suggestions, and make you aware of a danger or two. Also, Resource Review Corner returns, along with the jingle! Read more about grouping with Courtney at http://teachthelearner.weebly.com/blog/grouping-is-a-strategy-not-the-goal-learner-centered-tip-131, buy Making Hope Happen at https://www.amazon.com/Making-Hope-Happen-Create-Yourself/dp/1451666233/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486167375&sr=8-1&keywords=making+hope+happen, and thanks to @KnowledgeWorks and @GettingSmart for the shout-outs! We definitely appreciate it!

Transparency in the classroom and beyond. Why does it matter? We're here to help. Follow us on Twitter at @plearnmc, @eatsleepstats, @belolanc. Follow on Facebook, and rate and review us on iTunes! Visit our website at plearnmc.weebly.com. The clip of Astronaut Mae Jemison is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgZD5T0RmqE and more information about the Commonwealth Club is at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2016-12-13/astronaut-mae-jemison-launching-women-science-and-tech.

What can we do when we realize that classroom culture isn't quite what it needs to be for personalized learning to fly?

Plus, Courtney shares a term or phrase she hates

Follow us on Twitter at @plearnmc, @belolanc, and @eatsleepstats.

Rate and review on iTunes - we want to grow the show!

http://teachthelearner.weebly.com/blog/supporting-learners-with-common-language-learner-centered-tip-12017

When talking about personalized learning, should we define it, or distinguish it? What does that even mean? Plus, an extended resource review corner! Follow us on Twitter at @plearnmc, @belolanc, and @eatsleepstats. Rate and review on iTunes - we want to grow the show! Shout out to @edreimagined for the inspiration!

Resource review corner: The End of Average by Todd Rose, Which One Doesn't Belong by Chris Danielson, The Art of Coaching Teams by Elena Aguilar.

Clarifying the philosophy: do we as teachers "get through the targets", or is there something more?

Follow us at @plearnmc, @belolanc, and @eatsleepstats. Put something on the parking lot at plearnmc.weebly.com.

Subscribe to us on iTunes, and please rate and review us! It helps us grow the show. Tell a friend while you are at it!

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

Preview of 2017! Listen to what's next!

Rate and review us on iTunes, and follow us at @eatsleepstats, @belolanc, and @plearnmc, and get to the parking lot at plearnmc.weebly.com

Follow us at @eatsleepstats, @belolanc, and @plearnmc

Ask questions on the parking lot at plearnmc.weebly.com

Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading Strategies by Marzano

(https://www.amazon.com/Formative-Assessment-Standards-Based-Grading-Strategies/dp/0982259220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479820869&sr=8-1&keywords=standards-based+grading)

Classroom Assessment and Grading that Work by Marzano (https://www.amazon.com/Classroom-Assessment-Grading-That-Work/dp/1416604227/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B0F0FVGQRF4XVHBXZYMZ)

Visible Learning by Hattie (https://www.amazon.com/Visible-Learning-Synthesis-Meta-Analyses-Achievement/dp/0415476186/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1479820995&sr=8-2&keywords=visible+learning)

Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning by Guskey (https://www.amazon.com/Developing-Grading-Reporting-Learning-Assessment/dp/080396854X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1479821067&sr=8-9&keywords=guskey+grading)

Fair isn’t Always Equal by Wormeli (https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Isnt-Always-Equal-Differentiated/dp/1571104240/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479838746&sr=1-1&keywords=fair+is+not+always+equal)

How to Grade for Learning by O’Connor (https://www.amazon.com/How-Grade-Learning-K-12-OConnor/dp/1412953820/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479838786&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+grade+for+learning)

Link to the Guskey article MDC talked about: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FA1AjmS5NZRO0BLeiwVURK96J6fSdqw9czaTRry3LXP0-HwpwexvmlnnK3yyuZQeVbCpz_xUd3QGbrad/view?usp=sharing

Hey everyone! We'll be back next week with a full episode on standards-based grading (cue scary music). Look for it, give us feedback, subscribe! tell your friends!

Our thoughts on day two of iNACOL16.

Our thoughts on day one of iNACOL.