Welcome to Saturday Morning Teacher Talk, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:30 Pacific and 11:30! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

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Natalie Vardabasso calls out a series of oppressive assessment practices that she "has something to say about."

Natalie is back with another challenge: "Stop grading everything students do."

Monte Syrie reflects on his change of thinking about "his" students being called out of class to attend other extracurricular activities.

Jason Kennedy reminds us that we ALWAYS make an impact on relationships and learning in the classroom, whether we want to or not.

Josh Ogilvie shares how one of his students only sees the act of assessment as an opportunity for teachers to call out instances where they are incapable or missing the mark.

Alice Keeler shares a screenshot from Quizizz that illustrates a game mode that requires students to achieve mastery of a set of content before advancing.

John Sowash lets us know that Gmail users can offer email recipients in-email availability calendars (they can choose a time slot from your calendar).

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