#55 Throwing Out Grades with Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes -- educator, author, speaker

Internationally-recognized speaker and education writer Mark Barnes is the author of Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom, named a 2013 Best Professional Book by Teacher Librarian Magazine,The 5-Minute Teacher (ASCD, 2013), Teaching the iStudent (Corwin, 2014), 5 Skills for the Global Learner and Assessment 3.0 (Corwin, 2015). Mark presents keynotes and seminars worldwide on his Results Only Learning Environment, feedback for learning and web-based instruction. @markbarnes19 is regarded as one of education's most influential content curators on Twitter, and his Brilliant or Insane blog has more than 60,000 monthly readers.

In this episode you will learn:

How Mark changed his teaching over time to make his class student centered

Information about his new book, Assessment 3.0, which talks about how teachers can change their grading practice.

Why the traditional method of assessing was not working and how Mark upended his approach to grades

What teacher can do to break the cycle of failure

How the feedback model can increase student retention

The Facebook group, Teachers Throwing Out Grades

What multiple-choice based assessments must do to continue the conversation about learning

a digital tool that Mark recommends, Socrative, which teachers can set up to create quick, multiple-choice questions and get instant feedback

How to navigate your school's technology policy

The responsibility to keep your students safe

The beauty and excitement of a-ha moments

 Why everyone should read Drive by Daniel Pink

How to use social media for your teaching benefit

How to talk to your students rather than at them

Why EdCamp is a great way to do professional development on the cheap

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