matrix+development+course

We met for two days this week to develop the cops into something that could guide students in tech practice. Here is the result of our two gruelling days! Well done everyone.

There were three groups who each tried to make sense of the indicators in each component. Each group's version is listed in one column, so you have three interpretations of each indicator across the page. Hope this makes sense. You could choose the interpretation that suits you from the columns, or try your own interpretations in line with these.

Possible ways of using this idea: DONT use if for your assessment, you need to go back to the cops for that as these become too fluffy. However, if you use them as described above you will at least know what you should be looking for in student evidence.
 * display your chosen set for your students to show them what you are looking for
 * display one component's set of indicators (e.g.brief dev) that you may be focusing on. Talk with kids about the indicators and ask them what it could 'look' like. Write these ideas down as suggestions for them (I've seen teachers use speech bubbles floating above the 'indicator of the moment')
 * use each indicator as a learning intention and get kids to suggest the success criteria
 * use it as a pool for report comments - Shaun can ....
 * use it for feed forward comments - the next level suggesting what they need to do to improve - Shaun needs to ...
 * let kids use it to self evaluate
 * let kids use it to peer assess
 * use it to identify what you need to teach - plan your units
 * use it to help you identify what evidence you will need to collect

Good luck Heather