Comments on: Assessing Blogwork http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/assessing-blogwork/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tuur http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/assessing-blogwork/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 tuur Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:52:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/assessing-blogwork/#comment-1482 <a></a>Why assess at all? A question very few teachers dare asking, and I don't blame them. because in todays scooling, distrust reigns. There is no confidence that children or students can be intrinsically motivated to learn new things. Give children confidence and freedom and they will become passionate learners. There is another logic: the logic of trust. And it works! for over 35 years, sudbury valley school has been working as a democratic school. -democratic: equal vote for everyone -no assessment -no age groups -freedom of thinking check it out at www.sudval.org! keep up the blogging! greets, Tuur (student, Belgium) Why assess at all?

A question very few teachers dare asking, and I don’t blame them. because in todays scooling, distrust reigns.
There is no confidence that children or students can be intrinsically motivated to learn new things.

Give children confidence and freedom and they will become passionate learners.

There is another logic: the logic of trust.
And it works! for over 35 years, sudbury valley school has been working as a democratic school.
-democratic: equal vote for everyone
-no assessment
-no age groups
-freedom of thinking

check it out at http://www.sudval.org!

keep up the blogging!

greets, Tuur
(student, Belgium)

]]> By: Steve Lazar http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/assessing-blogwork/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 Steve Lazar Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:44:51 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/assessing-blogwork/#comment-1481 <a></a>here here. I give my students a "participation" grade for each quarter, which is primarily based on a self-reflection they write in class. The main question they answer is, "How did you contribute to the learning of others in the class?" here here. I give my students a “participation” grade for each quarter, which is primarily based on a self-reflection they write in class. The main question they answer is, “How did you contribute to the learning of others in the class?”

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