Student-Led Parent Conferences: How They Work in My Primary Classroom

by | Jan 13, 2012 | Less Teacher, More Student, Making The Shift, The How of 21st Century Teaching, Voices

Our student-led parent conferences always center around each first-grader’s individual blog. Their blogs are an online portfolio that shows their learning in all of our subject areas through the year. Because this work has been posted through the term, the parents have almost all seen the work before, but the comments that their children make during the conference regarding their goals help the parent to know what specific skills we have been working on and what to watch for through the next few months.

Dream School

by | Apr 11, 2011 | Conversations from the Edge

Conversations from the Edge is a series of raw, honest and candid dialogues about education’s shifting learning landscape. Hosted by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson. Dear Will, You know better than anyone that I am an optimist. I truly do see...