Ed Surge – Michael Bycraft
“It’s crucial that teachers, students and administrators all have the mindset that it’s OK to step outside the box and do more experimentation in the classroom. It’s the belief that the process of creating is what teachers should be assessing, rather than the final product. Students tend to get fixated on goals and “acing” the test rather than the process of learning through hands-on lessons. That’s why when I start a project with students, I level-set and talk about goals of the project with them, helping establish how they’re going to be assessed and expectations of what they’ll be learning. This guides them toward the understanding that it’s not about what they produce at the end, but the lessons they learn along the way.” (more)