ASSESSMENT. WEEK 8# .

Spring is here, and the Winter season of WebSkills is almost completed, near the finish line. Although, we might want to still keep the cards closed we are compelled to show off, to give account about the hidden card and already, smoothly come on the report line with the proof. There is definitely not such a morgan thing as an empty audience hall in the virtual classroom. The silence is meaningful, evocative, welcome in some cases for the less civilized digital beings who have not yet grown up to showing up and acknowledging and commenting honestly, and not playing the fool. Until they fully realize who they are, where and why, most importantly, let those sits vacate. Not to mention the flipped classroom strategy that gains acclaim but also collects opponents, stark resistance.

The good news is that “WebSkills” formatting is embedded so deep and durable that already sneer has ebbed, dissipated, the bitter grudge and envy is gradually superseding it. The technological CHANGE is indeed irreversible. I am certain that after such an  intense training, the equivalent of a master degree, the return to stylus and paper is unimaginable.

My week was hyper full with work, my idea is that with all the Web resources the teaching work becomes more diversified, more interactive, but not automated, the learners become more independent but they are not totally autonomous, nor in either event should they be left alone. I admired the work of my colleagues, Linda, Roman, their reflective skills and experience and resourcefulness, their organizing and structuring skills are very valuable.

I continued to work with the assessment instruments trying to compare and contrast and learn from mishappenings and failures. We are also being assessed this week and wish not to be judged too harshly, although on the other side of the coin - not being evaluated properly is nullifying the effort and endeavor.  We must face it and honestly evaluate both for the feedback’s sake as for the projection’s one. "We must face the inevitability of setbacks learn from them, embrace, capitalize on them, learn from them, focus on effort not merely on the result, motivate ourselves through a growth mindset." advocates Carol Dweck at BRAINOLOGY.COM. This is alas! my moral from this week. But still we must never relax, or lay on the laurels of past achievements, we must always strive, be dynamic, flexible, maleable not to cowardly justify our setbacks and failure, but to stay conform, meet requirements and dare for much more, work for improvement.

Carol Dweck - Growth Mindset as a key to closing the achievement gap."

GROWTH MINDSET