Last Week I Learned... #APSCHATS

Last Tuesday I had the privilege of guest moderating #APSCHATS - a district-wide weekly Twitter chat on various topics around education. Here are the questions I asked:

​Q1: How do you define learning?
Q2: What makes learning meaningful to you?
Q3: How do you know (immediately, in a few days, in a few years, etc.) that someone has learned in a meaningful way?
Q4: What do you believe are differences, if any, between measurement and assessment?
Q5: In what ways has emerging technology supported your measurement and/or assessment of learning?
Q6: What can multimedia representations of understanding reveal that static, paper/pen/typed ones cannot?
Q7: Given your beliefs and social contexts, what is the purpose of grades?

One of the most interesting things, to me, was that despite most of the participants teaching in the same district, the responses to the questions around definitions of learning, meaningfulness, and assessment were as varied as they were rich. I do not see this as a bad thing, but rather a visible validation that all those who work in schools should understand that other people in the same district (or same school) may not articulate their thinking in the same way or even share the same belief systems. This understanding helps to better communicate better, work better together, and to serve learners better.

You can read the entire (reverse-chronological) transcript by clicking here.