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For many, the idea of grading elicits that internal sigh. You know the one – you’ve probably made it just thinking about progress reports. Unfortunately, the only way students can better themselves is to submit work, have it reviewed, get feedback, and adjust for the next round of submitted work. Giving feedback, however, can come in all sizes, shapes, and forms. This week, we’re looking at the different ways you’ve found to provide feedback to students that have worked and made them more successful learners.
Prompt: Write a post about giving feedback to students.
Some questions to jumpstart your thinking:
- What is your favorite type of assignment upon which to comment? Why?
- Do you have any tips to share on using rubrics, alternative assessments, or anything else related to feedback and grading work?
- How do you balance constructive criticism and sensitive students?
- How do students respond to your feedback? Do you have any thoughts about changes that could strengthen your feedback?
- How do you give feedback “in the moment” during classroom activities? What are the most effective strategies you’ve used?
And here is a post that I like to share on feedback…
http://www.theedublogger.com/2015/09/10/a-mistake-an-apology-and-a-lesson-on-feedback/
Happy blogging!
I’m catching up randomly, following inspiration or present events that relate to the Prompt. In our pdf, “Giving Feedback” is promp 10, thus I tweeted it as so. Thank you for letting us continue this quest.
http://stora.edublogs.org/2017/10/29/edublogsclub-giving-and-receiving-feedback/
Ines
Thank you, Ines. It was very interesting to read about how you use feedback with your students!
Kathleen
Great Love it!
I know I felt amazed when I saw I had a follower.
Go To: Personal passion project
(majellagoulstone)
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Still catching up! Every day a new post! Here is my post on feedback.
mrsruiz.net/2017/08/17/giving-feedback/
Thanks for reading & commenting!
@mrsruiz2301
Feedback on student work is imperative and it is really important for new and soon to be teachers to understand the reality of how feedback can affect the students. I can appreciate this blog, especially on the question of “how to balance constructive criticism and sensitive students,” as, I have cultivated theories, but it is better for me to incorporate learning from experienced teachers that have already been down that road.
I tend to incorporate collaborative work time into my classwork to provide some classroom management while I give students group/individual feedback on their projects or large assessments. Particularly, I focus on doing this very early in the year so the students can hopefully utilize this conversation in the future. This ideally, will reduce the time needed for similar future assignments. The primary focus of the conversation…Hard on content, while soft on students. Students react to negatively to constructive criticism Explaining to the student early that this process is beneficial rather than punitive will help with the conversations.
I really appreciate how you are telling your feedback on this subject because as a student I like getting feedback. It makes me know what I need to work on mor and what i am good at.
Tips for effective feedback . . . . not as easy as it may sound.
Taking a look at this topic actually revitalized me to improve my own feedback practices.
Thanks!
Rachelle
@TchngThem2gethr
http://teachingthemtogether.edublogs.org/2017/04/09/giving-feedback-…gsclub-prompt-11/
http://teachingthemtogether.edublogs.org/2017/04/09/giving-feedback-edublogsclub-prompt-11/
My post on giving feedback. Moving from justifying grade assessment to developmental assessment with a few useful links.
http://cathtemple.edublogs.org/2017/03/24/feedback-andor-feed-forward/
So, I’m off topic here, but my most recent post does, actually, relate to feedback of a different kind. AASL (The American Association of School Librarians) has just announced the finalists in our inaugural Social Media Superstars recognitions. There are 7 categories and 3 finalists in each category, so 21 people who are exemplary school librarians AND effective users of social media. I think all educators would benefit from following them. To help the selection task force select the winners, we are asking people to use the comments section of the posting on each category to write endorsements of your favorites and why they inspire you. Here’s my latest posting sharing about the program, and linking to the AASL information: http://www.janelofton.com/2017/03/aasls-social-media-superstars.html#.WNFs9BIrJE4 I’d love for you to visit! Thanks!
https://teachwritenow.blog/2016/11/14/data-dialogue-with-students/
So important to involve students in the process!
This is definitely one of the areas I need to improve! My post on giving students relevant feedback… http://teachinggems-goldenapple.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-struggle-is-real-when-it-comes-to.html
Hi Ronnie, I’m looking for a little “feedback” myself! I’m curious about how you set up the Edublogger homepage to display images for the various blog posts running down the page instead of just one whole blog article, which is what mine does. Is that a particular theme or can the Edublogger default theme be set up to do that?
BrP (barupatx)
Hi BrP
It is controlled by the theme you are using. Your current theme doesn’t support this feature. The theme we use allows us to display the featured image from the post and a custom excerpt on the blog post page.
Would you like me to suggest some themes you could try that use a similar approach?
@suewaters
Hi Sue,
Thanks for your response. One thing I do like about the Edublogger default is the 3-columm layout–wider center for the blog & narrower sidebars for links, etc. I looked at some possible themes but couldn’t find one that allowed that, so I’d really appreciate it if you could suggest some themes that might work for me! Feel free to email me directly.
BrP (Barbara)
My post, Looking Back @ Feedback, took me back to my teaching days and then forward to some unusual feedback in the school library. Hope you enjoy.
http://lookingbackward.edublogs.org/2017/03/19/looking-back-feedback/
BrP
As usual, I am writing about adults instead of kids.
I welcome any feedback about my blog – trying to get better and I promise I will take it as advice and not criticism.
Thank you
http://bpd3super.edublogs.org/2017/03/19/feedback-essential-and-delicate/
My post for this week. This is a hot button issue for me so I apologize if my post comse across as a bit of a rant: http://aschaefersalinas.blogspot.com/2017/03/this-post-is-part-of-edublogsclub-group.html
I heard passion, not a rant, and I completely agree with you! Great post!
Here is a post that I feel is in the spirit of the prompt… http://gallaghertech.edublogs.org/2017/03/08/creating-an-organized-feedbackevaluation-workflow/
Twitter: @Gallagher_Tech
Just add ICE http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/nd151/2017/03/14/feedback/
Your story and the clever acronym are NICE! (Nina +ICE)
BrP
My post on why I like individual conferences to provide feedback as a librarian https://readersbeadvised.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/feedback-face-to-face/
@ReadersBAdvised
Outstanding post, Alicia. Your example encapsulates collaboration, integration, and feedback. Once your students discover how helpful you are, I bet they flock into your library!
BrP
Hey! I blogged about data dialogues with students. Love bringing kids into the process of feedback.