Webinar Series
Educators Supporting Educators: Transitions to Online Learning
Get insights, tips and resources from educators who have already transitioned to online learning. In this webinar series, ISS is bringing together educators who have been learning literally every day about how to quickly adapt their classroom teaching to new online learning environments.
Assessment Webinar
April 15, 2020
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General Resources for Online Assessment
- Ken O’Connor’s blog
- This is Our Moment
- Formative Assessment with Dylan Wiliam
- 8 Ways to Assess Online Learning
- Assessing Online Learning with RIT
- Thinking about pedagogy during a pandemic
- Creative Methods of Assessment for Online Learning
- Online Resources on Flipboard
- ISS Online Learning Resources
- Prioritizing Standards: The Power of Focus
- How to Distill Power Standards From a Distance
- Examples of Feedback on Padlet
- Dylan Wiliam Assessment Feedback
- Grace is Greater Than Grades
- Comparison of Formative Assessment Tools
- Distant Learning Resources from Microsoft
- Online Learning Guides from International Schools
- 7 Tips for Remote Learning
- Cult of Pedagogy
- Formative Assessment Strategies for Responsive Learning
- Decriminalizing Supports: Knowing “WHEN” we need support, not “IF”
- Visible Thinking Routines in an Infused Classroom
- ESL Ed Tech Tools
Grading and Reporting
- Report Cards & End of Year Grades
- How to Grade for Learning
- Mastery Transcript Consortium
- Breaking Out of Our Boxes
- Catalyst Card Introduction
Early Years Questions
Secondary, IB, AP & Higher Ed
- Online School Closure Educator Support Group for Graduating Exam Prep Courses (AP) Group on Facebook
- Petition to the College Board
- Ideas for Virtual Graduation
- Key Information for AP Students with Nighttime Test Schedules from the College Board
- Will Coronavirus Fuel Big Decisions to College Admissions
Support Groups
- Global Educator Collective Group on Facebook
- Hong Kong International School – Virtual Learning Group (email bbrayko@hkis.edu.hk)
- Degree Program for Online Learning
- Podcast Supporting Teachers Who Are New to Online
- Teach Remote
- Portable Teacher
- More podcasts for online learning
Specific Tools
Meet the Presenters
Diana Beabout, Innovation Coach
Teaching Online Since February 2020
Diana has been a teacher, coach and mentor in the United States and abroad for over 20 years. She has experience in educational technology and instructional coaching to support teachers, teams and schools in transforming practice with the use of contemporary learning strategies and technology. Additionally, she is a mentor and course facilitator for online professional development at Eduro Learning.
Brent Brayko, Associate Principal for Teaching & Learning
Teaching Online Since February 2020
Brent taught Social Science and was a curriculum leader in Wisconsin for 17 years before moving abroad. For the past 10 years he has been an administrator in Korea and Hong Kong International School, High School. As Associate Principal for Teaching & Learning, Brent has helped lead HKIS through shifts in grading and assessment philosophy and practice as well as helping create cultures of collaboration.
Amanda DeCardy, Director LEVEL 5 China
Teaching Online Since February 2020
Amanda DeCardy is a highly experienced facilitator, ADE, NWEA coach and educator and is currently the Director of LEVEL 5, a creativity and innovation hub for educators.
Kirsten Durward, PYP Coordinator
Teaching Online Since March 2020
Kirsten Durward is the PYP Coordinator at KIS International School in Bangkok. With leadership experience in 5 schools, her focus is working with educators to improve learning. An IB trainer, Concept based Curriculum Trainer and Cognitive Coach, Kirsten is currently running a platform supporting teachers transitioning to online learning and is in the process of forming a global collective for Educator Development alongside her Learning Focused Education Consultancy.
Ken O'Connor, Author and Consultant
Assess for Success Consulting Inc.
Ken O’Connor is an independent consultant on grading and reporting. He is the author of How to Grade for Learning: K-12, Fourth Edition, Corwin, 2018: Standards-Based Grading Quick Reference Guide, LSI, 2017: The School Leaders Guide to Grading, Solution Tree, 2013: A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades. Second Edition, Pearson, 2011, and Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades: A Repair Kit, Pearson, Toronto, 2012.