After listening to Greg Bitgood's podcast on April 4

http://www.thechristianeducator.org/content/view/180/27/

I would like to propose we completely re-write our report card and base our final portfolio assessment on the goals highlighted in The Premier’s Technology Council report which focused on four specific areas of change.

 

Think about it!! What would learning and assessment look like if we focussed on:

1. The “Needs of the Knowledge Based Society.” (Greg discusses this in podcast #138)

• Functional Numeracy and Literacy

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Creativity and Innovation

• Technological Literacy

• Communications and Media Literacy

• Collaboration and Teamwork

• Personal Organisation

• Motivation, Self-Regulation and Adaptability

• Ethics, Civic Responsibility, Cross-Cultural Awareness Skills

Take a look at your last month’s learning! How would you grade your program, your students’ progress in these essential skills? How relevant a report would be if it listed these as Learning Outcomes!! Wait a minute! Why can’t they be our Learning Outcomes? They are, after all the Ministry’s stated goals!