Comments on: No way to go back http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/ technology, libraries, and schools Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Carolyn Foote http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Carolyn Foote Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:04:55 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/#comment-1479 Lisa, Though it seems faulty to me to have to teach students to "play the testing game" I suppose that there are games we all "have to" play in life. But still, I don' t like it. We should write well because we have something to say. Nicole is very right... She goes on to say in her post: "I feel like a branded cow. I’m not Nicole Kim, a girl living in Korea that likes to write, read, play, and enjoy life: I’m a four digit number." Not something I'm guessing we want students to feel like--I don't want them to feel like just a cog in the system, instead of an individual. I realize sometimes we all have to work on demand, or work under a deadline, and maybe that's the way to approach these tests with students. But her question about authentic writing still resonates with me--how can writing you produce for a test really have much authentic meaning? Lisa,

Though it seems faulty to me to have to teach students to “play the testing game” I suppose that there are games we all “have to” play in life. But still, I don’ t like it. We should write well because we have something to say. Nicole is very right…

She goes on to say in her post: “I feel like a branded cow. I’m not Nicole Kim, a girl living in Korea that likes to write, read, play, and enjoy life: I’m a four digit number.”

Not something I’m guessing we want students to feel like–I don’t want them to feel like just a cog in the system, instead of an individual.

I realize sometimes we all have to work on demand, or work under a deadline, and maybe that’s the way to approach these tests with students. But her question about authentic writing still resonates with me–how can writing you produce for a test really have much authentic meaning?

]]> By: Lisa Parisi http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 Lisa Parisi Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:19:36 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/#comment-1478 A powerful question Carolyn. Who knows if we are ready to respond? I do actually teach my students to "give NYS what they want" during the test. They realize, even in 5th grade, that working for a test is bogus. But, for now, if we want to continue to enjoy blogging, podcasting, webconferencing, simulation activities, math games, etc., then we must do well on the test so the state will leave us alone to "play". A powerful question Carolyn. Who knows if we are ready to respond? I do actually teach my students to “give NYS what they want” during the test. They realize, even in 5th grade, that working for a test is bogus. But, for now, if we want to continue to enjoy blogging, podcasting, webconferencing, simulation activities, math games, etc., then we must do well on the test so the state will leave us alone to “play”.

]]> By: Ms. Mize http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Ms. Mize Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:18:16 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/no-way-to-go-back/#comment-1475 That is a very good question posed by a student. It is a difficult one to answer. That is a very good question posed by a student. It is a difficult one to answer.

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