{"data":{"ID":559,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1446263924,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Defining \"Prepared\"","Handle":"defining-prepared","ShortDescription":"If extended, self-propelled, challenging learning experiences are critical preparation for life, what do we mean by \"preparation\"? How can we know whether students have learned how to learn--enough to thrive in the next stage of their education? How can we help them document and demonstrate their readiness?","Description":"That standardized tests don't measure the essence of what we are trying to teach through inquiry has been much discussed. So just what are we trying to teach? How do we know it's been learned? What models and milestones can we hold up for students so they can envision and mark their growth toward being effective independent learners? How do we know whether a student is ready for the coursework he is likely to encounter once he leaves us? How can we know, and how can we show, that a student currently unfamiliar with content x is nonetheless academically mature enough to learn it on her own when needed? No prepared answers to these questions will be offered. The aim is to give you the chance to work with colleagues to form and articulate your own responses. While these questions apply to all ages and subjects, there may be some emphasis on secondary mathematics, since existing measures of \"college-readiness\" in math are particularly specific.","Link":["http:\/\/dangoldner.wordpress.com"],"Audience":["High School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"Combination of modified focus\/framing question protocol with \"build a wiki\" or similar simultaneously-editable document.","Presenter":["Dan Goldner"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Boston Public Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["dangoldner@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":63,"ScheduleLocationID":9,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":"I learned of the existence of EduCon at 10pm on October 30th, and proposals are due Nov 1, so I haven't fully thought through which conversational practices to use. At a prior conference (#TMC13) I had participants answer some questions for themselves briefly, then discuss\/digest in small groups, then we bubbled up some ideas and summarized in tweets. I'm imagining doing something similar but ideally with more real-time visibility of what small groups are producing.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":5}}