John Silva Blog

As part of the reflective nature of online learning,  I need to write about what I have learned so far about designing learning and evaluation systems.
1. They’re more complex than I thought.
2. Appreciative Inquiry has some merits but is not effective as the core of an evaluation plan
3. I don’t like appreciative inquiry
As a teacher, [...]

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Leadership Commitment
The Fermi Math & Science Academy administration and instructional leadership team is highly committed to this evaluation plan and has taken several steps to ensure it is completed successfully and thoroughly.
Every faculty member of the evaluation team will have one additional prep period per week to dedicate to this project. In the event of [...]

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Below is the draft of my interview for the technology evaluation plan.

Interviews for technology evaluation at Fermi Math & Science Academy

The initial round of interviews will focus on classroom teachers across subjects. The interviews will be conducted during a weekly meeting [...]

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So the next step in this project is to create a “Program Logic Model”. As near as I can figure it, this is a flow-chart that shows steps in the evaluation process. I have created a very basic version of this and will continue working on it after I get some guidance on the direction [...]

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