Participants will learn by doing in this interactive, BYOD session. Mastery learning with EdTech integration is the goal, The Grid Method is the tool we will use to get there. Student-paced, mastery-based, engaging learning is at the core of this new method for structuring mastery learning environments.
Objectives
Participants will understand principles of mastery learning and reasons for changing instruction to a mastery learning model.
Participants will learn and experience first hand a structure for implementing a mastery learning system called The Grid Method (www.thegridmethod.com).
Participants will learn about several education technology tools that can make implementing The Grid Method manageable and highly effective. These tools aid in content delivery, formative assessment, and collaboration between students and between teachers and students. Tools include Padlet, Google Suite for Education, Quizlet, Flipgrid, and Socrative.
The goal of the session is for participants to go back to their districts, schools, and classrooms inspired to attempt mastery learning and confident that they have the tools they need to do so.
Session Outline 0:00-10:00Introduction to the structure of this BYOD session- Review procedures for using The Grid for independent mastery learning.
Participants will move through the learning opportunities described in the The Grid at their own pace. They must demonstrate mastery at each level, earning my signature on their grid, before moving on.
This session allows teachers to experience using The Grid in the same way their participants would use it if mastery learning with The Grid Method was implemented in their classrooms.
10:00-70:00
Interactive exploration of The Grid Method with technology integration. Participants will move through the following activities at their own pace. All parts of the grid they have not completed by the end of this time period will be available to them digitally to explore on their own time after the session.
The grid that participants will be working through during this time can be found at the following link: https://goo.gl/6JmvQ3
-Introduction to awesomeness: watch brief video about mastery learning with The Grid Method. (about 5 minutes)
-Create your magnet and "level up" on our progress tracking board (about 5 minutes)
-Review of mastery learning terms using Quizlet and Google Forms (about 10 minutes)
-"Learning to Walk" video and responses to the video in Socrative (about 5 minutes)
-Reflection: Looking at your own classroom reflective Google Form survey (about 5 minutes)
-Webb's Depth of Knowledge question sort activity (about 10 minutes)
-Review sample grids and post questions to Padlet (about 10 minutes)
-Challenges and Concerns: Work with a partner to talk about reflections on this new method. Share ideas on Flipgrid (about 15 minutes)
-Research Based: View "Research based" video and respond to question in Socrative (about 10 minutes)
*Times for these last two parts of the grid will vary- participants will likely not get this far during session, but all resources will be available to them digitally after session is over.
-Connect it all in the free online course
-Create your own grid
70:00-90:00
Debrief on The Grid Method mastery learning experience.
-What problems do you foresee with using this in your own classes: think, pair, share
-How can tech tools make mastery learning manageable and highly effective in our classrooms?
-Next steps: resources and guidance for those interested in using this method in their classrooms (collaborative Facebook group, weekly #MasteryChat on Twitter, Contact information for session presenter, as well as developer of The Grid Method)
Supporting Research
"Lessons of Mastery Learning" by Thomas Guskey: https://goo.gl/WMLvAj
"When Teachers and Technology Let Students Be Masters of Their Own Learning" by Sal Khan: https://goo.gl/W1kjVi
"The Rise (and Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise) of Mastery Learning in the last century" by Tiffany Ott: https://goo.gl/uVUHar