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Our latest episode is live! Dr. Barry Fishman sits down with Kevin P. Chavous to discuss how gaming can solve prevalent issues in education and how his co-creation ‘GradeCraft’ is helping make that possible. Watch or listen here: stridelearning.com/insights/can-g…

Can games improve student outcomes? For @wiwtkpodcast, Barry Fishman shares how #games can help solve some of the biggest issues in education today and how they can help refocus our efforts on the fundamental goals of teaching and learning. ow.ly/IFU750Kfh7J

Just sold the last of my “real” (SLR) camera equipment b/c I realized that my phone camera is now nearly as good and doesn’t take up half a backpack and weigh 15 pounds when I travel. But also having SLR separation anxiety. Help!

Editing video captions to increase lecture accessibility, sipping some bourbon, and listening to Styx while the sun streams through the window behind me. #lifechoices

O.M.G. Just listened to Sam Sanders interview my *amazing* colleague @Ebonyteach about Black characters in LoTR & the whiteness of fantasy and it was great! Scholarship meets pop culture. Both win. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bla…

Ying is an incredibly exciting addition to our faculty - check out her work and apply!

Congrats to my advisor Roy Pea Roy Pea for his recognition as a 2022 Harold McGraw Jr. prize recipient for Learning Sciences Research! Always a trailblazer, always provocative, always teaching.

How can competency-based credentialing propel students forward on both learning & work pathways, match talent to opportunities, & empower learners to tell their own stories? Learn more at this cross-sector discussion co-moderated by an MTC student alumnus! tinyurl.com/MTC-Talkback2

The future of college admissions is already here… it’s time to become a part of it!

Not a new article, but still relevant!

Thanks, David! All the readings in the volume you organized are great! If anyone wants to check out the *original* Wad-Ja-Get from 1970, you can get it for free (!) at doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1…

With a free PDF and open access e-book, there's no longer excuse NOT to read "Wad-Ja-Get? The Grading Game in American Education"! #sblchat #AtAssessment fulcrum.org/concern/monogr…

One of my favorite books of all time. Actually wrote my undergrad thesis on it!

Antimatter seems even slipperier than eels!

Fellow social scientists… if you wanted to teach undergrads about social science research methods/approaches/inquiry logic(s), what would you have them read? Do you have favorite books, articles, or cases to teach with?

Been a while since I “checked” in here. Anyhoo… if you have been checking out other platforms, please follow me @[email protected]

📣 NEW POST!!! Grading systems are remarkably resistant to rethinking. Barry Fishman recounts some of his encounters with institutional infrastructure, explaining how systemic inertia makes it difficult to give up the current system. teachersgoinggradeless.com/blog/long-unwi…

Aw shucks - thanks, Lisa!

We’ve walked the path of A-F grading for so long that it sometimes feels inevitable from the perspective of students, parents, employers, and institutions. But does it need to be this way? Barry Fishman Mastery Transcript Consortium® (MTC) ctt.ec/bXeQP+

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