A Guide to Documenting Learning

Making Thinking Visible, Meaningful, Shareable, and Amplified
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A Guide to Documenting Learning
January 2018 | 288 pages | Corwin
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A new approach to contemporary documentation and learning

What is learning? How do we look for, capture, reflect on, and share learning to foster meaningful and active engagement? A Guide to Documenting Learning helps educators answer these questions. 

Documenting learning is a process that makes thinking about learning processes visible, meaningful, shareable, and amplified. It facilitates student-driven learning, helping students reflect on and articulate their own learning processes. It also helps teachers reflect on their own learning and classroom practice. When teachers are co-creators with their students, both gain valuable insights that inform future learning and empower students as engaged learners. This unique how-to book

  • Explains the purposes and different types of documentation
  • Teaches different “LearningFlow” systems to help educators integrate documentation throughout the curriculum
  • Provides authentic examples of documentation in real classrooms
  • Is accompanied by a robust companion website where readers can find even more documentation examples and video tutorials

Written for educators of any grade level, this book provides insights into contemporary learning and professional learning environments, and emphasizes the power of technology to amplify teaching and learning beyond school walls. 

"This book touches upon information that would be useful to any school system because it scaffolds ways that educators can help students make their thinking known, which will only improve their future reasoning skills."
LaQuita Outlaw, Principal
Bay Shore Middle School, Bay Shore, NY

"This book will become an important guide for schools and educators to have on their shelves. The content is original, highly organized and presents many new ideas on documenting learning. It takes what is happening in the world of teaching right now and elevates it to a coherent pedagogical process. The graphics are a fantastic resource."
Andrea Hernandez, Educational Consultant
amplifiEDucation and edtechworkshop.blogspot.com, Jacksonville, FL

Documenting Learning, Chapter 1 Intro

 

 

 

 

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Preface

  • A Collaboration Invitation

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

  • Chapter Descriptions
  • 1. Documenting Learning Types and Purposes
  • Documenting Learning Types
  • Documenting Learning Purposes
  • 2. Documenting Learning and the Now Literacies
  • Relationship Between Documenting Learning and Now Literacies
  • 3. Documenting Pedagogy and Heutagogy
  • Defining the Difference Between Pedagogical Documentation and Heutagogical Documentation
  • Defining the Difference Between Displaying and Documenting
  • 4. Documenting Engagement and Learning Layers
  • Defining Learner Engagement
  • Documenting Learning Layers
  • 5. Documenting With Sharing and Amplifying in Mind
  • Sharing and Amplifying When Documenting Learning
  • 6. Documenting Phases
  • Documentation Phases
  • 7. Documenting Learningflow Routine
  • Learningflow Routine Steps
  • 8. Documenting With Text and Visual Platforms and Tools in Mind
  • Text and Visual Platforms and Tools
  • 9. Documenting With Audio, Video, and Blogging Platforms and Tools in Mind
  • Audio and Video Platforms and Tools
  • Blogging Platforms and Tools
  • 10. Documenting With Unpacking in Mind
  • Unpacking Documentation Artifacts
  • 11. Documenting Challenge: 21st Century Skills and the Now Literacies
  • Focusing the Challenge
  • Framing the Challenge
  • Applying the Challenge
  • 12. Documenting Learning and Branding: Administrative Actions
  • School and District Brand Identity
  • 13. Documenting Learning: Moving Forward
  • What to Cut? What to Keep? What to Upgrade?

Appendix

Appendix

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Resources

Description

A new approach to contemporary documentation and learning

What is learning? How do we look for, capture, reflect on, and share learning to foster meaningful and active engagement? A Guide to Documenting Learning helps educators answer these questions. 

Documenting learning is a process that makes thinking about learning processes visible, meaningful, shareable, and amplified. It facilitates student-driven learning, helping students reflect on and articulate their own learning processes. It also helps teachers reflect on their own learning and classroom practice. When teachers are co-creators with their students, both gain valuable insights that inform future learning and empower students as engaged learners. This unique how-to book

  • Explains the purposes and different types of documentation
  • Teaches different “LearningFlow” systems to help educators integrate documentation throughout the curriculum
  • Provides authentic examples of documentation in real classrooms
  • Is accompanied by a robust companion website where readers can find even more documentation examples and video tutorials

Written for educators of any grade level, this book provides insights into contemporary learning and professional learning environments, and emphasizes the power of technology to amplify teaching and learning beyond school walls. 

"This book touches upon information that would be useful to any school system because it scaffolds ways that educators can help students make their thinking known, which will only improve their future reasoning skills."
LaQuita Outlaw, Principal
Bay Shore Middle School, Bay Shore, NY

"This book will become an important guide for schools and educators to have on their shelves. The content is original, highly organized and presents many new ideas on documenting learning. It takes what is happening in the world of teaching right now and elevates it to a coherent pedagogical process. The graphics are a fantastic resource."
Andrea Hernandez, Educational Consultant
amplifiEDucation and edtechworkshop.blogspot.com, Jacksonville, FL

Documenting Learning, Chapter 1 Intro

 

 

 

 

Contents

Foreword

Foreword

Preface

  • A Collaboration Invitation

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

  • Chapter Descriptions
  • 1. Documenting Learning Types and Purposes
  • Documenting Learning Types
  • Documenting Learning Purposes
  • 2. Documenting Learning and the Now Literacies
  • Relationship Between Documenting Learning and Now Literacies
  • 3. Documenting Pedagogy and Heutagogy
  • Defining the Difference Between Pedagogical Documentation and Heutagogical Documentation
  • Defining the Difference Between Displaying and Documenting
  • 4. Documenting Engagement and Learning Layers
  • Defining Learner Engagement
  • Documenting Learning Layers
  • 5. Documenting With Sharing and Amplifying in Mind
  • Sharing and Amplifying When Documenting Learning
  • 6. Documenting Phases
  • Documentation Phases
  • 7. Documenting Learningflow Routine
  • Learningflow Routine Steps
  • 8. Documenting With Text and Visual Platforms and Tools in Mind
  • Text and Visual Platforms and Tools
  • 9. Documenting With Audio, Video, and Blogging Platforms and Tools in Mind
  • Audio and Video Platforms and Tools
  • Blogging Platforms and Tools
  • 10. Documenting With Unpacking in Mind
  • Unpacking Documentation Artifacts
  • 11. Documenting Challenge: 21st Century Skills and the Now Literacies
  • Focusing the Challenge
  • Framing the Challenge
  • Applying the Challenge
  • 12. Documenting Learning and Branding: Administrative Actions
  • School and District Brand Identity
  • 13. Documenting Learning: Moving Forward
  • What to Cut? What to Keep? What to Upgrade?

Appendix

Appendix

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Resources

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A Guide to Documenting Learning

Making Thinking Visible, Meaningful, Shareable, and Amplified


January 2018 | 288 pages | Corwin

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A new approach to contemporary documentation and learning

What is learning? How do we look for, capture, reflect on, and share learning to foster meaningful and active engagement? A Guide to Documenting Learning helps educators answer these questions. 

Documenting learning is a process that makes thinking about learning processes visible, meaningful, shareable, and amplified. It facilitates student-driven learning, helping students reflect on and articulate their own learning processes. It also helps teachers reflect on their own learning and classroom practice. When teachers are co-creators with their students, both gain valuable insights that inform future learning and empower students as engaged learners. This unique how-to book

  • Explains the purposes and different types of documentation
  • Teaches different “LearningFlow” systems to help educators integrate documentation throughout the curriculum
  • Provides authentic examples of documentation in real classrooms
  • Is accompanied by a robust companion website where readers can find even more documentation examples and video tutorials

Written for educators of any grade level, this book provides insights into contemporary learning and professional learning environments, and emphasizes the power of technology to amplify teaching and learning beyond school walls. 

"This book touches upon information that would be useful to any school system because it scaffolds ways that educators can help students make their thinking known, which will only improve their future reasoning skills."
LaQuita Outlaw, Principal
Bay Shore Middle School, Bay Shore, NY

"This book will become an important guide for schools and educators to have on their shelves. The content is original, highly organized and presents many new ideas on documenting learning. It takes what is happening in the world of teaching right now and elevates it to a coherent pedagogical process. The graphics are a fantastic resource."
Andrea Hernandez, Educational Consultant
amplifiEDucation and edtechworkshop.blogspot.com, Jacksonville, FL

Documenting Learning, Chapter 1 Intro

 

 

 

 

Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • A Collaboration Invitation
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction
  • Chapter Descriptions
  • 1. Documenting Learning Types and Purposes
  • Documenting Learning Types
  • Documenting Learning Purposes
  • 2. Documenting Learning and the Now Literacies
  • Relationship Between Documenting Learning and Now Literacies
  • 3. Documenting Pedagogy and Heutagogy
  • Defining the Difference Between Pedagogical Documentation and Heutagogical Documentation
  • Defining the Difference Between Displaying and Documenting
  • 4. Documenting Engagement and Learning Layers
  • Defining Learner Engagement
  • Documenting Learning Layers
  • 5. Documenting With Sharing and Amplifying in Mind
  • Sharing and Amplifying When Documenting Learning
  • 6. Documenting Phases
  • Documentation Phases
  • 7. Documenting Learningflow Routine
  • Learningflow Routine Steps
  • 8. Documenting With Text and Visual Platforms and Tools in Mind
  • Text and Visual Platforms and Tools
  • 9. Documenting With Audio, Video, and Blogging Platforms and Tools in Mind
  • Audio and Video Platforms and Tools
  • Blogging Platforms and Tools
  • 10. Documenting With Unpacking in Mind
  • Unpacking Documentation Artifacts
  • 11. Documenting Challenge: 21st Century Skills and the Now Literacies
  • Focusing the Challenge
  • Framing the Challenge
  • Applying the Challenge
  • 12. Documenting Learning and Branding: Administrative Actions
  • School and District Brand Identity
  • 13. Documenting Learning: Moving Forward
  • What to Cut? What to Keep? What to Upgrade?
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"In Documenting Learning, the authors seek to qualify, rather than quantify, what contemporary learning is all about: looking for, capturing, reflecting, sharing, and amplifying the learning that is taking place. In this text, they break down these actions and how they apply to before, during, and after learning moments and describe a new way to approach contemporary work and self-determined learning."
Michael Fisher, Author and Consultant, The Digigogy Collaborative, Amherst, NY
"I love the idea that students can be aware of their learning. It can be documented, reflected on, curated, and shared in order to garner feedback and that the student owns the learning every step of the way."
Kathleen Rodda, Literacy Coach Affiliation, Eucalyptus Elementary, Hawthorne, CA
"This book touches upon information that would be useful to any school system because it scaffolds ways that educators can help students make their thinking known, which will only improve their future reasoning skills."
LaQuita Outlaw, Principal, Bay Shore Middle School, Bay Shore, NY
"Educators trying to create compelling learning experiences confront the daunting challenge of content coverage requirements and expectations of teaching to the test. Students and their thinking are often invisible as the only representations of learning made public are marks and rankings. Silvia and Janet take the inspirational Reggio Emilia approach and scale it into new contexts to create deep learning experiences for today’s learners, with an eye on the future of learning as well."
Cameron Paterson, Head of Learning and Teaching, Shore School, North Sydney, Australia
"This book will become an important guide for schools and educators to have on their shelves. The content is original, highly organized and presents many new ideas on documenting learning. It takes what is happening in the world of teaching right now and elevates it to a coherent pedagogical process. The graphics are a fantastic resource."
Andrea Hernandez, Educational Consultant, amplifiEDucation and edtechworkshop.blogspot.com, Jacksnonville, FL

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