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It’s being discussed again. What’s the equivalent of a 1500-word essay, given the possibilities of new digital literacies?

Quoting from Heppell, Ewan McIntosh has revived the discussion here, in relation to measuring creativity. Please add your views.

If we go back to first principles, then command terms reflecting Bloom’s classic taxonomy (at least those relating to the cognitive domain) such as analyse, explain, synthesise, etc can all be carried out quite successfully using a blog, for example. They make great tools for peer- and self-evaluation in these areas too.

Furthermore, are there many better tools to aid constructivist learning, and to demonstrate evidence of it, than a wiki? With the ability to discuss the knowledge you’re creating in a collaborative context, to link to, and pull in, complementing material, and to construct knowledge over time, I posit not. Please feel free to disagree though…

In essence, then, those of us involved in curriculum and assessment design are being challenged to come up with new models that are both relevant and meaningful to students in the 21st century. And I know from discussions with colleagues here in IB Cardiff, that this is just as exigent for us as it is for leadership and teachers in our schools.

We are all being given a tremendous opportunity.  Let’s hope we don’t blow it.