🔥 How can we reach bored students in the classroom? 🔥 How can our gradebooks better support individual student growth? 🔥 How should teachers be thinking about AI and evidence of learning? Join me for this conversation with TYLER RABLIN as he shares his insights. ABOUT THIS GUEST: Tyler is an award-winning instructional coach and former ELA teacher for Sunnyside School District in Sunnyside, WA. He is also the owner of Tyler Rablin Consulting, a contributing writer for publications such as Edutopia, EdSurge, and EdWeek, and has been a featured speaker at conferences around the U.S. for his work with assessment and instructional technology. His book, Hacking Student Motivation, looks at the intersection between our assessment practices and what we know about motivation to provide learning experiences that build student self-efficacy, confidence, and hope. Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast. In This Conversation: 0:00:00 – How can our assessment practices better support student growth and learning? 0:26 – Who is Tyler Rablin? 1:34 – A story of student failure that changed Tyler's view of assessment 4:08 – How can traditional assessment practices negatively impact student motivation? 8:24 – How to redesign grade books to focus on student learning, growth, and interests 11:59 – How can we provide feedback that supports student growth and improvement 16:46 – If you couldn't average scores in your grade book, what would you do? 20:43 – Creating professional learning experiences that value teacher expertise and professionalism 24:56 – Are students more bored today than they've been in the past? 29:06 – How should teachers think about AI today? 34:14 – Tyler is passionate about nature photography 36:29 – A productivity hack: time blocking in his calendar 37:44 – Someone we should follow on X: Marcus Luther 38:05 – An edtech tool pick: School AI 38:33 – A book pick: The Willpower Instinct 39:03 – A guest recommendation: TG2 and Vanessa Ellis 39:54 – What Tyler is streaming: X-Men 40:12 – Where to connect with Tyler online Connect with Me: On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire) On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/) On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire) On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/ Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/. SONG TRACK CREDIT Tropic Fuse by French Fuse GO! by Neffex *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/. — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/support