Practical reads on observation, evidence and assessment. Plus how teachers use anecNote.
A short, factual account of something a student did. Here is what makes one useful, how to write it in a sentence, and how a term of them becomes real evidence.
Notebooks, sticky notes and Sunday spreadsheets all help for a week, then quietly fail. Here’s the one weakness they share, and the single change that makes documentation last.
“Ivan was frustrated” is an inference. “Ivan pushed the blocks away and asked for a break” is an observation. Here’s how to tell them apart in seconds, and the one time you should leave it on.
A checklist tells you whether, a rubric tells you how well, an anecdote tells you what happened. Three tools, three jobs, and when to reach for each.
Speaking a note takes less time than typing one, and it happens while the moment is still fresh. Here’s why spoken records end up more specific, and how to keep them factual.
Documentation was designed for a filing cabinet, not a classroom. Here's why it slips for almost everyone, and the one thing that changes it.
A notes app stores text; it does not know your roster, your domains, or which of your students you have not written about lately. Here's the comparison, point by point.
Not another list of good intentions. The one principle that makes documentation finally stick, and a simple routine you can start on Monday.
A note postponed is usually a note lost. Here's what actually happens to a specific moment between the classroom and the writing-up — and the fifteen seconds that prevent it.
