Assessing with Respect - A Convo with Starr Sackstein - The #InnovatorsMindset #Podcast S2 - Ep 17

This episode of The Innovator’s Mindset with Starr Sackstein has a little bit of everything - education, writing, basketball shoes, Pokemon GO, going gradeless...the topics and conversation throughout this episode are incredibly empowering and relevant! Throughout this podcast, you can feel Sackstein’s passion for education and learning! Couros also asks Sackstein about her new book, Assessing With Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs. During this conversation, Couros reflects on his personal story about how grades impacted him as a learner and Sackstein shares her knowledge about going gradeless. See all this and more - including Sackstein’s priceless reaction to spelling tests! Timecodes: 45:41 Hear Sackstein talk about her new book, Assessing With Respect: Everyday Practices That Meet Students’ Social and Emotional Needs 48:24 What is co-constructing curriculum Links: Starr Sackstein Publications - https://www.mssackstein.com/publications Texting Improving Literacy George Couros Blog - https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/2190 Simply May Sackstein’s lesser-known fiction publication- https://www.amazon.com/Simply-May-Starr-Sackstein/dp/0557132754/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1548016628&sr=8-11&keywords=starr+sackstein&linkCode=sl1&tag=starrsacks-20&linkId=faa25f4c6188691bbba723e2f48e7038&language=en_US Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset. More at georgecouros.ca George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/ George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519 For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0 Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/