I asked Michael Quinn Patton what he thinks is the biggest challenge evaluators will face over the next five years. He gave me a two part answer. This is the first part, and it inspired the above cartoon. In the USA: Surviving Trump’s draconian government budget cuts. Evaluation and training units are easy targets and […]
Evaluation after the parade, inspired by @jasonravitz
Jason Ravitz, who is an Evaluation Manager for K-12 Outreach at Google, got in touch to offer an idea that inspired the cartoon up top. What do you think of my attempt? Here is his original suggestion, do you like any of his captions better than the one I chose? KEY IDEA: Evaluation should be […]
The Evaluation Soup Assumption
I created this video for one of my workshop modules. I always liked the soup metaphor when talking about the differences between summative and formative evaluation. With this video I tried to take it one step further.
Creating an Interactive Infographic
So my latest diydatadesign module focuses on creating an interactive infographic using a free easy-to-use web tool called Adobe Spark. For the example I decided to create an evaluation related infographic featuring 5 of my favorite evaluation cartoons. I thought you might appreciate it so I’ve shared it below. Interested in learning how to do it […]
Why simply defining evaluation is not enough.
So I’ve only been independent for half a year but I’ve certainly learned one thing. If you have to spend a lot of time defining or explaining something, it’s going to be a hard sell. Which brings me to evaluation… Some of my most popular cartoons fit under the what is evaluation theme. The fact […]
An Evaluation Christmas Carol
Evan Scott’s day started just like most other days. At his desk, staring at a clogged email inbox and a stack of papers filled with things that somehow or another needed his attention. If he had known just how much paperwork was involved he might have ignored his desires to devote a career towards helping […]