assessments and technology tools
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A presentation outlining the benefits of technology tools and their possible use with continuous and meaningful assessmentsTRANSCRIPT
Teresa Coffman
• provides ways for you to… provides ways for you to… – deliver curriculum and meet content deliver curriculum and meet content
area standards area standards – create a learning environment in which create a learning environment in which
complex, creative, problem solving complex, creative, problem solving thinking can take placethinking can take place
Educational TechnologyEducational Technology
• primary goal – improve student primary goal – improve student academic achievement through the academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary and use of technology in elementary and secondary schoolssecondary schools– Additional goalsAdditional goals
• assist every student in crossing the digital assist every student in crossing the digital divide by providing quality accessdivide by providing quality access
• encourage effective integration of encourage effective integration of technology resources and systems to technology resources and systems to establish research based instructional establish research based instructional methods that can be widely implementedmethods that can be widely implemented
NCLB, 2001NCLB, 2001
Connecting Assessment to Connecting Assessment to Technology Tools: What Technology Tools: What
does it look like?does it look like?
• integrated into the learning processintegrated into the learning process• continued overtime and uses continued overtime and uses
multiple measures multiple measures • based on actual student classroom based on actual student classroom
experience and student work - experience and student work - relevantrelevant
Continued Integrated Continued Integrated AssessmentsAssessments
– formative purposes – help teachers and formative purposes – help teachers and students understand what the student students understand what the student needs to learn to further their mastery needs to learn to further their mastery of necessary skills and learning goalsof necessary skills and learning goals
– summative purposes –determine how summative purposes –determine how well students met learning goalswell students met learning goals
Lesson ExamplesLesson Examples
Everyone is Important – Everyone is Important – Language ArtsLanguage Arts
– second graders explore biographies and second graders explore biographies and autobiographiesautobiographies• use graphic organizer as a way to organize use graphic organizer as a way to organize
their thoughtstheir thoughts• read more than one source, including read more than one source, including
electronic sourceselectronic sources• write a story and prepare a multimedia write a story and prepare a multimedia
presentation to share with the class, family, presentation to share with the class, family, possibly a global audiencepossibly a global audience
Assessments – research, writing, technology skills, fundamental language arts concepts, collaboration skills
Physics Everywhere Physics Everywhere Grade 8 ScienceGrade 8 Science
• demonstrate, through essay writing demonstrate, through essay writing and video productionand video production
• how principles they’ve learned in how principles they’ve learned in physics class are represented in their physics class are represented in their favorite sport or recreational activity.favorite sport or recreational activity.
Assessments – research, writing, technology skills, fundamental physics concepts, collaboration skills
You Were There! You Were There! Grade 5 Social StudiesGrade 5 Social Studies
• read revolutionary war histories and read revolutionary war histories and biographiesbiographies
• write articles in journalistic style from write articles in journalistic style from a specific point of viewa specific point of view
• use word processors, video cameras, use word processors, video cameras, video editing software to create a video editing software to create a series of interviews and news articles series of interviews and news articles about individuals involved in the about individuals involved in the Boston MassacreBoston Massacre
Assessments – research, writing, technology skills, fundamental concepts of revolutionary war issues and concerns, collaboration
skills
Senior ProjectSenior ProjectStudent DefinedStudent Defined
• elements include research paper, elements include research paper, work sample, portfolio, presentationwork sample, portfolio, presentation
• various technology tools can be various technology tools can be incorporatedincorporated
Assessments – identifying essential question, research, writing, technology skills, fundamental concepts throughout experience,
collaboration skills, critical thinking elements
Rubrics or Check Sheets Rubrics or Check Sheets are Neededare Needed
Checksheet = list of knowledge and skills that Checksheet = list of knowledge and skills that will demonstrate students understanding of will demonstrate students understanding of contentcontent
Rubric = specific criterion and spelled out in Rubric = specific criterion and spelled out in written format that will be used to measure the written format that will be used to measure the skills and behaviors necessary to achieve skills and behaviors necessary to achieve understanding of learning objectives understanding of learning objectives
Web 2.0 Tool Example Possible Uses
Blog UMWblogs.org, Blogger.com, edublogs.com,
classblogmeister.com
Reflections, log of daily activities, journal, resource, brainstorming to organize writing,
peer review, s, e-portfolio
Wiki Wikispaces.com, pbwiki.com Collaborative writing, projects, research, group work, e-portfolio
Video Flip Video (TeacherTube)
Creating, storing information, integrating multi media to convey meaning
Podcast Gcast.com, podomatic.com Feedback, telling, compiling informational stories about content
Cartoon ToonDoo.com, pikistrips.com, ComicCreator
Visual, creating, identifying key terms, telling a story about content
Digital Story Flicker, VoiceThread, photostory
Writing, incorporating multimedia (images, sound, video, etc) to compose a narrative
Concept Map webspiration Relationships, visual, organizing
Interactive White Board
Smartboard, promethian Identification, relationships, visual
Clicker/Student Response System
eResponse Instant feedback, identify misconceptions during lecture
Online Test mystudiyo.com Objective, higher order thinking questions
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