Tools For Assessment
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The document discusses authentic assessment and how technology can enhance it. Authentic assessment requires students to apply knowledge and skills to complex real-world tasks, allowing for feedback. Examples include performances, essays, and art projects. The document argues that technology can make assessments more realistic, rigorous, and engaging for students by allowing them to "do" subjects in an authentic manner.
Tools For Assessment
- 1. Using Technology for Authentic Assessment February 12, 2010 Pamela Manders Anna Teeple
- 2. Authentic Assessment Unpacking the Buzz word
- 3. What is authentic assessment? Realistic, rigorous, relevant Asks students to “do” the subject Requires use of knowledge and skills to negotiate a complex task Allows rehearsal, practice, feedback and refinement Wiggins, Educative Assessment
- 4. What is authentic assessment? (cont). Knowing Doing Being
- 5. When designing assessments, ask yourself… Is it appropriately rigorous Doesn’t necessarily mean harder Provocative, ambiguous, complex Could the product have a real use?
- 6. When designing assessments, ask yourself…(cont.) Does it measure what’s really important? Is it challenging, enjoyable, engaging? Is it worth the time and energy it takes to complete?
- 7. Examples of authentic assessments Performances Newspapers Timelines Readings Skits Maps Interviews Essays Oral reports Slide shows Art projects Puppets Invention of Teaching the class News reports Games Tests Commercials Poetry reading Posters Narratives
- 8. Authentic Assessments & Technology Performances Newspapers Timelines Readings Skits Maps Interviews Essays Oral reports Slide shows Art projects Puppets Teaching the class News reports Games Tests Commercials Poetry reading Posters Narratives
- 9. Technology can improve assessment Makes assessments Realistic Rigorous Relevant Engaging Enjoyable Provocative
- 10. Takes assessment from this…
- 11. To this!
- 12. Student examples
- 13. References Trip, Samael. Bored . Digital image. Flickr . 16 July 2009. Web. 7 Dec. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mein_arkengel/3728122696>. Manmadepants. Technology Makes You Happy . Digital image. Flickr . 20 Feb. 2008. Web. 08 Dec. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/borrowed/2278532757/>.