David moursund offers educators an inspiring vision of the possibilities of project based learning and then shows them how to realize it in their classroom. The meaning and implications of formative assessment as the ideas have become more widely known, the terms formative assessment and assessment for learninghave been more and more widely used, often with different and diverse meanings. Book reports need not be boring retellings of stories. You can also find a lot of time saving features using technology for assessment. If you want to switch things up this summative assessment season, keep reading. The benefits of using tea are manifold, but there are sometimes costs associated with its use. Pbl provides opportunities for students to use technology. Agencies are required to submit through this tool every it investmentproject with a combined. The three ideas discussed in this post offer innovative approaches to formative assessment, particularly in terms of how technology can be used to support the process. Draw and color the book cover, and place the book award ribbon on the cover.
Most students are using technology and apps almost every day. Evaluation, foresight and participation as new elements for regional innovation policy practice. There is inherent value to traditional tests and research reports. The project card and rubric can be run on card stock one on each side of the page, laminated, and hole punched with other alternative assessment ideas. Formative assessment ideas for elementary students. Those that are applicable to tea as a whole are outlined below, while the pros and cons of using each individual method are outlined in the section on using technology to deliver assessments. Novainterdisciplinary centre on social sciences, faculty of science and technology, vol. Benefits of using digital tools for assessment so many options are available for assessing students, giving them a way to express thoughts, learning and be involved in the classroom. Technology based assessments improves teaching and learning assessments. The pocket guide is a a sampling from the the complete guide to simple art assessments like what you see. Apr 15, 2014 berger emphasizes student ownership of the assessment process and references several videos of sample pbl project assessments. The front of the card includes details such as title, author, and date published along with a two to threesentence synopsis of the book.
Whether you have chromebooks, ipads, pcs, or macs in your classroom, you can use technology to engage and inspire your students in the curriculum. On the back of the book cover, explain why you are giving the award to the book. So, in recognition of childrens book week 2002, we are pleased to introduce the sequel to that popular article. Implications for using technology in program assessment the use of models from both mctighe and wiggins and steele can help advisors with program assessment in significant ways. And all the ideas will engage students, help make books come alive for them, and challenge them to think in different ways about the books they read. Design a poster or new book cover depicting the climax of the story. Pros and cons of using technology enhanced assessment the benefits of using tea are manifold, but there are sometimes costs associated with its use. See more ideas about book report projects, reading fair and fair projects.
There is huge scope for the use of technology to enhance both the delivery and management of assessment, including using video to deliver feedback. Summative assessments are ways to assess comprehension of a topic at the end of unit, project or course. I am including tool and resource links where appropriate. Formative assessment can be as simple as thumbs up or down and as creative as having students illustrate a page of a story. There are so many super creative, openended projects you can use mint tins for. Technology assessments and technology games k to 8.
As it happens, tech tools can be a perfect fit with project based learning. This teacher blogger describes the process of creating book reports and using them. Describe the choices people make in using goods and services. Here is a top ten list of alternative assessments to try in your classroom.
Mar 02, 2015 the job interview is still the standard way of assessing a candidates suitability for a role. Click on the green button to the right to see an example electronic project portfolio. Evaluation within projectbased learning edutopia, 2016 in this post from michael hernandez, find ideas for conducting multidimensional evaluation to encourage students, provide meaningful feedback, and set students. The value of technology assessment and planning lori bocklund is founder and president of strategic contact. Schools and school systems are using online assessments through secure network connections to assess student understanding of content regardless. Technology assessment in software development projects.
Technology project ideas, lessons, and sample student work for integrating technology into firstgrade classrooms. Technology project ideas, lessons, and sample student work for integrating technology into thirdgrade classrooms. Bubblesheet an app that allows students to complete assignments and common assessments using an iphone or ipad quizzes up to 10 questions are free. One advantage is that identification of outcomes for advising can be classified as processdelivery outcomes pdos for the advising program and student learning. After reading an informational book, make a scrapbook about the topics. This page provides instant access to technology assessment examples and games used to assist students with the technology assessments. Assessment, differentiation, freebies we all need to use assessments in our classroom to determine how our students are doing with the content, but if you are like me, you get a little bored with the same old thing every time. The forces of technology and formative assessment combined. A fourstep assessment for using technology in the classroom. What is true for individual assignments holds true for group assignments. Invision employees share their remote work secrets. His suggestions and ideas are helpful to the novice teacher and to teachers trying to.
Have students describe the character using facts, figures, and a description. While you cant change whats on standardized tests, you can create activities to ensure your students are exhibiting and applying their understanding and skills to endofchapter or unit assessments. Note the definition im using at the beginning of the presentation. K to the 8th power also provides for the capability of storing technology project scores. Draw a classroom mural depicting a major scenes from the book. This lesson discusses common summative assessment options and provides unique ideas as well. Formative assessment is a must for educators, but it can be difficult to juggle with all the demands on a busy teachers todo list. See more ideas about technology, educational technology and teaching technology. This lesson discusses common summative assessment options and. Anyone with access to the classroom assessment techniques book can use it to learn about cats and to find ideas for conducting formative assessments with clickers.
Here are 22 creative book report ideas designed to make reading more meaningful. The possibilities become endless with this tip from technology in early childhood. Technologybased assessments improve teaching and learning. See more ideas about formative assessment, assessment and teaching. Turn them into creative projects complete with artwork, technology applications, acting or writing.
Practice addition and other math problems using technology and a hands on activity from mbg. On the back of the book cover, explain why you are giving the award to. Pros and cons of using technology enhanced assessment. Smart response ve for smartboards a cloudbased software that enables students to respond to planned and spontaneous questions and take quizzes using any of their favorite internet. Dec 10, 2012 formative assessment can be as simple as thumbs up or down and as creative as having students illustrate a page of a story.
Use these examples of projects created by students and tweets from classroom teachers to inspire technology integration in your firstgrade classroom. These 18 free pbl resources will give you a running start on your project based learning lesson plans. Pros and cons of using technology enhanced assessment using. Identify how technology affects the way people live work and play. See the page on using digital publishing tools in assessment for more. Perhaps one of the most important ideas to remember about assessments is that there are two types of assessment, formative and summative.
Collect the student projects into a class book and solve all the problems together. Agencies are required to submit through this tool every it investment project with a combined. Moursund also includes several activities within the book as well as explicit instruction on how to create a projectbased learning environment using technology. There is also value in alternative assessments though.
Technologybased assessments improves teaching and learning assessments. However, to make it easier to share our ideas with other faculty members and instructional development staff, we created a handout with a table of the 23 cats that can be conducted. The field of technology assessment started in the 1950s with studies that attempted to forecast technological trends to help government agencies and large corporations in their technological investments. Ive created a presentation with some help from my colleagues on different examples of formative assessment. Our sponsor, bing in the classroom is removing ads and blocking searches from being used for personalized advertising for all bing searches done through the schools network, making bing the only major search engine to provide a search offering tailored specifically for the classroom. The job interview is still the standard way of assessing a candidates suitability for a role. Dive into augmented reality and kids can see video as they scan photos. Use these examples of projects created by students and tweets from classroom teachers to inspire technology integration in your thirdgrade classroom. First published in 1999, project based learning using information technology has become a classic in the fieldand for good reason. Resources for assessment in projectbased learning edutopia. On the back of the card, the student writes a paragraph critiquing the book. The fun, lowcost, hightech tool glogster allows students to combine images, graphics, audio, video, and text on one digital.
For those interested in exploring more ideas on using formative assessments in the elementary classroom, this recent webinar on formative assessment in action offers even more. Science and technology parks in two lagging regions of spain. Write an acrostic poem about the book using the letters in the title of the book or the name of a character or author. Technology assessment in software development projects using. Fresh ideas for creative book reports education world.
You can click on the green buttons to the right to access the assessments and games. Such as a word toss from learning with play at home. Jul 15, 20 bubblesheet an app that allows students to complete assignments and common assessments using an iphone or ipad quizzes up to 10 questions are free. Using wixie to design book covers and write summaries for independent reading responses. Each technology activity can be scored by a teacher to determine a students technology literacy. Using that app, doink, or the computer programs, imovie or wevideo, students could report straight from the setting or reenact one of the main. Right now we can also help make technology safer for kids in schools. They are familiar with and enjoy using a variety of tech tools. Here are 40 alternative assessment ideas to get you started. Turn them into creative projects complete with artwork, technology applications, acting or writing with a creative twist.
A comparative evaluation using an innovation network approach, ersa conference papers ersa06p443, european regional science association. Using the games, students gain extra points and lives by answering game questions correctly. Paper assessments get lost but assessments created using one of these tools are stored and can be referred to as often as needed. The projects are designed and used by teachers in the classroom.
Another idea involving green screen technology would be to have students design and create a diorama that displays the main setting of the story if the book has multiple settings then this project may not be the best fit. Create an oldfashioned wanted poster for a character from a story or a historical figure. The it project assessment tool is used to assist washington state agencies and the office of the chief information officer ocio assess the cost, complexity, and statewide significance of an anticipated information technology project rcw 43. Assessed contributions to online discussion boards. After reading a book, a student completes an index card with information about the book. Introducing technology enhanced assessment using technology. Keep them all together in a binder or with an oring. Technology project ideas, lessons, and sample student work for integrating technology into third grade classrooms. If an idea doesnt include enough writing, creative sneaky. Assessments 10 quick, simple and easy ideas to get you motivated to try new assessments in the art classroom.
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