Assessing meaningful learning with technology is the final chapter in this book and the last blog entry I will post. In this blog I will discuss authentic and performance assessment, technology based assessments, assessing growth over time with technology, assessing performance with technology based rubrics, using clickers, and assessing learning with computer based tests and surveys.
Authentic Assessments are basically performance based assessment. It will assess the students understanding through skills learned. alternative assessment refers to assessments that are in opposition to standardized achievement tests. Authentic assessment has students participate in meaningful learning activities that directly relate to real tasks that may need to preform in the future.
Technology based assessment is basically organizing and analyzing the assessments, or data, from the result of learning. I will defiantly be using technology assessments in my future classroom. Working with quizzes, tests, and journal entries are great ways to utilize technology to help make assessments.
E-portfolios are a great way of documenting digitized artifacts that may include video clips, graphics, sound, writing samples, artwork, presentations, etc. I can see myself documenting the amount of improvement done by the students. I can use these in meetings with colleagues, parents, and administrators.
Assessing performance with technology based rubrics will help give students direction, knowledge of why they received the grade he/she got, along with giving the teacher a way t insure non bias while grading. There are websites and numerous software that helps generate rubrics as well as making rubric banks. Good rubrics include: assessment aims; make each element uni-dimensional; rubric ratings are distinct, comprehensive, and descriptive; clear language; and multiple aspects of performance.
Clicker assessment tools are great to have in an everyday classroom because the teacher can use it to have the student input information and participate in polls to better assess students in the middle of lessons. This is a great way to look into who is understanding the information as it is being taught. I have already looked at sets for my classrooms, and it is not an expensive technology to bring into the classroom if you buy the set pre-owned.
Assessing learning with computer based tests and surveys are just like the ones created in the classroom except it is online. Online testing, surveys, and information is a great way to get students involved and excited about preparing for various assessments.
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