Assessment:
Should marks be given for on-line participation? (Discussion Forums)
Is there anything in the front matter that ties into this? What can be assessed on line?
Blogs- how do you assign a grade? Is it authentic assessment?
Assessment for learning: blogs, discussions
Not all students have access to computers
Access to information makes us create assessments that ask for deeper understandings
Should we have open-book tests
Is google making us stupid? (article)
Are digital immigrants in a position to assess digital natives?
Use ipods, etc. to record student’s ideas and use this for assessment
Twitter: kids can answer each others questions. Provides immediate feedback, taking responsibility for own learning
What part are we assessing? What needs to be the focus: content/delivery
Whose work are we assessing? Cheating….whose ideas are they?
Everyone participates in blogs. Interesting ideas
Using conversations for broad-based assessments
Observations can be used to inform next steps
Damian Cooper: Over the course of the week, try to talk with each child
Blogs and discussions are very different
Using rubrics for everything, doing all project-based activities
Can/should you assess participation/behaviour
Self-Assessment
Peer-Assessment
Parental expectations
What value is self-assessment? It is so subjective…why do it?
Interviews are an important part of the assessment process
A big part of self-assessment is meta-cognition and problem solving
Use rubrics to self assess. Use of evidence is important
Assessment needs to be tied to an outcome
Transparency-kids need to know what the target is
Should we assess engagement?
Things are very different from school to school (emphasis on test scores/summative assessment?
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