types of assessment tests quizzes affective opinion projects/assignments survey formative summative
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Types of Assessment
• Tests• Quizzes• Affective• Opinion• Projects/Assignments• Survey• Formative• Summative
Types of Technology
• Computers
• Internet
• Software
• Hand Held
• Calculators
• Data Probes
• Other Hardware
Using Technology
• Using technology to assess student learning, attitudes, etc. needs to work seamlessly within your class or it becomes burdensome and quickly abandon.
Computers & InternetUnless all students have a computer, it is very hard to use this technology as an in-class assessment tool. Therefore, without the
computer, using the Internet is impossible as part of an in-class assessment plan.
However, both computers and the Internet may take part in an overall assessment plan for any class.
Computers & Internet
• Using Blackboard– Administer on-line Quizzes/Tests/
Surveys/etc. so class time is saved for teaching
– Results are available immediately for students
– Post grades so students can monitor their progress in your class
Computers & Internet
• Use the Internet to assess critical thinking skills
• Use interactive web pages
• Use Internet interactive software
• Create or use WebQuests
Critical Thinking• Have students locate
various web resources on a topic
• Have them critically analyze the readings – Word Selection
– Word Connotation
– Tone of the Writing
– Logic of Written Arguments
– Interpretation of Numerical Data
• Written Assignment
Interactive Web Pages
• Sites with online, interactive quizzes, tutorials, etc.
• Sites where students input information and see the results
• Sites where students gather real-time information and use it in assignments
• Sites where students hypothesize and test conjectures
Interactive Web Pages
• Must have Flash Plug-in and browser must be Java compatible
• Find sites through search engines
• “interactive site” <Subject>
• Good assignment for students to locate interactive sites for you [along with the ones you find]
Internet-Interactive Software
Earth Browser
Earth Browser
• All types of science explorations
• Climate and indigenous people
• Population dispersion• Impact of climatologically
changes on people and wildlife
• And so much more…
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WebQuests
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~k5matko/quest/
WebQuests
• http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
• An inquiry-oriented activity
• Information is drawn from the Web
• Focus on using information rather than finding it
• It supports thinking that involves analysis, synthesis, and evaluation
WebQuests
Computer Software
Inspiration
WWW Browsers
Microsoft Office
And many others…
Inspiration
Venn Diagrams
For Example:
Inspiration
Directions
Inspiration
Primates
Inspiration
Trial of Antoine Lavoisier
Inspiration
Build Concept Maps
Computers and Software
• Build databases of knowledge
• Develop multimedia reports
• Create photographic slide shows
• Demonstrate numerical relationships in a spreadsheet
• Build annotated bibliographies of Internet and print resources
Handheld Technology
Palm, Pocket PC, etc.
Calculators
Data Probes
Other Devices
Handhelds and Data Probes• Obvious uses in science and mathematics• Physical Education
– Temperature Sensor– Distance Sensor– Accelerometer– CO2 Gas Sensor– Exercise Heart Rate Monitor
• Art– Light Sensor– Colorimeter
Handhelds and Data Probes
• Psychology– EKG Sensor– Heart Rate Monitor– Respiration Monitor
• Speech – Sound Level Monitor
• Education– Sound Level Monitor - used in classrooms
Handhelds and Other Devices• Assessing students with a handheld:
– Develop quiz, test, attitude assessment, Likert scale survey, pre-test, etc.
– Beam to students as they enter the room– Students complete the assessment– Students beam their responses to your
computer on the way out of class
Handhelds and Assessing
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Handhelds and Other Devices• With Office to Go, students can work with
Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint documents on their handheld
• Add a portable keyboard and the student has a full functioning portable computer
• Add a camera to the handheld and the student may add pictures and multimedia to their work products
Tracking with Handhelds• Create a class list with a bar code for each
student• Using appropriate software, read the bar
code for students who:– Are absent,– Make significant contributions to class– Volunteer– Or just about anything else you can think of
recording
• Keep anecdotal records on your students in class
Handheld Software
Download web pages to a handheld
Free word processor with spell check, etc.
Great free drawing program
Create concept maps on a handheld
There are many more examples I could give, but for now, I must say…
and thank you for attending!