Friday, February 19, 2010

Technology Tools for Assessment and Evaluation by Robinson, Carney, and Keiper is an article about how teachers can use technology in their assessments and evaluations. The National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS*T) helps to identify which skills are necessary and most important for integrating technology into the classroom from kindergarten to 12th grade. The article talks about studies that were done to see where students were on the continuum of understanding this topic. The authors found that students struggled with explaining the role of assessment technology, the different types of assessment technologies, and how they can be used in different ways. To help fix these struggles, they decided to make a planned instructional module. This seemed helpful and a great way to assist students in their explorations. The article also talked about many other things like taxonomy, program specific skills, progress monitoring, and more. I really enjoyed how it talked about how the information is gathered and presented in a variety of ways makes a huge difference. This is something that is very important when planning things out for a particular student or class. There can be huge problems if this is not carefully considered or especially considered at all! This article would be really helpful for all teachers to read because I think it is something that often goes unnoticed or forgotten in regular instruction. This can be a huge issue for teachers; they always seemed to be scrambling around trying to figure out the best ways. In reality though, they may be confusing or just ignored. Overall, I think this article is a good one for teachers to read and a great topic for people to read about.

1 comment:

  1. Lindsey, I agree with what you wrote! This article would be very useful for teachers to read. I really did like that it talked about assessment and how just because there are assessments doesn't mean its a good one. It was a relief to know that we don't have to make our own assessments but that we can find good ones that are already made!

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