2.7 Assessment
Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to measure student learning and technology literacy, including the use of digital assessment tools and resources. (PSC 2.7/ISTE 2g)
Artifact: Online Teaching Portfolio
Reflection:
This artifact is a culminating portfolio created after completing three courses about online learning. The coursework for these prepared me to implement a six-week online unit in one of my classes. This artifact contains twenty-four artifacts and reflections from that online learning experience. My contribution was to build this online course and implement the six-week unit. Within the learning management system, I created modules for students to access content, assessments to evaluate student performance, syllabus to provide pertinent course information, course schedule to keep students on track, and resources to help students with any other need. After implementing the course, I compiled and reflected on the artifacts from the course in order to create this artifact.
This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 2.7. The standard states that I will be able to model and facilitate the effective use of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to measure student learning and technology literacy. In this course, I modeled several assessment strategies. The use of a learning management system provides unlimited opportunities to model a variety of assessment strategies. Some examples of assessing students is through discussion boards, quizzes, surveys, or external tool submissions. By facilitating these modeled lessons, I was able to see the effectiveness of these tools as diagnostic, formative, or summative assessments. Quizzes and surveys could be used as a diagnostic tool as students prepare to begin a module. Any assessment tool if used properly can be used for summative or formative assessment. In order for these assessments to be affective, the teachers must provide timely feedback. There are many tools available for measuring student learning and technology literacy. The roster is a great place to start. One tool available for teachers is a log of time spent in the course. This can be an indicator of whether the student is spending enough time in the course. A teacher can dig a little deeper into the analytics and determine if a student is viewing the correct pages and assignments within the course. Assessments also provide a wealth of information to measure student learning. Teachers can view each quiz question. The learning management system displays all responses made by students and provides a discrimination index. These reports make it possible to quickly assess student progress in the course.
Through creating this artifact, I feel that I my knowledge of the learning management system has increased. Technology is rapidly growing and there is always something new to learn about. The learning management system has so many features and external tools that a teacher could learn something new every day. This makes technology overwhelming to many teachers, which highlights the importance of a technology coach who can support teachers through this implementation. This was a great opportunity to try new features that I have not tried before. If I could change anything, I would try to incorporate more new features into this learning experience. The most effective way to learn how to use these tools is by trying them. Trying these new resources can be a risk at times, but the reward of finding effective strategies I worth it.
The work that went into this artifact affects student learning more than anything else does. The students found the new resources to be a refreshing break from the traditional strategies that they are accustomed to. They also benefitted from the quick feedback made possible by the learning management system. This experience will go on to impact student learning in other courses that I teach. I feel that it will also affect school improvement and faculty development. I will share many of the tools that I found to be helpful. This impact can be measured by student test scores, student course evaluations or walkthrough evaluations from other teaches.
Reflection:
This artifact is a culminating portfolio created after completing three courses about online learning. The coursework for these prepared me to implement a six-week online unit in one of my classes. This artifact contains twenty-four artifacts and reflections from that online learning experience. My contribution was to build this online course and implement the six-week unit. Within the learning management system, I created modules for students to access content, assessments to evaluate student performance, syllabus to provide pertinent course information, course schedule to keep students on track, and resources to help students with any other need. After implementing the course, I compiled and reflected on the artifacts from the course in order to create this artifact.
This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 2.7. The standard states that I will be able to model and facilitate the effective use of diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to measure student learning and technology literacy. In this course, I modeled several assessment strategies. The use of a learning management system provides unlimited opportunities to model a variety of assessment strategies. Some examples of assessing students is through discussion boards, quizzes, surveys, or external tool submissions. By facilitating these modeled lessons, I was able to see the effectiveness of these tools as diagnostic, formative, or summative assessments. Quizzes and surveys could be used as a diagnostic tool as students prepare to begin a module. Any assessment tool if used properly can be used for summative or formative assessment. In order for these assessments to be affective, the teachers must provide timely feedback. There are many tools available for measuring student learning and technology literacy. The roster is a great place to start. One tool available for teachers is a log of time spent in the course. This can be an indicator of whether the student is spending enough time in the course. A teacher can dig a little deeper into the analytics and determine if a student is viewing the correct pages and assignments within the course. Assessments also provide a wealth of information to measure student learning. Teachers can view each quiz question. The learning management system displays all responses made by students and provides a discrimination index. These reports make it possible to quickly assess student progress in the course.
Through creating this artifact, I feel that I my knowledge of the learning management system has increased. Technology is rapidly growing and there is always something new to learn about. The learning management system has so many features and external tools that a teacher could learn something new every day. This makes technology overwhelming to many teachers, which highlights the importance of a technology coach who can support teachers through this implementation. This was a great opportunity to try new features that I have not tried before. If I could change anything, I would try to incorporate more new features into this learning experience. The most effective way to learn how to use these tools is by trying them. Trying these new resources can be a risk at times, but the reward of finding effective strategies I worth it.
The work that went into this artifact affects student learning more than anything else does. The students found the new resources to be a refreshing break from the traditional strategies that they are accustomed to. They also benefitted from the quick feedback made possible by the learning management system. This experience will go on to impact student learning in other courses that I teach. I feel that it will also affect school improvement and faculty development. I will share many of the tools that I found to be helpful. This impact can be measured by student test scores, student course evaluations or walkthrough evaluations from other teaches.