- Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
- Goal--create a summative assessment each 9 weeks that incorporates the major genre focused on for the 9 weeks
- Actions--research examples of summative assessment; use my Techonology Integration Specialist and/or Liteacy Coach to help design the assessment; gather ideas from colleagues, classmates, members of English Companion Ning
- Monitor--keep myself of the same schedule as the rest of the department as far as completing assessment plan, remain on the same schedule as we collaboratively plan, post updates on blog for any interested party
- Evaluate--ask for opinions from colleagues regarding rubric to see if the assessment is truly assessing the stated standards at a proficient or advanced level; compare student proficiency on assessment as opposed to pre-assessment; conduct student surveys
- Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
- Goal--turn my LexConnect page from just one of information to one of learning, reteaching, enrichment, and parent resources to help students
- Action--look at other teacher's LexConnect page, ask parents what would be helpful items for them to see, ask the students what type of content would be most beneficial for them to see, consult with my TIS to use LexConnect to its fullest capabilities
- Monitor--work with Literacy Coach to help hold me accountable, have data managers in each class that help manage the data and content on each class' page
- Evaluate--conduct student and parent surveys, ask for feedback from colleagues, classmates, and administrators
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). NETS for teachers 2008. Web. 12 Jan. 2011
Debb~
ReplyDeleteGreat idea in utilizing data managers! So many times, at least for me, I become overwhelmed with the amount of data and how best to use it in forming my lesson plans. As for your action plan, I too, am going to speak to parents and find out what they would find useful. It seems like such an easy thing to do - ask students and parents - and yet, why have I not done this before? As I said in my own blog, it sometimes takes a class of this nature to make us take and step back and really look at what we could be doing to help our students. If nothing else, I have definitely learned to be a reflective teacher when it comes to technology integration in the classroom.
Yes, Walden U definitely encourages reflection, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteSometimes the easiest things to do are pushed to the bottom of our to-do lists and into the back of our minds, especially when other things come up that seem more pressing. The problem is, it so so hard to maintain some of these things after the "assignments" for class are completed. I am making it a priority to maintain some of the practices and ideas that this class has already brought to the front of my mind! (Here's hoping it lasts!)
Debb:
ReplyDeleteI think having summative assessments for 9 weeks of instruction is a bit much. I think you need to pace your summative assessments more, and continue with continuous assessments. This gives you a better opportunity to use authentic tasks,and create more ideas for content learning. I think you may run out of ideas for the summative assessments.
Pauline
Pauline,
ReplyDeleteThis will not be the only summative assessment I give each 9 weeks. And I am continually assessing my students with formative assessments. My district is moving toward a model where only summative assessments will count toward the final grade. We have already scaled homework back to 10%, formative back to 30%, and summative is 60%. That being said, my use of reading and writing workshop allows me to contantly know where the students are and what they need to work on and what they've mastered. By designing a large summative assessment each 9 weeks that is authentic and uses technology will give the students a goal, a product that they are looking toward for the 9 weeks. All of the reading and writing mini-lessons would feed into this project, a bit linke the online inquiry project we developed for the class earlier this fall.
Hi Debb
ReplyDeleteYou are not the first of our colleagues to mentioned Ning. This is something I definitely need to check into. I thought about just adding one new type of technology for the next couple of months so that I as well as the students can get comfortable using it. This might be something you want to consider. Adding anything new into our schedules usually throws off some timing issues when it comes to planning with others in our department. Don't be afraid to slim down how much you cover to spend more quality time learning or teaching new technology. This is something my department chair reminds me of when I express concern that I am not covering all of the same literature pieces as other teachers. She reminds me that as long as I am covering the standards, it is ok to choose different options. I really like your idea of having students to be data managers to help with posting information on the pages. This is a great way to keep them in charge of their learning!