Technology, Learning and Assessment

1. Go to the GLEF post and respond to the assignment in the Class Blog.

2. By Tuesday start of class, read one of these two Edutopia articles:

Adopt and Adapt by Marc Prensky.

If you read this article, reflect on whether you are:

1. Dabbling.
2. Doing old things in old ways.
3. Doing old things in new ways.
4. Doing new things in new ways.

in your teaching. What would it look like if you were to use technology to do new things in new ways? Use your blog and put an entry under Classwork.
New Skills for a New Century by Robert Pearlman. This article describes Project Based Learning as a way to ensure that students learn the skills to be successful in the 21st century. Respond to this article and the idea that classroom assessment should be a blend of asking what students know and how well they can use what they know. If you read this article respond to these questions:

1. What 21st century skills do you emphasize in the classroom?
   
2. What opportunities and obstacles do you see when you consider the ideas of this article?

You don’t have Categories yet so it will Post under “Uncategorized”. We’ll fix that tomorrow.

• (in class)

Internet & Web 2.0 (the Read-Write Web)
“The web has changed from a”read only” resource to a “read AND write” tool where we can all contribute ideas and products.”Will Richardson

Task: Read a recent entry in Will Richardson’s blog and be prepared to discuss it in the group.

• The Classroom2.0 Wiki

Select one tool described in the sidebar of the wiki that is unfamiliar to you. Add an entry in your own blog describing the tool. Include any links to examples or sites that helped you learn something new.

• Watch this video:

Go to Teacher Tube and watch the video “Why Let Our Students Blog?”Discussion: What are the opportunities for classroom blogging?

• Task: Find some sample classroom blogs. Write an entry in your blog about what you find.

• At the end of the day go to the Reflection post and respond.

• Use these questions to describe your project:

1. WHY are you choosing this project and how is it related to Technology and Assessment?




2. Within that purpose, WHAT will your project look like? (Audience, participants, timeline,
   




3. HOW will you use technology to support understanding and assessment?

Draft your responses in an entry called “Project Update” under the category Project; In the morning we will Pair/Share and share in the large group. This is a chance for you to hear about other projects as you may want to learn from someone else in the class.

• Comment on one of your classmates’ blogs.

Post an entry in your blog describing your Final Project, use the category Projects. You can edit or rewrite your description you submitted earlier in the week.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Develop a project that demonstrates new learning in an area of using the tools of technology for teaching, learning and assessment.

Respond to these questions in your post:

1. WHY are you choosing this project and how is it related to Technology and Assessment?




2. Within that purpose, WHAT will your project look like? (Audience, participants, timeline,
   




3. HOW will you use technology to support understanding and assessment?

• After each presentation, write a feedback comment in the presenter’s blog.

• Final Reflection on your blog: How is your new learning this week impacting how you think about using technology in learning, teaching and assessment?

Go to http://www.edutopia.org/video. These are a good way to experience some success stories selected by the George Lucas Foundation as interactive uses of technology and real world connections to ideas that expand the ways we ask kids to demonstrate learning. Search for videos that would be applicable to your teaching setting and view 3 of them. Write a response that includes a link to the video and a few thoughts about how you might incorporate something similar into your teaching and learning.