Chapter 11: Engaging students in performance assessment and
reflective learning.
Notable concepts:
1. Clickers
2. Democratic schools and classrooms
3. Interactive Assessment via the Internet
1.
Clickers are a system of
remote control used by students to put their answers and replys on tests
quizzes. The clickers are physical and control devices that work a lot like
poll everywhere I introduced in my previous blog. Student responses are
displayed real-time using a number system which can be graphed and shows
statistical data for the class. One major difference to the poll everywhere
system using cell phone responses to quiz test is that this technology allows
for compilation of historical data per clicker as each student is assigned a
particular number which allows the data to be viewed at a later time.
3. I was introduced to the idea of interactive assessment via the Internet while looking for a study guide on my introduction to oceanography course final. I found a website called “Quizlet”, which offered flashcards, step-by-step learning guide, to interactive games, and a definitions/speller application. From what I could gather the creator of this particular “Quizlet” needed or wanted a way to review for her midterm and final for the same introduction to Oceanography course, possibly by the same instructor, at the same school. After looking at the creator's profile and seeing that she had set up several of these quizlets for other courses, I decided to register and find out just how difficult the process would be to set it up for myself. The majority of time in the set up would be typing. Luckily, I use a speech recognition software and should be able to set up a quizlet for the classroom in very little time.
Bruff, D. ( 2014) Vanderbilt University Center for teaching Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”) http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/clickers/
kcazayoux (2014, May) via Quizlet accessed on August 7,2014 http://quizlet.com/42681109/6th-science-final-exam-review-flash-cards/
3. I was introduced to the idea of interactive assessment via the Internet while looking for a study guide on my introduction to oceanography course final. I found a website called “Quizlet”, which offered flashcards, step-by-step learning guide, to interactive games, and a definitions/speller application. From what I could gather the creator of this particular “Quizlet” needed or wanted a way to review for her midterm and final for the same introduction to Oceanography course, possibly by the same instructor, at the same school. After looking at the creator's profile and seeing that she had set up several of these quizlets for other courses, I decided to register and find out just how difficult the process would be to set it up for myself. The majority of time in the set up would be typing. Luckily, I use a speech recognition software and should be able to set up a quizlet for the classroom in very little time.
Quizlet (and other similar programs) is a fantastic online flashcard tool - and the best thing is that the site is designed with sharing in mind so you don't need to spend the time creating your own when there's another right there...though I would argue that there is value in creating your own even if similar to another! :)
ReplyDeleteI also like that you picked up on the democratic classroom idea - it is one that is more easily accomplished with the advent of technology. In our changing world of ubiquitous connections, we need to learn how to best capitalize on putting that to good use!