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EDU 225
January 18, 2015
Brian Clark
Edmodo, and Polleverywhere are assessments that will help to find out how
students are doing academically.
students write to each other. Edmodo is an assessment but it is more than that (Burns, 2007).
You can use this software to do projects and allow the students to work in groups. You do not
necessarily need to have a computer lab to use this. It is a great program because it helps you
keep track of what the students are saying and they do not know you can do this.
Polleverywhere Polleverywhere is another assessment program that allows you to post
questions on an app and students can use their smart phones or laptops to answer the questions
(Dimock, 2001). Teachers can then go back into the programs and it will already be graphed
from each student who has responded. The program will also let you know how many have not
yet responded and who they are. The teacher has to enter in each student in the beginning so that
it will be able to graph and allow you to see who responds and what their grade is.
(Formative and Summative Assessments)
Formative and Summative assessments are both great ways to see where your students
are during or after you have completed a lesson. Formative Assessment is when a teacher will
use some sort of quiz, worksheet, flash cards, etc. to see where their student are in the middle of
their lesson. For example a teacher may give quick quiz two weeks into the lesson of learning
the alphabet to see if they have grasped the first thirteen letters. Summative Assessment is when
the teacher has completed the year or the entire lesson and now wants to see if they have grasped
the entire lesson before moving on. An example of this type of assessment would be a final
exam or a report. This will allow the teacher to see if they have enough knowledge to move on
or if the teacher will have to go back and reinstruct parts of the lesson.
(Pros and Cons of using Technology to Facilitate Assessment)
Using technology is great for a lot of things. Assessing children is one of the hardest
things and most time consuming things a teacher has to do (Young, 2010). A lot of times they do
not have all the extra time to assess each child on paper. If they are a good teacher, they are
already assessing each child throughout the day. Some pros for using technology would be that
it makes the teachers life a lot easier. The technology will graph the data so that it is easier to see
where each student is. The teacher can save the work so that it can either be used again or can be
used during interim reports. Some cons to using technology would be that it costs a lot and there
may not be a budget for it. It could make the student become isolated because they are having to
sit by themselves in order to do the assessment. Most of the time, the assessments that are
provided in the software are not suitable for every student. If you have students who have a
learning curve, they may not be able to comprehend the assessment. There is no way to alter the
work for each student using technology (Walden University, 2010).
(Should a teacher only use technology to assess student learning? Why or why not?)
No, teachers should not only use technology to assess their students because every
student is different and unique and teachers will not be able to find the technology needed for
each child. If a child has a learning disability or is advanced these are issues a teacher comes up
with every day. Technology cant handle the needs of every child.
What is the importance of assessment technology in connection with the ISTE standards?
The importance of assessment technology help to make sure that each student is on track
to meeting the ISTE standards. The ongoing evaluation allows teachers to see firsthand where
the students are so that they may make sure they meet the standards that are required.
Concluding Paragraph for Software to Support Assessment
Technology is great and should be used whenever possible. Assessing children is a great
way for students to see where they are and how well they are grasping the lessons being taught.
It also helps the teacher to see what information the students are grasping and what they need to
focus more on. Without the assessing process teachers will assume that each student has learned
the information and is ready to go on to the nest topic. Unfortunately that is never the case and
we as teachers must not think like that. Children are the future of this world, if we go on, we
think that got it the children are not getting the best education that they can. It is the
responsibility for each teacher to make sure their students are achieving the highest quality of
education that they can.
References
Burns, M. & Dimock, K.V. (2007). Technology as a catalyst for school communities: Beyond
boxes and bandwidth. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Dimock, K.V., Burns, M., Heath, M. & Burniske, J. (2001). Applying technology to
restructuring learning: How teachers use computers in technology assisted constructivist learning
environments. Austin, TX: SEDL.
Walden University (2010). Educators, technology and 21st century skills: Dispelling five myths.
www.waldenu.edu/Degree-Programs/Masters/36427.htm.
Young, J.R. (2010). Reaching the last technology holdouts at the front of the classroom. The
Chronicle of Higher Education.