Sunday June 20
Reflect on the idea that tests are the only objective assessments of student learning.
I have been teaching for eighteen years now and I have seen all types of assessments over the years. I started out as a mathematics teacher and the only type of assessment I used, or even knew how to use, were formal tests. I still believe that tests are an important part of grading in mathematics but since I have been teaching in the computer science field for the last nine years I have seen many other types of assessment. I have used many types of assessments that are more performance based. I now assess whether students can produce a product with the material they have studied rather than assessing whether or not they know the actual material itself. If a student can show me a web page they have built with an unordered list on it, that tells me more than the student trying to answer a test question related to unordered lists. I have not given an actual test in the last five years, all evaluation is project based and graded using rubrics.
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The Rackler Clan !!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Reflective Blog Post #3
Reflect on the idea of what a technology-infused classroom looks like. How do you plan to have a technology-infused classroom?
On the surface, this is a very difficult question for me to address since I teach in a computer lab with nice computers, dual projection screens, and the latest software for my course. I have contemplated a while on this and I don't really thing in my case the question of how a technology-infused classroom looks is to address the physical make-up of the room as much as it is the structure of the course and how the students interact. In my case, a technology-infused classroom will look like the unit I am building for Module Six. It will have a wiki space for students to get information from and communicate through. Parents will be able to access this space as well to see what is assigned and see the work of their child. There will be surveys for checking information and entry-level knowledge. There will be PowerPoints with the high points from the lessons for students to review. There will be blogs for students to discuss design features. There will also be links to outside resources ti give students opportunity to take the experiences beyond what is being taught. These are just some of the ideas for my new interactive classroom.
This is going to be an adventure and I am really hoping the distict can fund another year of the course. It will be so different from the students reading along from the textbook and doing the examples as I do them on the overhead.
I apologize if there needed to be sources on this, it is all just to abstract in my head right now so the resources are just some of the tools I will be using.
WIKI - http://www.pbworks.com/
Blog - http://www.blogger.com/
Surveys - http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Reflect on the idea of what a technology-infused classroom looks like. How do you plan to have a technology-infused classroom?
On the surface, this is a very difficult question for me to address since I teach in a computer lab with nice computers, dual projection screens, and the latest software for my course. I have contemplated a while on this and I don't really thing in my case the question of how a technology-infused classroom looks is to address the physical make-up of the room as much as it is the structure of the course and how the students interact. In my case, a technology-infused classroom will look like the unit I am building for Module Six. It will have a wiki space for students to get information from and communicate through. Parents will be able to access this space as well to see what is assigned and see the work of their child. There will be surveys for checking information and entry-level knowledge. There will be PowerPoints with the high points from the lessons for students to review. There will be blogs for students to discuss design features. There will also be links to outside resources ti give students opportunity to take the experiences beyond what is being taught. These are just some of the ideas for my new interactive classroom.
This is going to be an adventure and I am really hoping the distict can fund another year of the course. It will be so different from the students reading along from the textbook and doing the examples as I do them on the overhead.
I apologize if there needed to be sources on this, it is all just to abstract in my head right now so the resources are just some of the tools I will be using.
WIKI - http://www.pbworks.com/
Blog - http://www.blogger.com/
Surveys - http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Wednesday June 2
Dad is doing much better. He started responding about 5am and we are now watching the golf channel and discussing the great new kid called something or another. He will be in the hospital until Friday and I leave tomorrow for the School Law conference at the state capital at noon. Glad to have a daughter that is a nurse to help Mom while I am gone. GOD is good!
Wednesday June 2
Wow, what a turn of events. Got a call from Mom while at my daughters anniversary party that we was calling an ambulance for my Dad. Long story short, he had been home all day alone while Mom worked the local election and came done with a real sudden bacterial infection. He was non-responsive when I arrived and had lost control of his bodily functions, so things were a real mess. He has had a fever up to 105 a couple of time during the night but is now talking a little and responding to questions so we are turning the corner. I am trying to finish up the last DQ and the PowerPoint while setting with him at the hospital but he is lots of pain so there is not much down time.
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