Assessment+-+Formative

= **Assessment in the 21st Century** = = =

********21st Century****** digital resources, tools and access as Formative and Summative Assessments**
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (revised 2007) National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (revised 2008) ** National Standards **

Courtesy ISTE International Society for Technology in Education Remember to model and explicity teach and set the expectation for proper @Copyright and Citations usage when using text, images, video, URL links...


 * polleverywhere** - student cell phone as response system


 * ExamView** - Online, network based assessments. ExamView is provided to all teachers and students as an online exam solution. Teachers may build exams using pre-defined assessments from ExamView Database of questions (based on District purchased content-area software) AND self-generated, teacher-created assessments. Maybe delivered fully online or in print copy to support differentiation of needs.


 * Digital Storytelling** - Story is the way we communicate, engage students using digital storytelling for formative and summative assessment. In Fall 2008 we began to install PhotoStory 3 on every district computer 'image' in support of digital storytelling as a key performance measuring tool. Story's can be published on student/teacher/school blogs, wikis...


 * VoiceThread** - Upload digital images, scan original or non-digital works, add audio and invite comments and participation. Can be used as student benchmarks and formative assessments; instruction


 * Blogs** - EduBlogger.... Students use blogging as an eJournal that welcomes comment. Supports publishing and review by a broader audience. Writing for my teacher? Audience of one. Publishing my writing on the internet? The audience is virtually limitless.


 * Wikis** - WikiSpaces for educators (no ads, no charge) - Quick publication and collaboration. Excellent for individual published content an collaboration on larger group or whole class project


 * ClassMarker** - Online form of ExamView, teachers create content


 * Podcasts/Vodcasts** - Student created podcasts and videos as 'commercials' to show evidence of learning, persuade in an argument.. Videos can be uploaded to YouTube. Podcasts can be posted on class or student webpages. Use Audacity and Lame to create podcasts (software installation by IT and training by EdTech may be required)


 * 3D & Visual interpretations/Animations** - Blender, Sketchup, Skratch


 * Webpages**

Other resources to be evaluated for relevance: Gimp, Google Earth, Picasa, TuxMath, Tuxpaint, Tuxtype, Nvu