I have had a lot of opportunities to reflect on my inquiry question: How can technology enhance formative assessment? I have been involved in a number of Fresh Grade meetings, have assisted students in uploading work to Fresh Grade, and today uploaded my own assignment to Fresh Grade. The activity that I had the students working on, About Me (photo scavenger hunt) was uploaded for parents to view on Fresh Grade. I have had a chance to think about assessment through the lens of my lesson plans. While I have not officially assessed anything my SA has encouraged me to think about how I would assess each activity and what the purpose is. For example, with my About Me activity I had to decide what I would assess for in the written portion such as grammar, COPS, or detailed sentences. I ultimately decided I wanted them to focus on detailed sentences because I felt it fit best with the overall Big Idea. Today, when I watched the students orally present the About Me I wrote down comments based on the I Can statements I had written on the board. The day before I made comments on the written aspect. Tomorrow I will have the students do a self-reflection on three key components of the assignment: group work, sentence writing, and oral presentations. I continue to be interested in the self-reflection piece and quality over quantity when it comes to assessment. I have not fully formulated my inquiry question but I am observing lots of helpful things and having interesting conversations with my SA when it comes to assessment.I am also considering the difference between quantity vs. quality.
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Inquiry Resource
The resource I chose is an article called Digital video: The impact on children’s learning experiences in primary physical education. I chose this resource because it provides an aspect of two topics around my inquiry proposal. It gives a good analysis of both assessment and technology for assessment. It also provides a more focused view of how to use technology for assessment. The article goes in-depth into self-assessment and assessment for learning. The article also describes how to use technology for teaching and learning. This is a well detailed article giving a specific type of technology for assessment in a specific focus area. It gives specific examples about how students can learn through using technology for assessment. The article is a study on how students learned to improve specific basketball skills through watching video evidence, a rubric that students filled out and a focus group. Another key aspect of this article is how self-assessment is linked to self-regulation. This article which discussed a qualitative inquiry project about self-assessment, technology, and physical education is an excellent, well documented resource for these various topics. I look forward to delving into this resource further as well as looking for resources that might refute my expectations for this inquiry project.
Chroinin, D. N., O’Grady, D., and O’Loughlin, J. (2013). Digital video: The impact on children’s learning experiences in primary physical education. European Physical Education Review, 19 (2), 165-182.
Flexibility is a necessity of a multi-modal, cohesive, student-centered classroom.
