{"id":20,"date":"2016-06-19T17:27:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2016-08-13T04:09:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T11:09:46","slug":"references","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/references\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Tech Tools and Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">EdTech tools help teachers improve the in-depth understanding of the material, differentiate their instruction and provide on-time feedback. Students can monitor their learning using online assessment technology. \u00a0Furthermore, there are apps for practice that can adapt the level of difficulty, content rate, feedback, and guidance is given to the students. As well, the students can exercise choice about how they access content, be it visual (video), audio (audio books), or linguistic (ebooks). Finally, various productivity apps let students select how they will demonstrate their learning; a written report, a podcast, an animation, etc. \u00a0All told, a sample assessment cycle based on 4MAT instructional cycle is given below followed by various Symbaloo web mixes providing assessment, instructional and learning tools for each quadrant of the 4MAT cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-264 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/08\/Assessment-4mat-300x279.png\" alt=\"Assessment 4mat\" width=\"534\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/08\/Assessment-4mat-300x279.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/08\/Assessment-4mat.png 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Connect and Attend: Self exploration without technical details:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Students will go online, may watch YouTube videos\/explore simple simulations and try to find answers to the fundamental questions. After this step, they may post their W (Want to know) column of KWL chart on the Google doc or write down reflections on google doc or journals (depending on the age group). Teachers can make web-quests for their students so that they can have a guided tour of the given topic. Depending on the students&#8217; capability, the teacher can allow them to make a list of various web resources they visited which can be used as a web quest\/bookmark during the unit. A few examples are provided in the Symbaloo web mix given below as samples. This step is inspired by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altschool.com\">Alt school<\/a>\u00a0ideology. The web mix includes a web quest on <strong>Force and Motion <\/strong>along with a few other sample resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.symbaloo.com\/embed\/connectandattend?\" name=\"_symFrame\" width=\"920\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Image and Inform:\u00a0This is the bridge<\/strong><\/span> that connects their personal\u00a0experience to abstract concepts. It can be an image or a simulated activity where they self-explore the phenomenon at hand. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">PhET simulation<\/a>\u00a0lab (inquiry based) may serve this purpose.\u00a0This step also includes a set of traditional lessons where students aim to learn the\u00a0technical\/abstract\u00a0information with an aim to do a project\u00a0which has personal meaning to their lives. Teachers can use many EdTech apps such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plickers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plickers<\/a>\u00a0to do a formative assessment as formative assessment is the key to promoting the student understanding along with a few summative assessments. All lesson are followed by real life problem-solving worksheets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following Symbaloo web mix includes relevant apps and other resources that can be used during this section. As\u00a0this step needs a lot of <strong>formative assessment, scaffolding, peer, and teacher feedback<\/strong> to ensure the quality of student learning, we have provided <strong>formative assessment tools<\/strong> in the following web mix.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.symbaloo.com\/embed\/formativeassessment33?\" name=\"_symFrame\" width=\"920px\" height=\"600px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Practice and Extend:<\/strong><\/span> Students may\u00a0try lab experiments (with fixed learning outcomes) or employ manipulatives that provide guided hands-on practice. They may use PhET simulations again to guide their real life lab experiment. Students may discover their interests during this step and decide on the type of project they want to make. At this point, students and teachers collaborate to decide the rubrics that all students may follow to ensure everyone\u00a0learned the key concepts (making learning visible) for their portfolio. This section is totally hands-on (Inspired by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/28408\/maker-movement\" target=\"_blank\">Maker Movement<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montessori.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montessori Education<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Following web mix \u00a0provides required online resources required to conduct guided hands-on investigations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.symbaloo.com\/embed\/dataanalysisapps?\" name=\"_symFrame\" width=\"920px\" height=\"600px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rubrics:\u00a0<\/strong>Students and teacher\u00a0together design a rubric during Practice and Extend phase. However, a few sample rubrics for the discussions, posters, projects, and presentations along with other helpful resources can be downloaded from the following Symbaloo Webmix. These rubrics are more suitable for science teaching, however, all other teachers and students can refer to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teacherplanet.com\/rubrics-for-teachers\">website<\/a> to design the rubrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" noresize=\"noresize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.symbaloo.com\/embed\/rubrics6?\" name=\"_symFrame\" width=\"920px\" height=\"600px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Refine and Perform:<\/strong><\/span> Students personalize their learning during the Refine step. They decide to do a project that will use the information they have acquired during the past six steps. They will exchange ideas, decide what materials they need, self-evaluate their plan, get peer and teacher feedback on their proposal, make sure their future project is aligned with the learning outcome\/big idea, and will help them gain a\u00a0deeper understanding of\u00a0the key skills. After that they will make a project (multi-modal) which is relevant to their life or society and then present it to the community. Some options are-<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Media Presentations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Physical models\/projects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The following web mix may help students decide the tool they want to use for their final presentation. This web mix has some tools for ESL\/ELL students as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.symbaloo.com\/embed\/digitalsandbox?\" name=\"_symFrame\" width=\"920px\" height=\"600px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>We invite all the participants to contribute to these web mix (on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/resources-and-feedback\/\">Padlet wall<\/a> provided on Workshop Evaluation page) and populate the web mixes with valuable resources. Please provide the name, link, brief description, and the relevant 4MAT quadrant.<\/p>\n<p>Should you require further information about how to implement technology, policy making, or classroom management please click &#8220;Read More&#8221; button to visit our BYOD tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec533byodtutorial\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-203 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Read-more-300x89.png\" alt=\"Read more\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Read-more-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Read-more-768x228.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Read-more-1024x304.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Read-more.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/resources-and-feedback\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Slide2-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Slide2\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Slide2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Slide2-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/assessment-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-685\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Slide1-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Slide1\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Slide1-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gult\/files\/2016\/06\/Slide1-2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"js-reference-string-0\" class=\"selectable\"><i>4mat Model of Learning<\/i>. 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