Introduction
The increase in technology in the classroom has dramatically changed the way teachers are impacting their students. The use of technology for assessing students is one very important part. Teachers can now use online tools, software and application based technology to enhance their classroom environment. Teachers can now give quicker responses to student’s areas of weaknesses. Once a teacher receives an immediate response from the classroom they can adjust their teaching right away to spend more or less time on topics for the students. Socrative, Clickers and Poll Everywhere are some of the many resources of technology available to teachers to make students learning faster and more efficient than ever before.
Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning
Using technology to assess student learning is easy, convenient and efficient for the teachers and students. It allows teachers to focus on particular areas of weakness and less time on areas of strengths. In makes the lesson plans more customize depending on the classroom and the students in the classroom. Using the technology the teacher can monitor and evaluate the responses instantaneously to see exactly what areas the student is struggling with. In traditional classrooms teachers would ask a question and students raised their hands and the teacher called on one student to answer. This limited the question for one student and did not evaluate all students. Using software take ask the questions to all the students and has all the students reply at once does not leave any child behind educationally. It allows the teacher to have full attention of all students at all times and has allows the teacher to see who understands the topic. If all students understand the particular area the teacher can move on to the next topic and save time from driving information into students who already know the information and this also leaves extra time for areas of uncertainty with students.
(Socrative) A great online technology resource to use to help enhance the assessment of students in the classroom is Socrative. Socrative is a website that teachers can sing up with for free to create quizzes or just as a response website for students during class. This website provides immediately response to the teacher of the quiz as the students are taking them. It also auto grades the quiz as well so that is save the teacher time going through all the students papers. This allows the teacher to see what most of the students missed so that in the next class they can review those particular areas of weakness.
(Clickers) Clickers are a great tool for question and answer discussions in a classroom. Teachers are always asking students different questions about topics but without this technology they can only call on one student at a time to answer. This does not engage all students in the discussion but having each student hold a clicker so that they can all respond immediately to the question is more efficient. A teacher can ask the same question to the class and have them all answer back immediately to the teacher. If all students get the answer right the teacher can move on to the next topic but if a teacher notices that the students got the questions wrong. The teacher can then take extra time on that section until all students understand it.
(Poll Everywhere) Poll Everywhere is a fantastic technology for assessing all students at any time. Students can use their tablets or computer to log in and answer the questions the teacher submits to them. This is great for students who may have missed school for any reason that day. This allows all students to stay up to date with classroom discussion immediately so they do not get left behind. Students can respond to answer on the website, mobile app, text message and even twitter. Students will be able to stay engaged with the classroom at all times and teachers can stay engaged with students and their learning at all times as well.
(Formative and Summative Assessments)
In a formative assessment a teacher gets feedback from the student in regards to the lesson. The students will provide short summaries explaining what they just learned in the lesson or submit an evaluation outline of the course. Technology can help students do this by using tablets so that they can write down their findings in the tablet and submit to tools like Socrative which allows the teacher to ask one question and have all the students write back immediately. The summative assessment is where the teacher provides an exam to determine the student’s level of learning. This gives the teacher a feedback that they can measure with certainty. Teachers can use Socrative to send the test out to students to complete and have them submit the answers back immediately. This allows the teacher to have the test auto graded and see instantly the level of the student and the amount of information they were able to retain individually and as a classroom.
(Pros and Cons of using Technology to Facilitate Assessment) (200 words)
Anything used in a classroom or in life has its positives and negatives that happen. The same thing goes for using technology inside the classroom. There are many positives in using technology to assess students inside a classroom. Teachers are able to get faster results on particular areas of the lesson. They can get immediate results of one student or for the classroom as a whole, “which can provide a clearer picture on what the students have learned and problems they encountered” (Akkya, Karakirik, & Durmus, 2005). This allows the student to understand what they did wrong and fix it before it becomes a habit. Also the teacher can spend more or less time on certain areas depending on the results of the student’s responses to questions. With all of these positives though do come negatives. Some teachers that are teaching today do not like or understand technology. So for them to use technology in a classroom would be a struggle and might actually hinder learning because they don’t understand how to use it to make the classroom more efficient. This actually goes for students as well. Some students might have disabilities the limit them for they can use as for technology. This will set those students even farther behind from everyone else. Overall the positives outweigh the negatives when it comes to using technology to assess students learning.
(“Should a teacher only use technology to assess student learning? Why or why not?”)
Teachers should only use technology to assess student learning because the “use of information technology provides numerous opportunities to formulate more successful assessment” (Jamil, 2012). It allows for teachers to get faster results rather than assessing students manually. In today’s very competitive educational field and the enhancement of classrooms with common core, time and efficiency is very important. Technology allows teachers to spend more and less time on important areas and areas of weakness. The teacher can now be more precise with students instead of teaching information that the students might already know. Time is important no matter if it is school or work and technology makes time more manageable.
What is the importance of assessment technology in connection with the ISTE standards?
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is very important for the connection with of assessment technology in the classroom. The ISTE standards for teachers states that “Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.” Technology in the classroom is exactly what ISTE wants and using it to assess students it the best way to establish technology and enhance the students learning. It provides formative and summative learning that is ideal for students to succeed and it provides the feedback and data to the teacher from this learning immediately so they can make necessary adjustments.
Concluding Paragraph for Software to Support Assessment
Teachers can always use new ways to enhance student’s education. Using technology to assess their students work is one of the best things they can do. Teachers have a variety of tools and resources available to them and utilize to enhance the students education. It will allow for an easier learning environment and engage the students in classroom participation. At the same time it provides teachers instant and accurate feedback on the level of each student and the class. Using technology in the classroom to assess students is the best thing a teacher can do to make sure that the student gets the best education possible.
References
Akkaya, R., Karakirik, E., & Durmus, S. (2005). A computer assessment tool for concept mapping. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 4(3), 3-6.
ISTE: Standards for Teachers. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE standards/standards-for-teachers
Jamil, M. (2012). Perceptions of university students regarding computer assisted assessment. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 11(3), 267-275.
The increase in technology in the classroom has dramatically changed the way teachers are impacting their students. The use of technology for assessing students is one very important part. Teachers can now use online tools, software and application based technology to enhance their classroom environment. Teachers can now give quicker responses to student’s areas of weaknesses. Once a teacher receives an immediate response from the classroom they can adjust their teaching right away to spend more or less time on topics for the students. Socrative, Clickers and Poll Everywhere are some of the many resources of technology available to teachers to make students learning faster and more efficient than ever before.
Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning
Using technology to assess student learning is easy, convenient and efficient for the teachers and students. It allows teachers to focus on particular areas of weakness and less time on areas of strengths. In makes the lesson plans more customize depending on the classroom and the students in the classroom. Using the technology the teacher can monitor and evaluate the responses instantaneously to see exactly what areas the student is struggling with. In traditional classrooms teachers would ask a question and students raised their hands and the teacher called on one student to answer. This limited the question for one student and did not evaluate all students. Using software take ask the questions to all the students and has all the students reply at once does not leave any child behind educationally. It allows the teacher to have full attention of all students at all times and has allows the teacher to see who understands the topic. If all students understand the particular area the teacher can move on to the next topic and save time from driving information into students who already know the information and this also leaves extra time for areas of uncertainty with students.
(Socrative) A great online technology resource to use to help enhance the assessment of students in the classroom is Socrative. Socrative is a website that teachers can sing up with for free to create quizzes or just as a response website for students during class. This website provides immediately response to the teacher of the quiz as the students are taking them. It also auto grades the quiz as well so that is save the teacher time going through all the students papers. This allows the teacher to see what most of the students missed so that in the next class they can review those particular areas of weakness.
(Clickers) Clickers are a great tool for question and answer discussions in a classroom. Teachers are always asking students different questions about topics but without this technology they can only call on one student at a time to answer. This does not engage all students in the discussion but having each student hold a clicker so that they can all respond immediately to the question is more efficient. A teacher can ask the same question to the class and have them all answer back immediately to the teacher. If all students get the answer right the teacher can move on to the next topic but if a teacher notices that the students got the questions wrong. The teacher can then take extra time on that section until all students understand it.
(Poll Everywhere) Poll Everywhere is a fantastic technology for assessing all students at any time. Students can use their tablets or computer to log in and answer the questions the teacher submits to them. This is great for students who may have missed school for any reason that day. This allows all students to stay up to date with classroom discussion immediately so they do not get left behind. Students can respond to answer on the website, mobile app, text message and even twitter. Students will be able to stay engaged with the classroom at all times and teachers can stay engaged with students and their learning at all times as well.
(Formative and Summative Assessments)
In a formative assessment a teacher gets feedback from the student in regards to the lesson. The students will provide short summaries explaining what they just learned in the lesson or submit an evaluation outline of the course. Technology can help students do this by using tablets so that they can write down their findings in the tablet and submit to tools like Socrative which allows the teacher to ask one question and have all the students write back immediately. The summative assessment is where the teacher provides an exam to determine the student’s level of learning. This gives the teacher a feedback that they can measure with certainty. Teachers can use Socrative to send the test out to students to complete and have them submit the answers back immediately. This allows the teacher to have the test auto graded and see instantly the level of the student and the amount of information they were able to retain individually and as a classroom.
(Pros and Cons of using Technology to Facilitate Assessment) (200 words)
Anything used in a classroom or in life has its positives and negatives that happen. The same thing goes for using technology inside the classroom. There are many positives in using technology to assess students inside a classroom. Teachers are able to get faster results on particular areas of the lesson. They can get immediate results of one student or for the classroom as a whole, “which can provide a clearer picture on what the students have learned and problems they encountered” (Akkya, Karakirik, & Durmus, 2005). This allows the student to understand what they did wrong and fix it before it becomes a habit. Also the teacher can spend more or less time on certain areas depending on the results of the student’s responses to questions. With all of these positives though do come negatives. Some teachers that are teaching today do not like or understand technology. So for them to use technology in a classroom would be a struggle and might actually hinder learning because they don’t understand how to use it to make the classroom more efficient. This actually goes for students as well. Some students might have disabilities the limit them for they can use as for technology. This will set those students even farther behind from everyone else. Overall the positives outweigh the negatives when it comes to using technology to assess students learning.
(“Should a teacher only use technology to assess student learning? Why or why not?”)
Teachers should only use technology to assess student learning because the “use of information technology provides numerous opportunities to formulate more successful assessment” (Jamil, 2012). It allows for teachers to get faster results rather than assessing students manually. In today’s very competitive educational field and the enhancement of classrooms with common core, time and efficiency is very important. Technology allows teachers to spend more and less time on important areas and areas of weakness. The teacher can now be more precise with students instead of teaching information that the students might already know. Time is important no matter if it is school or work and technology makes time more manageable.
What is the importance of assessment technology in connection with the ISTE standards?
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is very important for the connection with of assessment technology in the classroom. The ISTE standards for teachers states that “Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.” Technology in the classroom is exactly what ISTE wants and using it to assess students it the best way to establish technology and enhance the students learning. It provides formative and summative learning that is ideal for students to succeed and it provides the feedback and data to the teacher from this learning immediately so they can make necessary adjustments.
Concluding Paragraph for Software to Support Assessment
Teachers can always use new ways to enhance student’s education. Using technology to assess their students work is one of the best things they can do. Teachers have a variety of tools and resources available to them and utilize to enhance the students education. It will allow for an easier learning environment and engage the students in classroom participation. At the same time it provides teachers instant and accurate feedback on the level of each student and the class. Using technology in the classroom to assess students is the best thing a teacher can do to make sure that the student gets the best education possible.
References
Akkaya, R., Karakirik, E., & Durmus, S. (2005). A computer assessment tool for concept mapping. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 4(3), 3-6.
ISTE: Standards for Teachers. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTE standards/standards-for-teachers
Jamil, M. (2012). Perceptions of university students regarding computer assisted assessment. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 11(3), 267-275.