Assessment tool: Blog or video log
Type: formative, summative
Grouping: individual
Purpose: This tool will help teachers see how a student formulates thoughts and opinions around a topic. It can also provide a means of viewing peer assessment and even self-assessment. Students reflect back on their own writing as they continue blogging or vlogging.
Rationale: This tool can be used in conjunction with a rubric or observation. It is an effective tool to use in charting growth and understanding in a written format. A progression of ideas and thoughts can be witnesses in subsequent entries. However, blogs(especially vlogs) can also incorporate visual understanding with images and other add-ons. Once again, finding an assessment that allows students to express themselves in a freer manner. An effective tool to measure digital literacy and academic literacy.
21CLD connection: This tool is using a 21CLD application to deliver. Blogs can be done at anytime and anywhere. The audience can be refined or expansive. Teachesr can use the blogs of famous or academics to use in further study in the classroom.
Example:
This is a good document from the University of New South Wales in Australia highlighting how to structure blogs for assessing and what are some of the possible pitfalls to watch for in using blogs for assessment.
Grouping: individual
Purpose: This tool will help teachers see how a student formulates thoughts and opinions around a topic. It can also provide a means of viewing peer assessment and even self-assessment. Students reflect back on their own writing as they continue blogging or vlogging.
Rationale: This tool can be used in conjunction with a rubric or observation. It is an effective tool to use in charting growth and understanding in a written format. A progression of ideas and thoughts can be witnesses in subsequent entries. However, blogs(especially vlogs) can also incorporate visual understanding with images and other add-ons. Once again, finding an assessment that allows students to express themselves in a freer manner. An effective tool to measure digital literacy and academic literacy.
21CLD connection: This tool is using a 21CLD application to deliver. Blogs can be done at anytime and anywhere. The audience can be refined or expansive. Teachesr can use the blogs of famous or academics to use in further study in the classroom.
Example:
This is a good document from the University of New South Wales in Australia highlighting how to structure blogs for assessing and what are some of the possible pitfalls to watch for in using blogs for assessment.
Source: Retrieved from http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/assessing-blogs