Comments on: Thoughts on Assessment

By: Lexie

Lexie — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:45:48 +0000

Well I think accountability is coming for technology, I think that next year’s freshmen will be accountable for some technology skills, but I believe that each district will be the one who measures it. Now I may be wrong, but accountability is coming to Kentucky in technology, but how is another question still up in the air.

By: Gloria Newsome

Gloria Newsome — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:09:48 +0000

As Remona said, students are very knowledgeable in the use of technology because they use it for their own enjoyment and to communicate on sites such as Facebook and Myspace among other things. Therefore when we are trying to incorporate the use of technology due to Standard IX, as dancingnancy says. When students are assigned projects which include research and presentations that require the use of technology in not only the preparation of the project but also in the presentaion, then we are assessing them using technology to a point aren’t we?

By: dancingnancy533

dancingnancy533 — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:46:43 +0000

It is interesting how in this day in age of more technology than was in our society a decade that there is no accountability for it with students. Teachers now have accountability for using technology with the addition of Standard IX to the Professional Standards. So, why only one side of the fence? Why not hold students accountable? A lot of professions include at least some aspect of technology and we should want students to master that content as much as the other courses we teach.

By: Remona Estep

Remona Estep — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:58:25 +0000

I think about assessment quite a bit and try to design evaluations that target the different learning styles. When considering the matter of assessment in the realm of technology use, I keep returning to the thought that students enjoy surfing the web and hanging out with their friends on Facebook and MySpace it’s entertaining and interesting to them. There is no formal accountablity. Sometimes they do face personal issues over what someone has said or done and their reactions build or dissolve character in the much the same way playground conflicts do. But, on to my point, I wonder if teaching in cyberspace will become as monotonous and disengaging as regular classrooms if we institute an accountablity system for what they are learning. The real task is how to keep them learning without letting them know that we are trying to teach them.