Middle School Assessment: Authentic and Technology Rich

Penny A. Bishop and John M. DownesUniversity of Vermont

Association for Middle Level Education Nashville, November 7, 2014

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Today’s Focus1. What is authentic assessment?

2. How can technology make assessment more authentic?

Twitter Augmented ImagesVideo and PodcastingLearning Management SystemsDigital Portfolios

3. What can you do with technology and assessment in your school?

What is authentic assessment, anyway?

How can technology make assessment more authentic?

Twitter

Twitter can be used for...

Assessing Prior KnowledgeDemonstrating New LearningReflecting on Process

A window into a student’s prior knowledge about chemical reactions

Twitter: Assessing Prior Knowledge

Twitter: Assessing Prior Knowledge

Twitter: Demonstratin

g New Learning

Twitter: Reflecting on Learning Process

Twitter for Assessment

Write a 140-character assessment of the conference so far.

#AMLE2014

Augmented Images

Augmented ImagesThinglink: embed videos, links, comments, tweets or other images in a master image

Augmented ImagesAurasma: an iOS app for embedding 3D graphics, videos, quizzes and polls in a single image.

Augmented Images7th grade biology students:

1. examine cells from their cheeks under a microscope 2. snap a photo of the magnified cell with their iPads3. mark the different cell structures with Notability

Videos and Podcasting

Video

A middle school educator in Vermont had his students make videos documenting their experience living on the same water rations as students in Uganda.

Podcasting

Many tools for videos available:

And many ways to use them with your students

○Badging○Schoology

Learning Management

Systems

Badges for Proficiency

Create a Badge

Identify a skill or disposition in your curriculum.

What badge would you create?How would students earn it?

Schoology LMS: Students reflecting on progress

Digital Portfolios

Digital Portfolios: Evernote

Potential Challenges○ Time-intensive to create rigorous tasks ○ Some tools are platform-dependent○ Some tools have a steep learning curve○ Availability of equipment and software○ Authentic audience○ Quiet space in noisy school○ Age restrictions ○ Filters and firewalls

Vermont Context

1:1 Middle Schools

Which could you integrate next week?

Twitter Podcasting Google Glass

e-Portfolios Aurasma iMotion

Vine Thinglink Photostory

iMovie Skitch Evernote

CEU Code

ST-34

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