The job of a teacher is to be dedicated to authentic student learning.

Utilizing formative
and summative assessments throughout the entire year to collect all sorts of immediate and
valuable information about students that informs and influences how teachers teach, as well as
where and what they review , re-adjust, and re-teach. Understanding what students learn each
day is important so that teachers can support student progress. Checking with low-stakes
assessments are really the most important and useful of student data. Teachers should treat the
adoption of technology as part of lesson planning (D. West and J. Bleiberg, May 7, 2013).
Using exit slips, brief quizzes, and thumbs up/downs are a few ways to gather information on
where students are and where they need to go next.
By monitoring student progress as they work on project they can gather data and
information about learning processes and concepts. This data is then used to misconceptions and
other learning problems in a timely manner. The best education technology enable teachers to
do more with fewer resources (D. West and J. Bleiberg, May 7, 2013). When data is collected
from assessments that monitor student progress, it is tied to timely, specific feedback, students
take more control over their learning by addressing specific areas of weakness and affirming
areas of understanding and strength.
Teacher Vision is a great site for teachers featuring several resources and tools that will
save the teacher time better spent on teaching by helping with student assessments, lesson plans,
graphic organizers, printables, and quizzes. Discover ideas for boosting high-stakes testing
results, materials for authentic assessments, strategies for accommodating students of diverse
abilities, and more (teachervision.com). Search thousands of pages of materials and resources
that will enhance your teaching and make your life a bit easier. With this resource you have all

the help you would need to stimulate and engage the minds of all of your students every day in
all of your lesson plans.
With the mimiovote assessment you can access data instantly or gradually over time.
Show student results on spreadsheets, or lesson plans. Have self-led or teacher-led lessons or
quizzes. Handsets can be assigned a number then assigned to a student to ensure accuracy. It is a
fun way to bring technology into the classroom, without the students even knowing that they are
being assessed. Especially with the students being so video game savvy. The system is
compatible with both Microsoft and Power Point. This tool would be good for those students
who are not good test takers but do good in most other areas. . What if your assessment tools
could accurately measure student understanding on the spot, with maximum class participation
(mimio.com)?
iwalkthroug.org is a collaborative, teaching, technology-driven system for collecting and
analyzing data on school wide practices that is opening new frontier in data-informed-self
analysis and comprehensive professional development. For schools (iwalkthrough.org). This is
a web based classroom observation tool that identifies instructional trends and patterns over time
that allows action planning and more staff dialog. Doing brief class observations then
immediately entering the data into the app which is then instantly unloaded allows for a better
understanding of student learning and what teachers need to be doing.
A formative assessment is used daily and weekly to measure student progress as it
happens. A summative assessment reveals the content knowledge and skills students have gained
by the end of the lesson or school year. Formative assessment monitor student learning to give
ongoing data to improve or ensure instruction is being given in the best possible way for the
student to learn. Summative assessments evaluate the knowledge students possess at the end of

a lesson or the end of a school year. A summative assessment is a high stakes assessments for a
student as in pass or fail, graduating on not.
It allows you to assess a wider range of students skills and competences. In allowing s
fore this wider range of students skills it is easier to make tasks more authentic and align
assessments with learning outcomes of a lesson. Assessments can be presented clearly using
tools like the Smartboard or mimiovote making them accessible to all students. Assessments are
digital therefore allowing them to be scheduled. The use of technology to enhanced assessments
can also be a boost to student engagement by enabling diverse assessment methods to be
implemented, supporting, and active learning allowing more frequent formative assessment. The
cons could be if a shift to online assessment resulted in less face to face time some could feel a
sense of isolation. There could also be accessibility issues staff and students alike are not all tech
savvy.
Should a teacher only use technology to assess student learning? Why or why not?
No, Teacher should not rely solely on technology to assess student learning. I know it is
more accurate, faster, and easier. A teacher also needs to observe her students working within the
classroom itself. If it is possible spend some time one on one with each student to see how they
are doing even if this take several days. This will put you students more at ease with you
walking around offering help before it is needed they will be more comfortable to ask for it when
it is really needed.
What is the importance of assessment technology in connection with the ISTE standards?
In order to prepare students for the world they will be entering it is important to have
standard in which every educator must maintain to ensure students are prepared for the future.

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 (ISTE)
Assessments using software are excellent tools for the classroom. They can be a
teachers best friend and a wonderful classroom manager. But we must remember students still
need the interaction they get in the group setting.

References

http://www.iwalkthrough.org/tools/classroom-observation/
http://www.mimio.com/en-NA/Products/MimioVote-Assessment.aspx
http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-teachers
https://www.teachervision.com/classroom-management/resource/5776.html
West, Darrell M. and Joshua Bleiberg, Joshua (May 7, 2013). Five Ways Teachers Can Use
Technology to Help Students. Retrieved from,
http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/05/07-teachers-technology-studentseducation-west-bleiberg