Annie Valverde

EDU 225
1-10-16
Drew McBroom
Annievalverde.com

Part 1: Assessment Technology

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Part 2: Blog Post

Introduction

Using technology to support student assessment in the classroom can be tremendously

useful. Its important for teachers to provide this for their students so they can better facilitate
how and what they are going to teach to create the most positive experience for their class. For
students, playing games, taking quizzes, completing assignments, and asking questions to assess
where they are at with the content of the lessons, is as easy as a click of the mouse (Dyer, 2013).
There are numerous online resources these days available to teachers and students to assist in
these assessments, and utilizing them is only going to benefit the learning experience.

Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning

By using technology, facilitating assessment becomes quick and easy. The authenticity of
the results improves, and decreases the chances of human error. Whoever is involved in the
assessment will get their statistics immediately, and this is great for in class assessments, where a
teacher can take the results of a quiz for example, and go over misunderstood, or difficult content
that showed troubling for the students (UofR). These techniques also increase the flexibility of
when and where assessments can take place, and takes some of the load off the teacher, who no
longer has to sit at home all night, grading paperwork (UofR).

ForAllRubrics
ForAllRubris is a software program for teachers to create, import, save, and print rubrics
for students to access. Also, their scores compute automatically (Dyer, 2013). In the classroom, a
teacher could create a rubric for a book report due, and provide their students with the rubric
with the instructions for the assignment. They could input the scores for each section and let
program do the rest. A teacher would also be able to post the link on their class website so they

could always be accessible for their students and parents. This ensures no questions, or excuses
when it comes to what is expected from the student.

Edmodo
Edmodo is a website that helps teachers create and assign quizzes, collaborate with
colleagues, and conduct polls. This is a great way to have teachers give online quizzes that are
specific to their class, and content of what they are learning since they are created by the teacher.
Edmodo is easy, secure, interactive, versatile, and helps keep teachers, students, parents, and
colleagues connected (edmodo.com).
Socrative (100 words)
Socrative is a website that helps connect what the teacher can see on their computer, as
the students are working on their computers or device, in real time (socrative.com). A teacher
could immediately send a quiz, question, or answer a question from any student. Its engaging,
fun, and effective when it comes to assessing students (socrative.com). Theres even a way to
send and exit question to students that they have to answer before leaving for the day. Results
are available for the teacher to analyze, without the hassle of having to manually grade the
students work.
Formative and Summative Assessments
There are two types of assessment. Formative, which monitors student learning at
an ongoing pace, and summative (Carnegie Mellon). Summative assessment evaluates student
learning, and usually takes place at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some
standard or benchmark (Carnegie Mellon). Formative assessment is useful because problem
areas within comprehension can be addressed immediately, instead of waiting until the end of a

unit (Carnegie Mellon). This can be accomplished by having the students type a sentence or two
at the end of the day describing what they believe to be the main point of a lecture, and
submitting it to the classroom blog/website (Carnegie Mellon). With summative, this would be
done by a quiz/test, paper, or final project (Carnegie Mellon). Technology could be incorporated
in summative assessment by having the students take a quiz or submit a paper online.

Pros and Cons of using Technology to Facilitate Assessment

Although there are various reasons to support technology assessment, there are
some cons about it as well. Getting an institution on board, and convincing them of the initial
buy in can be difficult (UofR). For example, does a school district want to pay for every teacher
to have access to a software program? There are always software issues to deal with, and when a
student is taking a quiz outside the classroom, confirming their identity could become an issue
(UofR). For these reasons, a teacher shouldnt rely solely on using technology to students
learning. Also, by a teacher assessing a student on paper, or face to face, it becomes more
personal and may help the teacher determine why certain areas are problematic for their students.

Should a teacher only use technology to assess student learning? Why or why not?
A teacher shouldnt solely rely on technology when assessing student learning because
technology can and will fail us. Theres nothing like the personal experience of taking a pencil
and paper test, or reciting a speech in front of the teacher so get tested face to face.
What is the importance of assessment technology in connection with the ISTE standards?
Assessment technology is important when it comes to ISTE standards because one of the
standards for students is that they will be able to gather, evaluate, and use information

(ISTE.org). They also need to be able to be individual learners, and communicate and work
collaboratively (ISTE.org). Taking an active role in assessing how they are doing in school, and
being able to get those immediate results discussed earlier, they can become those independent,
critical thinking learners.

Concluding Paragraph for Software to Support Assessment

Technology supported assessment is a strategy that should absolutely be used by teachers
today. There are so many benefits to doing this, including accuracy, and time saving programs.
From creating rubrics, to issuing tests, the possibilities are numerous. Although it may not be
wise to fully rely on software supported assessment, it is something that definitely needs to be
incorporated, in order to create a full learning experience for students of todays generation.

References
Carnegie Mellon. 2015. Eberly Center. What is the difference between
formative and

summative assessment?

https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formativesummative.html
Dyer, Kathy. July, 2015. Digital Technology Tools for Implementing Formative
Assessment- Post One. https://www.nwea.org/blog/2013/digital-technologytools-for-implementing-formative-assessment-post-one/
Edmodo.com
ISTE. ISTE Standards for Students. 2007. http://www.iste.org/standards/ISTEstandards/standards-for-students
UofR. University of Reading. Pros and Cons of using technology enhanced
assessment.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/engageinassessment/using-technology/eiapros-and-

cons-of-using-technology.aspx

socrative.com