21st Century Assessments for

Today's 21st Century Learner

Naomi Harm S
WEMTA Wired Wednesday 2011
 Todays’ Meet Activity

S Today’s Meet is a back channel chat to

flourish collaboration and communication
S Great tool to watch the learning process
come to life and modify/adapt instruction
S http://todaysmeet.com/WEMTA21C
Logging Into Todays Meet
http://todaysmeet.com/WEMTA21C
Logging Into Todays Meet
http://todaysmeet.com/WEMTA21C
 Today’s Meet Activity

S Introduce yourself to the online

community.
S Grade-level or curricular area you
instruct or support.
S Share an assessment that works
well for you and why.
S http://todaysmeet.com/WEMTA21C
 Word, Wordle, & Word It Out
Assessment Intro

S Describe what you know about 21st century

assessments and student learning outcomes.
S Copy your paragraph description and paste it into
the Wordle/Word It Out text box and click create.

http://www.wordle.net http://worditout.com
Wordle How-To #1

http://www.wordle.net
Wordle How To #2
Wordle How To #3
 What Are 21st Assessments?

S Balance of assessments

S High-quality standardized testing

S Formative and summative assessments
S Feedback on student performances
 What Are 21st Assessments?

S Balance of assessments

S Technology-enhanced to measure student

mastery of 21st century skills

S Portfolios or collections of student work that

demonstrate mastery of 21st century skills.
21st Century Assessment

http://youtube.com/watch/?v=n2WKCBxeoxU
Why do we need assessments of
21st century skills?

S To measure a student’s
knowledge and ability to
apply knowledge in
complex situations.
S Generate evidence of
the skill sets that the
business and education
communities believe will
ensure success in the
21st century.
Questions To Consider

S Is my district considering
developing or adopting general
achievement tests that include
21st century skills?

S Are teachers in my district

using classroom-based
assessments that measure
21st century skills?
21st Century Educator

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher
TodaysMeet Reflecton

S List three descriptive character

traits to represent your 21st
Century educator profile or
your assessment style.

S Extension activity: Create a

six word memoir in Wordle
to represent you as a 21st
Century Educator.
 Route 21

S Repository designed to serve as a central

hub on 21st century skills assessments.
S http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21
Route 21
 What Is The Best Form of
21st Century Assessment?

S Rich real tasks, often collaborative,

involving higher order thinking.

S Tasks will reflect 21st Century learning.

S Clear and transparent, with the student, their peers and

the teacher intimately involved in the student academic
growth process.

S Focused on both the learning process and the

assessment outcome.
 Today’s Digital Learner

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/extras/digital_native.html
My Assessment Digital Toolbox
Assessment Resource List
 Intel Education
Assessing Projects

http://educate.intel.com/en/assessingprojects
 Assessment in
21st Century Classrooms

http://intel.com/education/elements
Assessment Resources
Blog Rubric Example
Creativity Rubric Example
Self-Direction Rubric Example
Wiki Checklist Example
Thinkfinity Assessments

http://www.thinkfinity.org
 Rich Real World Tasks

S Allowing students input into the development of the

assessment.

S The process of learning is as important as the end product.

S We must value the outcomes of our learning and the

process of reaching those outcomes.
 Transparent Schema

S Students must know the end points they have to reach.

S They must clearly understand not only the objectives of the

task but the criterion by which they will be judged.

S It provides a process of goal setting.

S Will lead to greater ownership of the task and increased

engagement.
 Teacher Feedback

S Timely – the end of the task is too late.

S Appropriate and reflective – the feedback

must reflect the students ability.
S Ongoing and continuous – it needs to be
part of your everyday routine.
 Reflective Practice

S Reflective practice is something we should

encourage in our students and ourselves.

S Rich real world tasks

S Incorporating collaboration

S Self and peer assessment

Wordle Assessment Closing Activity

S Repeat the first Wordle task to now reflect your new

gained understandings of 21st century assessments.

S Now compare Wordle #1 to Wordle #2 and you have

created your own pre and post authentic
assessment of your learning process from today’s
webinar.
 Student and Educator
Created Assessments

S 4 Teachers: http://4teachers.org

S Assessment and Evaluation:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/rubric.htm

S Eduscapes Teacher Tools:

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic39.htm

S Mobile Learning Tools:

http://mlearnopedia.blogspot.com/2009/01/mobile-
learning-tools.html
 Student and Educator
Created Assessments

S PBL Checklists: http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

S Rubrics 4 Teachers: http://www.rubrics4teachers.com

S Rubistar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org

S Teach-nology: http://www.teach-
nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

S Shambles Rubric Resources:

http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/rubrics/
 Google Document Activity

S 100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration

http://techlearning.com/blogs/26378

S Best 2009 Online Collaboration Tools

http://www.mindmeister.com/12213323

S Kathy Schrock’s Tool List

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edtools.html

S Teamwork & Collaboration Tools by Shambles

http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/collab
 Naomi’s Contact Info

S Naomi Harm
S Innovative Educator 2.0 Consulting
S National Intel Senior Trainer
S P21 Literacy and Assessment Specialist
S WEMTA Vice President

S Blog: http://blog.innovativeeducator.us

S Email: innovativeeducator@gmail.com