Standard+II

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS for students. Teachers: standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
 * 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments **
 * a. ** design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
 * b. ** develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
 * c. ** customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
 * d. ** provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology


 * 1. List ways in which you assess and evaluate student learning.**


 * observation
 * homework
 * classwork
 * workshop
 * group/paired activities
 * participation
 * projects
 * tests/quizzes


 * 1a. List at least 2 ways in which you could improve how you assess and evaluate student learning.**
 * First, I can have students peer edit or grade their own classwork by teaching them the grading process in the beggining of the school year. I spend an incredible amount of time looking at everything when I should really be more selective about what to grade. Giving my students some responsibility will allow me to focus on greater assessments like creative works and projects. As I have stated before, I really am moving towards project based learning. Ultimately I would like to be grading less class work. I want to reduce paper work and have students working on projects that will promote creative thinking, time and cooperative effort.
 * Also, I plan to improve assessment and evaluation of student learning by incorporating online tests and quizzes using various web site assessment tools. This will reduce paper work and making the grading process much quicker. Some of the assessment tools will allow students to go back and take an assessment again. I think that is great because I have given retests many times, this will make the retest process so much easier for students and they will have the option of taking an assessment at home.


 * 2. List ways in which technology plays a role in helping you and your students monitor student growth and/or achievement.**
 * Minimize time spent on grading and maximize time spent on creating or searching for higher quality assessments.
 * Students will be able to retest.
 * Students will be able to monitor their own achievement better.
 * The results will be organized and stored.
 * Some web based assessment tools will do the grading and organize the results.


 * 2a. List 2 ways in which you could better utilize technology to assess students.**
 * Students can take quizzes/tests or retake a test at home. This is great for my students that are easily distracted.
 * I can personalize assessments for my students. I may want to use essay boxes for brief constructed response when questioning my gifted students or use multiple choice questions for some of my students with an IEP. Some assessement tools make it possible to have pictures, charts, and/or graphic organizers which will be great for my ESOL students.


 * 3. List resources that will help you grow in this area.**
 * Polldaddy
 * Surveymonkey
 * DiscoveryEd
 * Equizzar
 * QuizStar

I plan to design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments by incorporating online tests and quizzes using various web site assessment tools. Specifically, I would like to use DiscoveryEd so that my students can view videoclips at home pertaining to the skill we learned that day in school. They will be able to take the quiz at home and in some instances retake the assessment if needed. Also, I will use Polldaddy and SurveyMonkey so that I can monitor achivement, drive instruction and students can take quizzes/tests or retake a test at home. Also, I can personalize assessments for my students. I may want to use essay boxes for brief constructed response when questioning my gifted students or use multiple choice questions for some of my students with an IEP. In addition, I will include pictures, charts, and/or graphic organizers made available with many of the assessment tools.
 * 4. Write a summary statement of 1a and 2a above in the form of an action you can take to incorporate digital learning experiences and assessments. Add this statement to the Action Plan.**