I am working on an end of unit review that I want to use with all of the teachers in my faculty. The purpose of the review is multiple: I would like the students to give us feedback on the unit of learning they have just undertaken Assessment and learning objectives should be clear and [...]
This starter sheets is looking at the online service Crocodoc which allows the users to upload, share and annotate document. The documents can then be downloaded in the mark-up format or in the original format. This service supports PDF and Microsoft office files. This is a useful way of collating student work sharing exemplars and [...]
This is the next in the assessment series – this use a blog as the medium for a student applying the reflective cycle to reflect on an event. The reflective cycle has 5 stages – Select an event describe the event – what, where, when and who Analyse the event – break it down into [...]
This is the next starter sheet in the assessment series. This is slightly more specialized in terms of the software being used, but the principles being applied are the same no matter what the testing tool is. Diagnostic testing is looking backwards to plan forwards. It can also include a snapshot of the understanding of [...]
Diagnostic assessment is one of the three main forms of assessment we use. It is critical element of good teaching practice as it values past learning and lets us work out where our students are as we continue the learning journey. Diagnostic assessment is used at the start of a unit of learning and frequently [...]
This is the next starter sheet in the set I am working on for providing technology tools for feedback. In this starter sheet, its looking at the tool set available in Google documents to provide feedback, critiques and correction. The tools include the revision history tool and using the comments tools to have a threaded [...]
The Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero team has developed a useful tool for providing feedback. The tool is intended for a colleague or peer to provide feedback to a teaching peer about either their lesson, unit or potentially course of learning. I have been working on assessment for some presentation I have coming [...]
This is the next starter sheet focusing on how to use comment tools for formative assessment. In this example the range of tools available in the product allow the reviewer to add audio comments, text based comment and well as a range of drawing tools. Being able to add notes to PDF is a powerful [...]
I am developing some resources for feedback and assessment for a couple of presentations in an doing. One of the tools that I want to use with staff for providing feedback is the review tools in MS Word. These allow the reviewer to make comments, corrections and suggestions with the learner. These are a great [...]
Thinking about Assessment – Summative & Understanding by design. Summative assessment is a snapshot in time. It is a statement of what a student knows or does not know at one moment. We are very familiar with this style of assessment, we see it in examinations, in qualifications whether they are norm referenced or criterion [...]
