Module 5

This module has helped me think about student-centered assessment in the following ways….

• Assessment is not the end all
• Assessments can be a critical indicator of where to go in my teaching - reteach, move on, add rigor, etc.
• Assessments can be motivators for my students - when they see their results, and set goals to move beyond where they are ...... and thus encourage their internal drive to excell.
• Formative assessments can be made fun for the students in that there are so many possibilities you could use. They can show what they have learned by doing.

Module 4

How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?

I have two examples of how technology can be used effectively to support and assess student learning. I could use a CPS system to give a review or a quiz. The students engagement increases when they can use the responders to enter their answers. They look forward to even quizzes if they can use the responders. I can then print out a report to enter grades.

The second example is by having the students make a powerpoint to show what they have learned or use Publisher to make a newsletter or poster of what they are learning increases their engagement and quickly shows if they have learned the objective.