Teacher and Technology Oct 9 2013

Lab

Gizmos (math/science) from Explorelearning.com

20 Things new teachers should do (with a healthy tech bias)

http://savemedia.com/ to download youtube videos (ensure that you in compliance with the copyright!)

Timelines -TimeToast (samples),  Capzules (make a timeline of history, a major writer, an athlete or sport or whatever with either of these timeline creators)
http://timerime.com/ - thanks to Brent

Survey Monkey - free online surveys - please fill in our mid-course survey.

A15     A17

PollEveryWhere - text/tweet in a response

TodaysMeet.com - quick setup for background comments

Class

Presentations

A15 -  Jon Bruckshaw, Leah Harpelle, Kyle Ridler (Add your comments here)

A17 - Tyson Gross, Laura Kalyta, Eric Wiebe (Add your comments here)

Important ideas for_teachers  14

Assessment in a Digital Age

Groups of 3-4 go over what you know about for/of/as assessment

x reference link - Simple version, more, PP/PDF version

Redekopp Roulette explained

What is late and why does it matter?

James Paul Gee on Assessment with video games (and implications for general assessment)

x Does this apply to how we use tech in ed?

From the RWL

C21 skills - what are they? With your group list the most important ones

How do we encourage and assess them? How do we report them?

Manitoba Provincial Report Cards - Sample SY report cards

Assessment

From https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/assets/research_papers/brown-bag/determining-developing-and-assessing-the-capabilities-of-future-ready-students.pdf

21st century assessments. Authentic 21st century assessments are the essential foundation of a 21st century education. Assessments must measure all five results that matter — core subjects; 21st century content; learning and thinking skills; ICT literacy; and life skills. Assessment of 21st century skills should be integrated with assessments of core subjects. Separate assessments would defeat the purpose of infusing 21st century skills into core subjects. To be effective, sustainable and affordable, assessments must use modern technologies to increase efficiency and timeliness. Standardized tests alone can measure only a few of the important skills and knowledge students should learn. A balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing along with effective classroom assessments, offers students and teachers a powerful tool to master the content and skills central to success.

Must read - pp. 10 - 16 from Shifting Minds from C21Canada.org - note their ideas of 21C skills

Partnership for 21C Skills - pp. 16-17 for summary and assessment

In addition choose at least 2 from among:

Read

• ATCS21C site and videos

• Innovations in Education blog post about assessment

• Transforming Assesment

Watch

• Pearson - Assessing Complex Problems

• 21C Skills Assessment

• Very short one

• Authentic Assessment (GoAnimate)

• Japanese (?) Version

Listen

• Effective Assessment in a Digital Age - also has text

• Assessment When Using New Tools - this page has links to readings, video and audio

Future topics -

AAC - Oct 18 presentation after the two presentations

Flipped Classroom - Khan Academy, TeacherTube, games, and what happens in the classroom?

Digital waste