CEP 800: Module 1 Reflection

Reflecting on Student Understanding:

Figuring out whether or not our students are understanding the things we are teaching them is a crucial part of being an effective teacher. It is not as easy as it sounds to decipher what our students understand and where they have misconceptions. We have to look very closely at the ways we choose to assess our students and how the type of assessment will reflect what the student understands. Questions need to be asked carefully with follow up questions and application type questions. Props and pictures can be used as part of assessment. Online and technology enhanced assessments should be considered. Rubrics can be coconstructed by students and teachers. Broadening our view of what is considered assessment, and moving away from a test at the end of a unit and towards constant assessment throughout a unit, will help us not only understand what our students are understanding, but make sure they are understanding more and that misconceptions are corrected.

Quality Audio:

Quality audio is the difference between the recording you force yourself to listen to (or turn off) and the one that is enjoyable and informative. Cleaning up a recording by cutting out ums and unnecessary talk, adding pauses and music, using more than one voice, and careful preparation and quality recording can make all the difference in an audio file.

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