An Ed Tech Journey... » Learning/Understanding http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org documenting my experiences with teaching and technology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:36:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 CEP 800: Module 1 Reflection http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/20/cep-800-module-1-reflection/ http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/20/cep-800-module-1-reflection/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:42:24 +0000 kelleral http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/20/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.

In My Classroom I Will…

  • Use formative assessment and scaffolding to assist my students in understanding
  • Use varied types of assessments which measure that students are understanding content in a meaningful way.
    • This may include online assessments, student created rubrics, interviews, and more
  • Create podcasts for my students to listen to
  • Let my students create their own podcasts
    • Creating interview Pre and post assessments would be valuable to students to see how their understanding has changed
    • Podcasts could help students share what they are learning with parents
    • Creatively broadcasting a “radio segment” about a unit could be an interesting assessment
]]> http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/20/cep-800-module-1-reflection/feed/ 0 Student Understanding Podcast: CEP 800 http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/student-understanding-podcast-cep-800/ http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/student-understanding-podcast-cep-800/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:57:31 +0000 kelleral http://alisonkeller.edublogs.org/2007/09/19/student-understanding-podcast-cep-800/ Sometimes assessment is difficult. It is hard to know what are students are understanding and where they hold on to misconceptions. I interviewed a student to try and discover what he was understanding about the topic of democracy. While he initially can answer confidently and describe democracy, further probing made him uncomfortable and demonstrated that he had some gaps in his knowledge about democracy (which a written test may not provoke).

Listen to the podcast I created of this interview. 800_understanding.mp3

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