Chapter 4 Digital Badge #I
"Learning Assessments (Knowing what students have learned)
I am reflecting on this section of the Chapter because I believe that learning assessments will be very beneficial for me and my future students. As a current student, it is very important for me to know my current grades, along with my progress in all of my classes, so I know what I need to work on and try harder on to be successful. As a future teacher, I know that learning assessments will be very beneficial for me because I will be able to see how my students are doing. There are many different options for a learning assessment for your students. I want me students to be successful, so I will do everything I can to keep up with their progress.
"Using Electronic software"
What would education be without electronics these days? Electronic grading software is a virtual record keeping system. I am looking forward to being able to use electronic grading software as a teacher because it will make my work quicker and my students will have their grades accurately and much quicker then if I did not have this system to use for calculating grades. Although being an Elementary teacher, not all of the work I will provide will be graded with letter grades. Teachers are able to create their own grading system for the particular assignment that is given, and are able to put that into the software so it is great for what you need at that specific time and for each specific assignment.
"Meeting Educational Standards"
I am reflecting on this topic in the chapter because meeting educational standards is a significant part of my just as a future teacher. Each grade level has specific guide lines that are needed to go by in order to get the material out that is needed for that grade level, not just anything can be taught. When reality is thought about, there are so many things that is needed to know. So, with that being said, decisions need to be made on what to take out, and what to leave in your teaching in the classroom. It it is up to the teacher on what to do with that situation. I am looking forward to being creative and choosing what I will believe is the best in the curriculum that needs to be taught.
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References:
Woolf, B. (2014). Designing Lessons and developing curriculum with technology. InTransforming Learning with new technologies (Second ed., p. 98). Upper Saddle River.
Assessments are so important, as you mention - but many times they are thought of only as tests and quizzes. Hopefully, with the addition of projects and hands-on creations, there will be more rubrics used to move away from the traditional ways - they tend to allow for more flexibility and variance in student learning. Furthermore, we need to think about more formative assessment opportunities - how can they be built in to our teaching?
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