Preassessments are activities that occur before a new lesson or topics is taught. Using preassessments, teachers are able to determine what students already know and can do before they teach a lesson. Some preassessment strategies that teachers use are writing prompts, graphic organizers, observations and surveys. I like the idea of having preassessments because teachers get to know more about their students individually. Teachers are able to know where their students are before they teach a lesson. That gives them the ability to know where to start with each students. Also, not all students learn at the same level, so I think that having preassessments shows the teacher what level each student is on and gives them an idea of what the lesson should involve. Below is an example of how a preassessment would look in graphic organizer style.
Online survey is a preassessment strategy that is delivered and tabulated online (Maloy, 285). The purpose for online surveys is to help teachers know what students already know about a topic before a new lesson. I like that online surveying is being used because it is more relaxing than taking tests. Students like online surveys because they are not tests with right and wrong answers or high or low scores (Maloy, 285). I also like online surveying because they identify what the students already know and what they would like to know. As the book mentioned, online surveying creates a sense of collaborative learning in which students and teachers work together. I agree because teachers are showing that they want to know about their students and students are giving the teachers evidence of their knowledge. SurveyMonkey is an online survey that the book mentioned thats an easy-to-use survey tool for educators.
Every teacher should have a digital teaching portfolio. It’s an organized collection of educational and professional materials that’s stored in an electronic format (Maloy, 279). A digital teaching portfolio documents one’s academics, teaching, talents, and accomplishments. The book mentioned that documenting professional learning accomplishments is a way to provide career-related information to school administrators and other educators (Maloy, 279). The benefits of these portfolios is that teachers are able to see their growth and development over time. Other school administrators are able to also look at a teacher’s portfolio and get ideas on career-related information. I like the idea of teachers having digital portfolios and would encourage that they are used. Below is a cool video about digital portfolios.
You tapped into some of the primary issues in reviewing assessments - and looked at the positive side, too! Assessments should be positive and not negative, as associated with the now high stakes, standardized tests that students have come to hate. Assessments are just one more part of learning and we need to capitalize on using them in unique and authentic ways rather than rely on the worksheet/quiz/test mentality that steers students to boredom. Let them create! :) And, there are certainly a variety of tools which provide that opportunity with technology, including the online preassessments. You did a nice job of demonstrating that with your Gliffy embed.
You tapped into some of the primary issues in reviewing assessments - and looked at the positive side, too! Assessments should be positive and not negative, as associated with the now high stakes, standardized tests that students have come to hate. Assessments are just one more part of learning and we need to capitalize on using them in unique and authentic ways rather than rely on the worksheet/quiz/test mentality that steers students to boredom. Let them create! :) And, there are certainly a variety of tools which provide that opportunity with technology, including the online preassessments. You did a nice job of demonstrating that with your Gliffy embed.
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