Digital Badge #J

Learning assessments are what teachers use to evaluate a student’s knowledge and understanding before, during, and after teaching a lesson. The book mentions a variety of different assessment tools that teachers may use. Some were multiple choice and short answer tests, oral discussions, and student projects (Maloy,77). Some technology tools that could be used to evaluate could be electronic tests and quizzes, digital portfolios, and online surveys (Maloy,77). Having so many different assessment and technology tools makes assessing more creative. Teachers are able to switch up on how they want to evaluate their students. Students are also able to experience different assessments and engage in other ways to show that they are learning. Below is a sample learning assessment that I created on FlipQuiz. 

I believe that performance assessments are great ways to measure students learning. With performance assessments, students are assessed through presentations, projects, or class participation. Teachers are actually able to see what the student knows with performance assessments. It also allows them to see where the student may be struggling at. I think that using performance assessments makes it easier for the students than by just giving them a traditional assessment. They don’t have to be so uptight about testing and are able to become more engaged. Below is a sample performance assessment that a student might create. 

Student performance rubrics are what teachers use to evaluate a students work on assignments and activities. Teachers use rubrics so that students know exactly how they will be graded and what activities or accomplishments that they need to complete to achieve a learning level or grade (Maloy,90). I think that using student performance rubrics is good for both teachers and students. Teachers are able to provide descriptive expectations of what they want of their students and students are able to get a clear understanding of what the teacher expects of them ahead of time. I think that using student performance rubrics are a way for the teacher and students to communicate with one another. I created a rubric to go along with my performance assessment sample. 

Flamingo/Ostrich assessment Rubric
CREATIVITY	No pictures 0 pts	Unrelated pictures 1 pt	1 related picture per slide 3 pts	At least 2 related pictures per slide 5 pts
RESEARCH	No facts 0 pts	1 unrelated fact per slide 1 pt	1 related fact per slide/per bird 3 pts	At least two facts per slide/per bird 5 pts
GRAMMAR	More than 1 misspelled / misused word 0 pts	At least 1 misused or misspelled word 1 pt	Incorrect use of words, but correct spelling 3 pts	Words spelled correctly and used correctly 5 pts

reference: Maloy, R. W. (2014). Transforming learning with new technologies (2nd ed.). Boston: Pearson.