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How does assessment change in the networked classroom?
(From last November but still relevent)
This week I am in Kuala Lumpur at the EARCOS Administrators' conference. I've finished 4 presentations and have two more to do tomorrow. As always I've been playing with new tools, new ways of learning, and new ways to support teachers and administrators in this new networked work.
This week I've been playing with the new site called ustream.tv. All you need is an internet connect and a web cam and you can create your own TV channel on the Internet. So I've been streaming my presentations in real time over the Internet to anyone who cared to watch. During my session yesterday I went to my Twitter network and posted that I was "going live" with ustream. In no time at all 40 people were watching me from around the world...with only about 15 people sitting in front of me....talk about a strange feeling when there are more people watching you on the Internet then are in real life in front of you.
The best part about ustream.tv is that it records all your episodes. So you can easily copy and paste some coding and embed them into any web page you chose. So if you head over to my handout wiki where I keep all the notes for my sessions you can view my presentation and follow along with the notes.
I've had really good turn outs for most of my sessions. It's great to see principals, superintendents, and board members coming to these sessions and wanting to learn how school changes in a networked environment. I think people are starting to feel the pressure. Either you are going to be a networked 1:1 school or you're going to be left behind. It is a tool, a tool that our students already use to learn, want to use to learn, and we're not allowing them to use because we don't 'get it'. I kept stressing to the admin today that you do not need to know it all, you just need to know where to go to find the answers! And that is how a networked classroom changes. We teach students to find answers, to locate information, and to make meaning of that information on their own.
The 5th graders at our school just finished a "Tribes of the World" project. I saw an opportunity to catch learning in action. I ran up to my office, grabbed my iPod and mic and proceeded to capture learning.
Take a listen to the podcast and be thinking about these questions:
1. How could you use this for assessment?
2. Listening to the parents what skills are they saying are important for students to learn? Are we teaching those skills?
3. Could you do something similar to assess an assignment or project in your room?
How does assessment change in the networked classroom? What is it that is important to learn? How do you assess skills through content?
Take some time on this one. Let it role around in your brain a little. I still struggle with it...so it's OK for you to struggle with it too.
Assignments:
A Tour of Second Life
Let's set a time for our second life tour. Let's plan to meet "In World" on Sunday May 18th, 8:00pm EDT (That's 8:00am Monday Shanghai time).
Here's what you need to do to prepare:
1. Sign up for a Second Life account on the Second Life website (Free)
2. Download Second Life to your computer (Works on both Mac and Windows XP)
3. Watch the videos below to learn more about getting started with Second Life
4. Post your Avatars name below
5. For the class meet me at ISTE Island. Once you have downloaded the software and things are working visit the ISTE website and click on the link to take you to ISTE Island. Don't worry as long as I have your SL name I can bring you along!
Second Life Names (add your name here once you have it):
Utes Torok a.k.a. Jeff Utecht
Evelyn Zeimer a.k.a. Kim Tufts
Sherry Dawner a.k.a. Sherry Hegstrom
Patti Laks a.k.a. Patti Sullivan
Getting Started with Second Life Part 1
(From last November but still relevent)
This week I am in Kuala Lumpur at the EARCOS Administrators' conference. I've finished 4 presentations and have two more to do tomorrow. As always I've been playing with new tools, new ways of learning, and new ways to support teachers and administrators in this new networked work.
This week I've been playing with the new site called ustream.tv. All you need is an internet connect and a web cam and you can create your own TV channel on the Internet. So I've been streaming my presentations in real time over the Internet to anyone who cared to watch. During my session yesterday I went to my Twitter network and posted that I was "going live" with ustream. In no time at all 40 people were watching me from around the world...with only about 15 people sitting in front of me....talk about a strange feeling when there are more people watching you on the Internet then are in real life in front of you.
The best part about ustream.tv is that it records all your episodes. So you can easily copy and paste some coding and embed them into any web page you chose. So if you head over to my handout wiki where I keep all the notes for my sessions you can view my presentation and follow along with the notes.
I've had really good turn outs for most of my sessions. It's great to see principals, superintendents, and board members coming to these sessions and wanting to learn how school changes in a networked environment. I think people are starting to feel the pressure. Either you are going to be a networked 1:1 school or you're going to be left behind. It is a tool, a tool that our students already use to learn, want to use to learn, and we're not allowing them to use because we don't 'get it'. I kept stressing to the admin today that you do not need to know it all, you just need to know where to go to find the answers! And that is how a networked classroom changes. We teach students to find answers, to locate information, and to make meaning of that information on their own.
The 5th graders at our school just finished a "Tribes of the World" project. I saw an opportunity to catch learning in action. I ran up to my office, grabbed my iPod and mic and proceeded to capture learning.
Take a listen to the podcast and be thinking about these questions:
1. How could you use this for assessment?
2. Listening to the parents what skills are they saying are important for students to learn? Are we teaching those skills?
3. Could you do something similar to assess an assignment or project in your room?
How does assessment change in the networked classroom? What is it that is important to learn? How do you assess skills through content?
Take some time on this one. Let it role around in your brain a little. I still struggle with it...so it's OK for you to struggle with it too.
- Siemens: Pages 123-145
- Google Reader
Assignments:
- Blog Topics
- Assessment
- Topic of your choice
A Tour of Second Life
Let's set a time for our second life tour. Let's plan to meet "In World" on Sunday May 18th, 8:00pm EDT (That's 8:00am Monday Shanghai time).
Here's what you need to do to prepare:
1. Sign up for a Second Life account on the Second Life website (Free)
2. Download Second Life to your computer (Works on both Mac and Windows XP)
3. Watch the videos below to learn more about getting started with Second Life
4. Post your Avatars name below
5. For the class meet me at ISTE Island. Once you have downloaded the software and things are working visit the ISTE website and click on the link to take you to ISTE Island. Don't worry as long as I have your SL name I can bring you along!
Second Life Names (add your name here once you have it):
Utes Torok a.k.a. Jeff Utecht
Evelyn Zeimer a.k.a. Kim Tufts
Sherry Dawner a.k.a. Sherry Hegstrom
Patti Laks a.k.a. Patti Sullivan
Getting Started with Second Life Part 1
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