We as teachers use assessment acitvities because they can test many different learning experiences. They are a good way to see how students are doing in the classroom. It gives students a chance to look back and reflect on their work. It gives students a chance to take pride of their work and look back at all of it. It organizes students with their assignments for later when they go into the work force and applying for a job. I feel that assessments will not be that helpful with my students considering I want to teach math. I either want to teach middle school or special education in high school so I feel with either of those it would not be that helpful. The students could possibly make a presentation or write a book about math to connect with math problems. I'm not sure the students could develop an entire eportfolio.
An ePortfolio are "a collection of digitized artifacts that may include video clips, graphics, sound, writing samples, artwork, and multimedia presentations, to name a few". It is a collection of projects or assignments and put into a portfolio and is considered an assessment. It helps students and teachers because it organizes there work and put it all together into one file. It shows off student's best performances and work. Computer-based tests are done by the students and they record their answers on the bubble or a scan sheet and then the computer scores them. I don't think computer based tests are a bad idea, I think that it is going to take awhile before they are liked. There are more online tests and online surveys nowadays and will produce a lot of hits. It will be awhile longer before all people become more comfortable with the idea.
In conclusion, ePortfolios are a good idea for a lot of classes. For me personally, I don't think I will be using them. It just will not be beneficial for me or my students to make them produce an eportfolio. Especially for my special education students. Focusing on technology is not on the top prorities for special ed. There are different things that I will be working with my students on. Even if I decide to teach math I don't see myself using one.
Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R., & Crismond, D. (2008). Meaningful Learning with Technology (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
We have to respect copyright and fair use rules because it is the law. Someone has taken the time and created it, so we must respect them and not use it and take it as our own. Someone cannot go around and stealing things from other people that is not theirs and this seems different because it is mostly done online. If you created something very important and original, you would not want random people to go out there and copying it and not giving you credit that you deserve. It is important to have our students understand this concept. One of the best ways to show how important it is is to use examples of cases that have happened. Or make them understand what it would feel like to have something of their own work copied and not gotten credit for it.
Online safety and cyber bullying are two different things. Online safety is making sure that children/students do not reveal too much information online. Cyber bullying is when someone is being bullied over the internet. Cyber bullying is a very serious issue because the bullies feel that they can say more offensive things since they can remain anonymous. It is usually someone that the children know and is trying to put them down. Teaching our children/students not to reveal their full name, any inappropriate pictures, address, cell or home phone numbers, or videos will help to protect them on the internet. If students know not to show this information, it will protect them from online predators or sex offenders. We as teachers should take the same precautions when putting information on the internet especially if we have a website with lesson plans on it, etc.
I did learn a lot of new information. When looking at all of the websites about copy right information I realized there are a lot of things I did not know. After taking the quiz, I was surprised at how much I still did not know about fair use and copy right information. There are a lot of small details and different circumstances that apply to the laws and rules that a teacher or anyone needs to be clear of. I did know most of the information about online safety and cyber bullying only because my parents and some of my teachers covered that with me when I was younger.
Fryer, W. Copyright 101 for Educators. 2003. Retrieved February 16th, 2011 from
http://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/02_03_articles/copyright.html
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and Boys & Girls Clubs of America. NetSmartz. 2010. Retrieved February 16th, 2011 from
http://www.netsmartz.org/
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