Chapter 10

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 (3^rd ed.).  Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:  Pearson Education, Inc.