Assessment using ICT

Interesting argument presented in the reading Kent and Campbell (2013), the chapter discusses about using technology in both teaching and assessment and it is one of the most effective ways to improve student learning. There are modes of technology are presented on how they can be used for assessment such as Blogs, Wikis, Twitter, Facebook, Other social media, Youtube and Google apps (including Google docs). Moreover, learner response systems (LRS) can be helpful to collect students’ responds to a question that a teacher asks. Assessment platform is introduced by Kent and Campbell in the chapter.

There is a video during the tutorial about classroom assessment. According to the video, there are three assessments teacher can used in class which are diagnostic assessment, formative assessment and assumptive assessment. From my point of view, using assessment in class helps teacher understand students’ situation in order to know what student needs. Students abilities, social skills judgment and what students learned and information you need to cover can also be seen through assessment. Using assessment also develop students’ critical thinking skills. Feedback from the teacher is also important because what is expected for the subject is acknowledged by students. Collaborative access can also be used as it is student’s reflective on their own works or assessed by peers. However, what are the most suitable assessments for each class are different, teachers need to decide which assessments work better in their class.

After reading Assessment for Teaching Today (Kent & Campbell, 2013), technology used for assessment can be greatly helpful compared with using traditional assessments. Blog and Facebook are the assessments I personally find comparatively useful.  With blogs, teachers will be able to provide feedback according to criteria once the post is published by students. Also, peers can write comments immediately reflecting to their own knowledge and understanding. Facebook can be used as a communication tool for the assessment. With a large number of students using Facebook, applying Facebook as an assessment can be handy for both teachers and students. Start with a new Facebook site where students can work collaboratively. News feeds, sharing book reviews and multimedia and provide direct communication as well as making announcements are the things teacher can post to promote students’ motivation to learn as well as collaborate working with peers. Teachers are able to evaluate students’ work once they sent it and provide feedback.

There is an example of assessment using ICT I learned from the tutorial. Rubric is an assessment method that provides analyzing higher-level abilities (National Assessment Program: ICT literacy year 6 and 10 report, 2011). It is a set of criteria and standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student’s performance on papers, projects, essays and other assessments. Teacher can create their own standards depending on the tasks. Digital portfolio, concept mapping, photos and multimedia etc are also the assessment examples which teachers can put into practice in class.

For me as a future educator, I believe using assessments is definitely needed and assessment with ICT enhances the approaches to evaluate the students according to your teaching goals. 

References 

Jennygensley. (2010). Classroom Assessment [video]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/tnkE0zx5AqI
(Link for the video)

National Assessment Program: ICT literacy year 6 and 10 report. (2011).

Retrieved from: http://www.nap.edu.au/verve/_resources/NAP_ICTL_2011_Public_Report_Final.pdf

Peter, K., & Campbell, C. (2013). Macmillan masterclass : assessment for teaching today, Melbourne : Macmillan Education Australia  (pp.34-43). Retrieved from http://www.library.uq.edu.au/coursebank/get.php?id=34067033558841.pdf&copyright=yes

For the images

http://csr.cisco.com/casestudy/networking-academy

http://www.edexcel.com/Subjects/ICT/Pages/Default.aspx