ntroduction The culture of the classroom is constantly filed with assessment. Despite the point in the unit, assessments drive instruction, learning and ultimately more assessment. Mc Tighe and O’Connor (2005) believe that “classroom assessment and grading practices have the potential to measure and report learning but to also promote it”. When presented correctly, students understand that assessments are not threats that they should fear, but opportunities to show their academic strengths. The creation of a Photo Assessment Album helps make students more understanding of the assessments they will face and includes them in the assessment process. When students understand where they are going they are able to produce the best work possible.
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It came as no surprise that the photo album assessment would be featured using technology. Throughout the creation of this assignment, we have used several 21st century skills that we are asked to teach our students. For example, we use communication and collaboration to create our rubrics. This was all done by means of technology, and allowed us to practice using tools that our students could use to learn communication and collaboration skills. Charles Fadel(2016) states that “helping student discover and strengthen their skills is absolutely necessary if we want the education outcomes that serve students well today and into the future”. Integrating technology into different aspect of this assignment helped me to pinpoint areas where my students could use technology in the classroom while gaining 21st century …show more content…
The importance of peer review is based on the opportunity to give and receive feedback that causes additional learning. Anne Davies (2007) believes that students can give feedback to other students when they “work in relation to the co-constructed criteria, specifically determining whether or not they have met the quality expectations and clarifying how they can improve their work further” (p. 47). In creating our Photo Assessment Album, we have had a chance to see how effective the peer review process can be with our students. After creating our album, we decided to use the same collaboration tool as before and comment on one another’s work. Because we were familiar with the rubric, we were able to quickly point out strengths and weaknesses of each other’s work. As a result, the changes that needed making were easy to find and fix. The process of peer reviewing allows students to take a more active roll in the learning and assessment process so that the maximum amount of learning is
It came as no surprise that the photo album assessment would be featured using technology. Throughout the creation of this assignment, we have used several 21st century skills that we are asked to teach our students. For example, we use communication and collaboration to create our rubrics. This was all done by means of technology, and allowed us to practice using tools that our students could use to learn communication and collaboration skills. Charles Fadel(2016) states that “helping student discover and strengthen their skills is absolutely necessary if we want the education outcomes that serve students well today and into the future”. Integrating technology into different aspect of this assignment helped me to pinpoint areas where my students could use technology in the classroom while gaining 21st century …show more content…
The importance of peer review is based on the opportunity to give and receive feedback that causes additional learning. Anne Davies (2007) believes that students can give feedback to other students when they “work in relation to the co-constructed criteria, specifically determining whether or not they have met the quality expectations and clarifying how they can improve their work further” (p. 47). In creating our Photo Assessment Album, we have had a chance to see how effective the peer review process can be with our students. After creating our album, we decided to use the same collaboration tool as before and comment on one another’s work. Because we were familiar with the rubric, we were able to quickly point out strengths and weaknesses of each other’s work. As a result, the changes that needed making were easy to find and fix. The process of peer reviewing allows students to take a more active roll in the learning and assessment process so that the maximum amount of learning is