Introduction: The internet provides many opportunities for educators to assess the progress of the students through the use of different software. It is necessary for instructors to use assessments in the classroom to gauge how the students are doing in class and what the students need help with in understanding the content that is being taught. According to an article published by Techniques” Connecting Education and Careers. “online assessments are always positive because they provide immediate feedback and data” (Bonomo, 2016, pg.9). Using assessments in the classroom is a necessary tool that educators must utilize in order to guarantee the success of the students.
Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning (150-200 …show more content…
Formative assessment evaluates student performance in a specific time period by, “gathering various activities and assignments to make sure the learner is developing the knowledge, skills, and ability to master the content” (Gunter and Gunter, 2015, pg.320) Summative assessments are used to test the knowledge of the student after, “at the end of a unit, class, or course, and it is usually completed before moving onto other content” (Gunter and Gunter, 2015, pg. 320). Using both formative and summative assessments in the classroom is beneficial to the learning of the student as well as informative to the instructor as to how well the students are understanding the classroom …show more content…
One of the main benefits of using technology for assessments is the immediate feedback that is given as the students answer the questions. When using a software teachers and students can know immediately how the student did on the assessment. Another benefit of using technology based assessment is the educator’s ability to personalize the assessment to the content that is being taught in class. A drawback of using technology for assessments is that technology comes with glitches and can fail at points in time. This means that technology cannot always be relied on to assess student learning. Teachers cannot always rely on technology tools to facilitate assessments. Teachers must use other methods to assess their students being that technology resources might not always be available for the students to
Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning (150-200 …show more content…
Formative assessment evaluates student performance in a specific time period by, “gathering various activities and assignments to make sure the learner is developing the knowledge, skills, and ability to master the content” (Gunter and Gunter, 2015, pg.320) Summative assessments are used to test the knowledge of the student after, “at the end of a unit, class, or course, and it is usually completed before moving onto other content” (Gunter and Gunter, 2015, pg. 320). Using both formative and summative assessments in the classroom is beneficial to the learning of the student as well as informative to the instructor as to how well the students are understanding the classroom …show more content…
One of the main benefits of using technology for assessments is the immediate feedback that is given as the students answer the questions. When using a software teachers and students can know immediately how the student did on the assessment. Another benefit of using technology based assessment is the educator’s ability to personalize the assessment to the content that is being taught in class. A drawback of using technology for assessments is that technology comes with glitches and can fail at points in time. This means that technology cannot always be relied on to assess student learning. Teachers cannot always rely on technology tools to facilitate assessments. Teachers must use other methods to assess their students being that technology resources might not always be available for the students to