Assignment 15: Blogs as online tools for EFL assessment (Deadline: February 8)

1/27/2015

When teachers assess student learning and performance acquired due to online assignments, it concentrates his /her main goal on purely formative purposes, since often there is no final mark on the paper and no summative grade in the grade book. Rather, assessment serves as practice for students, just like a meaningful homework assignment does. This formative assessment – the most valuable one -supports learning through an immediate online peers or teachers’ feedback, or even better a self- reflection posted as text-/media-based blog comment. Keep trying new digital tools for applying effective assessment strategies and developing multi-tasking rubrics.

Task 1. Formative versus summative assessment

Analyze the digital resources below and write your reflections on the following:
a.       define a formative assessment, and reasons of using it in instruction ( maximum 3 phrases);
b.      state the difference between formative and summative assessment ( maximum 2 phrases);
c.       identify 3 strategies of formative assessment you consider most effective for your students, justifying your choice ( maximum 3 phrases).

Task 2: Online tools for EFL assessment

Digital tools represent innovative and effective ways to express feedback on the accomplished students’ assignment in both face-to-face or virtual classes. Select 4 online tools you could use to ensure the formative assessment strategies you presented in Task 1. Please consider that the digital platforms should be described accordingly:

2 online tools you have already used in the previous Assignments , and
2 new digital platforms you have learned about from the references listed below.

Share your choices as a comment on our project blog.

Task 3: Using rubrics as an online EFL assessment tool

Rubrics, as a simple scoring tool, can be used to assess almost any type of student work, be it essays, final projects, oral presentations, or theatrical performances. Read the information below and outline in a 50-word paragraph what rubrics are and what they are used for; the types of rubrics; the steps to follow while creating rubrics, and criteria to consider when evaluating a rubric.

Task 4: Let's create an online rubric to assess a student project.

Choose one of the online assignments posted by your students on our blog throughout the EFL Blogging School, choose one you like most (for e.g. , a Narrable or Stupeflix video, a Voicethread or blog E-Portfolio, a poem or an essay posted on your blog), and create a rubric to assess the accuracy and completeness of the accomplished task. Save your rubric in a Google Drive folder and post the link below, as a comment to this blog. Watch the following tutorials and other useful online resources to complete this task:

65 Comments

Natalia Borta

1/27/2015 05:20:17 am

Task 1
a)Formative assessment is the frequent, interactive checking
of student progress and understanding in order to identify
learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately. We should use it frequently, and while or after children learn a new idea, concept, or process.Why? Because it provides immediate feedback that engenders motivation and leads to improvement; it helps us,teachers, understand if we need to re-teach or review material the students wholly "did not get". Because sometimes we have to slow down in order to go quickly; it helps to improve rather than judge learning;students can use evidence of their current progress to actively manage and adjust their own learning.
b)Formative assessment, delivers information during the instructional process, before the summative assessment and summative assessment is, traditionally, the end-of-unit test,
a semester/final exam.When teachers assess student learning for purely formative purposes, there is no final mark on the paper and no summative grade in the grade book, when we have summative assessment-there is a mark.
c)There are a lot of strategies of formative assessment I use during my lessons , they depend on the topic I teach, on the 4 skills(R WLS) I want to assess, on the level of students I teach, etc.Some of them are:fill in exercises,T/F, matching, Venn diagramm,T-chart, 3-2-1 technique.Ialso ask students questions during class,so I can understand what they have"caught".I use cards, for a multiple choice question to check for understanding and think-pair-share to discuss with others.I can use jigsaw groups when analyzing texts,especially in lyceum level, etc.

Olga Morozan

2/19/2015 08:50:33 pm

Thank you, Natalia, for your well-said ideas. Wonderful reflections.

Irina Pushney link

1/27/2015 06:56:36 pm

Task 1.
a)Formative assessment is a tool of giving feedback, an informal way of checking what students have learned that proves that the teacher is in touch with his students learning. It is made to teach students assess their own learning, to inform and guide them through instruction for further improvement, to make course corrections, not to punish pupils. Formative assessment is useful to students as they are assessed during the instruction process, so they have time to improve and the results of it will help them reveal their strong and weak points to be further developed or clarified.

b) Formative assessment results deliver information during the instructional process before summative assessment and are used to make decisions about what actions to take to promote further learning while summative assessment takes place at the end of the unit, course, etc. Its results help teachers give marks, measure course effectiveness, documents how much learning has occurred, measures the level of students, school, and program success.

c) Written self-assessment in form of exit slips, checklists, metacognition is very effective as it shows what pupils learned and which questions they still have
rubrics- help the teachers be objective and the students know what are the criteria of their assessment
Surveys are very quick to organize and easy to complete, create a clear picture of what students have acquired during the lesson.

Olga Morozan

2/19/2015 08:53:41 pm

Irina, I do agree that formative assessment helps teachers to make decisions about what actions to take to promote further learning, that could be realized through rubrics, checklists, and surveys.

nicoleta

1/28/2015 02:14:44 am

Task 1
a)Formative assessment is a planned process in which teachers or students use assessment-based evidence to adjust what they're currently doing the formative assessment process provides information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are still happening. The formative assessment process guides teachers in making decisions about future instruction.
b) The formative assessments check progress along the way, while the summative assessment serves sort of as the end survey
c)

nicoleta

1/28/2015 02:40:35 am

c)I use during my lessons a lot of strategies of formative assesment ,here are some of them
1.students compare and contrst a topic using a Venn Diagram.I use it because it provide teachers with information about students’ thinking.
2. students draw what they understand instead of writing it.For eg.when teaching directions :for this teaching activity, students have to draw pictures to match a set of directions. Each student then has to create a set of new directions for the classmate to draw. All the sentences contain prepositions of movement that are commonly used when giving directions.
3.Jigsaw groups.Students work on a different section of a text and become experts on that section.Then I restructurate the groups so each new groups has a member that read a different setion of the text.Each expert share their work with the rest of the students.

nicoleta

1/28/2015 04:03:37 am

Task 2
I am not sure but I think I could use:
.Prezzi for the 1st formative assesment
.Glogster or AWW(A Web Whiteboard) for the second.
.and maybe Mentimeter for the third

nicoleta

1/28/2015 04:23:57 am

Task 3
. A rubric is a tool that teachers use to assess many different types of assignments including written work, projects, speeches, and more. The teacher creates a set of criteria, a narrative to explain that criteria, and a point value associated with that criteria. There are 3 types of rubrics:
• Analytic Rubrics
• Developmental Rubrics
• Holistic Rubrics
Rubrics can help instructors get a clearer picture of the strengths and weaknesses of their class. A rubric can help instructors communicate to students the specific requirements and acceptable performance standards of an assignment. When assignments are scored and returned with the rubric, students can more easily recognize the strengths and weaknesses of their work and direct their efforts accordingly.

Task 4

1/28/2015 05:41:19 am

My rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2506804&

or in Google drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/?pli=1#my-drive

nicoleta

1/28/2015 05:43:56 am

sorry
try this one
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/?pli=1#folders/0BxCzhAaGQiiBfmYyb2R2dEZ6TzlDZlpZb3lmUXFSNHNJUXlYY0lnYzBJMHl5MHdYTldtck0

Irina Pushney link

1/28/2015 10:35:07 pm

Task 2
Web 2 tools can make formative assessment diverse and exciting. Voicethread is a wonderful tool for giving feedback, Movenotes, and vocarroo can be done for voiced self-assessment.
I would choose Prezi as it helps create gorgeous timelines, graphic organizers where you can insert pictures, text and videos; Mentimeter, which helps create questions, polls, ForAllRubrics helps create great rubrics, checklists and Badges for online formstive assessment.

DUMITRU

1/29/2015 03:39:52 am

Task 1
a) Formative assessment is a series of formal and informal assessment ways used by teachers during the learning process. It modifies teaching and learning activities in order to improve students achievements. Formative assessment is a potential source of evidence of students’ lesson comprehension it develops self assessment to students.
b) the formative assessment is applied by teachers during the process, as for summative assessment- teachers apply it near the end of the unit, semester or year. the formative assessment monitor student learning, the summative assessment evaluate student learning.
c) Venn diagram- I use this strategy at the lesson to develop critical thinking to students, and improve their vocabulary.
Cube method I use it when I want students to explore a subject from several points of view.
6 whys – I use this method to to explore the cause-and-effect relationships underlying a particular subject or problem

Emma

1/29/2015 08:17:28 pm

Task #1
a. Formative assessment – is a ruling factor of the development of each student and one of the decisive components of teaching. It might be called Monitoring as well. By means of this teacher regulates the process of learning, provides the movement of all the students towards a successful assimilation of material, he/she investigates the needs of the students “day-by-day, minute-by-minute”, who did not perform the comprehension of the material at a certain level and offers to these students additional help. In such cases the result of teacher’s activity is turned into real indicators of the effective teaching process.
b. Formative attitude: “no child left behind”, is ongoing, delivers information during the instructional process, permanent attention of the instructor, assistance within the studies, takes place always. While Summative is the final (state, federal dependant) grading, it measures students’ level, it is the final grading, does not presuppose the analysis or communication between teacher and student about the process or the result.
c. Running records/making notes – both indicate the ability and development of different skills, metacognition—a usual and efficient strategy in each class; watch body language – an immense indicator for teacher about the implication and interest of the students; check for transfer -- helps to see how well students can apply what they studied for the real-world situation; 3 things – you clearly see how efficiently was the activity done.

Irina Pushney link

1/29/2015 09:51:08 pm

Task 3
Rubrics are performance-based grading tools that help the teacher assess the students according to performance criteria that reflect course objectives and are relevant to learners’ level across a well-defined scale based on points or qualifiers. Rubrics may be used to assess almost any kind of student work; moreover they can help assess a program by determining the degree to which students are progressing due their transparency, consistency and transparency. There are three types of rubrics: analytic where each of the criteria is scored individually, developmental-derive from the analytic and are meant to determine the extent of student progress and holistic which consists of a single scale with all the criteria being considered together. When creating a rubric one should pass through the following steps: identify outcome, knowledge level, criteria, grading scale, share it with his students, revise and make corrections. So, a good rubric should measure student performance according to relevant, authentic and well defined criteria, its standards should reflect excellence, acceptability, etc., it should be reliable so as to give consistent results while being used by different scorers and be beneficial to both teachers and students.

Irina Pushney link

1/30/2015 02:47:27 pm

Task 4
Here is the link to my google drive Rubric
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yBydzW7ofoYaD3m5cuJb9evvJhIBQXaZcqtiQ2eG_LQ/edit?usp=sharing.

Veronica Cazacu

1/31/2015 02:20:19 am

Task 1:
Formative assessment helps teachers guide the learning process. Both the teacher and the student use formative assessment results to make decisions about what actions to take to promote further learning.
As for the summative assessment, it is traditionally, the end-of-unit test, a semester/final exam or portfolio. Summative assessment helps teachers answer the question “ What did students learn?”
The strategies of formative assessment I consider most effective for my students are quizzes, fill-in exercises, true or false questions. I try to use these strategies according to the topic I teach. But the most effective formative assessment I practice in the second form is checking vocabulary by drawing it. If I teach the topic "Toys" I ask them to draw the toys they like. They come in front of the class to show their work and name the toys. It is a formative assessment for me and a kind of game for them.

Veronica Cazacu

1/31/2015 05:17:14 am

Task 2:
I have already used some online tools in the previous assignments, such as Padlet, Google Forms and Stupeflix. These tools helped me conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs and progress.
The new digital platforms I have learned about are Socrative, BubbleSheet and Vizaroo.

Veronica Cazacu

1/31/2015 05:17:24 am

Veronica Cazacu

1/31/2015 05:26:06 am

Why do my comments appear twice? I do not click twice on the "submit" button.

dumitru

1/31/2015 05:49:52 pm

i my assingments I used Padlet, animoto and google forms. there a lot of online tools but some of
them can be used only ipad oriphone, for laptops or tablets and smartphones as teaching tools I would like to use socrative, audionote from the new learnt ones

dumitru

1/31/2015 05:50:24 pm

it is task 2

Natalia Rata

1/31/2015 06:46:33 pm

Task 1
a) Formative assessment delivers information during the instructional process. It is an ongoing, dynamic process that involves far more than frequent testing, and measurement of student learning is just one of its components. Both the teacher and the student use formative assessment results to make decisions about what actions to take to promote further learning.

b) Formative assessment guides learning. It includes giving clear, actionable feedback to students, sharing learning goals, and modeling what success looks like. Summative assessment certifies learning. Generally, educators administer a summative assessment near the end of an instructional unit to help them answer the question, “What did students learn?”

c) 1. Watch,look,listen – an immense indicator for teacher about the implication and interest of the students;
2.check for transfer -- helps to see how well students can apply what they studied for the real-world situation;
3. Written self-assessment in form of exit slips, checklists, metacognition is very effective as it shows what pupils learned and which questions they still have
4.Surveys - create a clear picture of what students have acquired during the lesson.

DUMITRU

1/31/2015 06:52:30 pm

task 3
Rubrics are online tools that evaluate student performance on any given task or set of tasks that ultimately leads to a final product, or learning outcome. Rubrics can be used to assess almost any type of student work, be it essays, final projects, oral presentations, or theatrical performances. They can be used at the time an assignment is given to communicate expectations to students, when student work is evaluated for fair and efficient grading.
These are the types of rubrics:
Analytic Rubrics-resembles a grid with the criteria for a student product listed in the leftmost column and with levels of performance listed across the top row often using numbers and/or descriptive tags
Developmental Rubrics- are a subset of analytic trait rubrics and designed to answer the question, “to what extent are students who engage in our programs/services developing this skill/ability/value/etc.?”
Holistic Rubrics-consist of a single scale with all criteria to be included in the evaluation being considered together.
Before creating a rubric we should follow these steps. We have to identify the specific course or program outcome that we are going to assess, the knowledge level of the outcome, the criteria for the project and the grading scale.
The rubrics helps students to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of their work and direct their efforts to improve themselves.

dumitru

1/31/2015 07:31:48 pm

task 4
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2507598

Natalia Rata

1/31/2015 07:33:55 pm

Task 2
I think I could use such online tools for assessment as Google forms, Quizzes, Padlet ,Voicethread as well as Utellstory.
I learned such new tools as Socrative and ForAllRubrics and may be Mentimeter, which I think will help me to assess pupils’ work.

Natalia Rata

1/31/2015 10:20:26 pm

Task 4
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r8d6bLKcv9Y2CmrlOYqiw1geG6gKz4u84m7I2DZPQHs/edit

Emma

2/1/2015 05:04:05 am

Task #2
Have already used: Padlet, Animoto , Oral/Written Questioning – the activities that are involving students and teachers in constant communication and observing how they develop their language skills;
The new ones would be :Mentimeter—will show how students understand questions, reply, make workshops, can create and be instructed by the teacher and following the activity, taking into account the fact, that students have their devices and can do the assessment anywhere; Audionote—seems to be challenging to apply and observe how the students collaborate with each other and progress forward.

Natalia Rata

2/2/2015 12:42:26 am

Task 3
Rubrics- an assessment tool to save grading time, improve student feedback and promote student self learning. There are three types of rubrics:
-Analytic rubrics
-Developmental rubrics
-Holistic rubrics
The following steps illustrate how a rubric is created:
1. Determine the various skills and abilities that students should demonstrate to show achievement of the learning outcome(s).
2. The next step is to determine the levels of achievement possible given the expectations of what students are to be able to demonstrate.
3. The next step in the creation of a rubric is to create descriptions for the criteria along each level of achievement.
The rubrics helps students to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of their work and direct their efforts to improve themselves.

Ludmila Raciula

2/2/2015 02:13:54 am

Task 1.
a, b) Formative assessment helps the teacher identify the lacunas in their students’ learning (to diagnose). For instance, teaching the plural of nouns, we can give cards to fill in the plural forms, based on different rules. In this way, we can see where students have to work more and what they understood and you don’t have to bother about it. Summative assessment has a different function, it shows the result obtained after a longer period, better said it shows the achievements (Mastery tests). Otherwise said, we can say that formative assessment is used to help students, while summative assessment is used to help teachers grade the students’ work. 
c) I really enjoy cards, where students have to fill in some forms, self-assessment is another very useful tool, it makes the students realize what they understood and what they didn’t, peer assessment is also useful, my favourite one is drawing schemes and diagrams to represent the new topic.
Task 2.
As I teach future translators and teachers of English, I have to pay much attention to the pronunciation, so Voice Thread is a great asset in summative assessment. I usually assign a presentation about a certain topic that we have studied for a period and at the end of the unit, I listen to the VTs my students created. I love it, as I can pay attention to everything: grammar, pronunciation, intonation, structure of the sentence, etc.
Blog entries are another useful web tool that can be used in summative assessment; I used it largely with my former students. Sometimes, I use Quizlet and puzzle makers. It all depends on what I want to assess and on the amount of time that I have.
I enjoy Padlet for projects and Vocaroo for my consecutive and simultaneous translation classes.
Task 3.
A rubric is a tool to assist the teacher in assessing the students’ results and at the same time to provide sufficient feedback to the students on the quality of work they have done and on the things, they have to improve.
There are three types of rubrics: analytic, developmental, and holistic.
An analytic rubric is a very detailed grid describing the student’s results, indicating the levels of performance, which go from the lowest to the highest level.
Developmental rubric is the grid that focuses on the extent to which the student develops a certain skill or ability, it does not have the aim to evaluate the result. It can be organized in a grid as well as the first type.
The holistic rubric consists of a single scale with all criteria to be included in the evaluation being considered together. It gives the evaluator a general impression about the work performed, it does not focus on a separate skill.
Most often I use the analytic rubrics, as they help me to identify the strong and weak points of each student.
Here are my rubrics for the story telling: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2507975&

Oxana Cazacu

2/2/2015 04:45:30 am

Task 1, a.
Generally, formative assessment aims to guide the learning process by providing prompt feedback. The role of the teacher is to identify the level of topic comprehension and define future steps in teaching and learning process. Formative assessment is meant to encourage an effective learning rather then to punish those who are of a lower level.
b) Summative assessment is applied at the end of unit, semester, level, etc. to certify students' level at the end of learning activities and highlight their success. Compared with the formative one, the summative assessment requires grading and is based on a larger amount of topics.
c) The type of the formative assessment depends on the topic of the lesson. Venn Diagram, matching exercises, dos and don'ts can be applied to different levels and in various ways, everything depends on teachers imagination and willingness to accomplish the goals.

Rodica Aculov link

2/2/2015 04:57:00 am

Task1
a) Formative assessement is the evaluation and interactive checking of students progress and understanding in order to identify learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately. It is timeless and it enables teachers to mould some instructions quickly while learning is in progress.
b)The difference between formative and summative assessment is huge.First of all the summative one measure program effectiveness,a sort of judgement,it's purpose is to measure the level of students school or program.On the other hand the Formative assesssment delivers information during the instructional process before the summative one.It measures how well students were mastering the content .
c)I use different stategies of formative assessment. One of the most efficient is Mazur's Conceptest-using cards,multiple choice question to check understanding,asking clarifying question from general question to the complex one.I like Traffic Lights for small kids-green"they know",Red"they don't know".Finally just one -sentence summary is really productive.

Veronica Cazacu

2/2/2015 04:59:03 am

Task 3:
A rubric is a tool that identifies the various criteria relevant to an assignment or learning outcome, and shows the possible levels of achievement. Rubrics can be used at the time an assignment is given to communicate expectations to students, when student work is evaluated for fair and efficient grading.
There are three types of rubrics: analytic, developmental and holistic.
While creating a rubric we have to take into account the following steps: to determine the various skills and abilities that students should demonstrate to show achievement of the learning outcomes, to determine the levels of achievement, to create descriptions for the criteria along each level of achievement.

Veronica Cazacu

2/2/2015 05:58:08 am

Task 4:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ildbCiZKWpImU9S9GkplromEXQypsQQUJnW3bkaycqQ/edit?usp=sharing

Emma

2/4/2015 05:30:38 am

Task #3
Rubric is a very useful tool to grade, score and evaluate student’s achievements. Through this, teacher assesses any type of student’s work. It helps to follow the progress and development of student’s skills, within different types of rubrics. All the three (analytic, developmental and holistic) of them represent a grid /scale that is scored either individually or generally, with the help of criteria. While creating a rubric, teacher focuses on skills, level, description and outcomes. It needs to be well-defined and might be discussed. It leads to transparency and consistency, makes the process productive and easy.

Victoria Mascaliuc

2/4/2015 05:48:11 am

Task 1.
Formative assessment is a diagnostic evaluation.It is referred to as evaluation for learning. It is generally directed towards the effectiveness of the methods and techniques. Regarding my experience, this type of evaluation is quite important to get the general idea of the developed skills. I use anonymous surveys and creative work to detach the students from the real evaluation.
Summative evaluation aims at grading. It is named evaluation of learning. In this case, any type of oral or written test is good.
Task 2.
I am sure that any kind of tool is good for evaluation. I adore those tools that help the students to show not only their skills but their personality too. According to me, different students, different skills, different courses should be evaluated in a particular way. My favorite tools are Voice thread, Movenote, Screenr. They help to assess many already developed skills.

Victoria Mascaliuc

2/4/2015 06:20:42 am

Task 3.
Rubric is a tool that helps at evaluation. It takes time to make such a scale, that is why I am thankful to you for showing us some platforms that facilitate our work. Scoring rubrics (analytic, developmental, holistic) that are extremely important in the process of assessment contain criteria that make this process as objective as possible.
My rubric aims at evaluating a debate session: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?ts=1423087684

Natalia Borta

2/5/2015 04:47:38 am

Task 2
Some of the online tools I have already used in my previous assignment are Polldaddy, Voicethread, Padlet,Glogster.
The 2 new digital platforms I have learned about from the references listed are:
1.Webdoc-to create a digital poster at the end of each unit with studied vocabulary, images,etc.
2. Vialogues-asynychronous discussions centered around videos.The video is seen on the left side of the page and comments appear on the right side. Discussion comments are hyperlinked to the video timeline.

Natalia Borta

2/5/2015 05:10:25 am

Task 3
Rubrics are performance-based assessments that evaluate student performance on any given task or set of tasks that ultimately leads to a final product, or learning outcome.There are three common types of rubrics:Analytic Rubrics,Developmental Rubrics and Holistic Rubrics. Rubrics can provide valuable information about the degree to which a student has achieved a defined learning outcome based on specific criteria that defined the framework for evaluation.
Rubrics use specific criteria as a basis for evaluating or assessing student performances as indicated in narrative descriptions that are separated into levels of possible performance related to a given task. Starting with the highest level and progressing to the lowest, these levels of performance are used to assess the defined set of tasks.While creating a rubric, teacher focuses on skills, level, description and outcomes. Rubrics serve an important role in creating assessment that is student-centered and standards driven. As teachers, we are responsible to create assessment measures that will help students work toward higher levels of achievement.

Natalia Borta

2/6/2015 04:10:06 am

Task 4
Here is the link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AX9GqLqEBNYo2Zi2x5OC0kadoIbeOy31D2BfX6df_VI/edit?usp=sharing

Emma

2/6/2015 06:56:48 am

Task #4
something does not go right
https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/0B6oxdfu32xtAfkRSYmdqUWUwX0lhLWNySDZoblU1R3c1NWNzMThOTHFIZE9SLVBFTEpxcG8

Emma

2/6/2015 07:04:32 am

Task #4

one more attempt

https://drive.google.com/drive/#folders/0B6oxdfu32xtAfkRSYmdqUWUwX0lhLWNySDZoblU1R3c1NWNzMThOTHFIZE9SLVBFTEpxcG8

Emma

2/6/2015 08:18:45 am

Task #4

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AX9GqLqEBNYo2Zi2x5OC0kadoIbeOy31D2BfX6df_VI/edit?usp=sharing

Emma

2/6/2015 08:36:17 am

Task #4
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M1v2EuZqzqwdjgHy03oyL-OfVivIbwG0xoKbqzRcZX4/edit

probably this is the proper link

Rodica Aculov link

2/6/2015 10:30:22 am

Task2
In my previous assignment I have used the following tools Padlet,Vocaroo,and Voicethread and I like them.If speaking about new digital platforms I would like to mention Prezi as a graphic organizer ,it is really helpful because you can insert not only text but you can add vidios .I am intersted in Mentimeter because with this tool you overcome one way communication ,you do not have to guess what is the audience opinion in some issues.Finally I think I will analyse Socrative because it is applicable.

Rodica Aculov link

2/6/2015 11:17:11 am

Task3
Rubrics are useful grading tools.It is used for assessing student learning process.There are three common types of rubric:analitic rubric where each of the criteria is scored individually,development rubrics to determine the students progress and the third one holistic rubrics where all the critiria are together. While evaluating rubrics we should take into account the following things.
-does the rubric relate to the outcomes being measured.
-does it cover important criteria for student performance.
-does the top end of the rubric refelect exellence
-are the criteria well-defined
-can the rubric be applied consistently by different scores. We should have clear expectations. Before you begin creating you should consider the course level objectives and provide relevance.To sum up rubrics make your work easier and your students will appreciate the transparency .

Rodica Aculov link

2/6/2015 11:51:54 am

Task4 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hF0AV_4e9cBHPS7c0_lUdCXSfRWwZ5kTYDecfWg8KaY/edit

Rodica Aculov link

2/6/2015 12:45:18 pm

Task4
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SNhzmvWfEbvoH5_7c4sQ-Kdh58MXNYmuUn0FY

Rodica Aculov link

2/8/2015 12:06:44 am

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SNhzmvWfEbvoH5_7c4sQ-Kdh58MXNYmuUn0FYogU4-M/edit

Viorica Gaidar

2/7/2015 04:28:20 am

Task 1
a)A formative assessment can be defined as a regular assessment of students knowledge and instructional process,where the teacher is the guide who analyses the results of developing skills progress or feedback.
b)The main difference between formative and summative assessment is related to the quantity of information and period of time this information is delivered to pupils. Formative assessment is done as frequently as necessary ,summative deals with generalizing more topics ,a book or an unit.
c)From my point of view the most effective strategies of formative assessment are:
1. one minute essay-it helps us check the paramount students competences like writing(grammar,spelling,word order),reading(understanding the message)
2.Journal entry allows students express their understanding of the lesson and it is always available to be revised.
3.exit card –that is a helpful hand for any type of lesson if you want to know your students weak points.

Task 2
Using WEB 2.0 tools we’ve already integrated them as a part of formative and summative assessment. I used Movenote(to enhance students speech) and Google drive tests as an example(to increase and verify students evolvement –formative assessment).I would also like to integrate Vialogues like a tool which would allow me keep in touch with my students and and get a formative assessment.One more tool I,ve learned about is I>Clicker which would give students the opportunity to interact.

Task 3
Rubriks are an assessment tool for any type of assignment which is meant to save our scoring time and stimulate student self-development.The are three types of rubrics :Analytic Rubrics;Developmental Rubrics and Holistic Rubrics.While creating a rubric, first of all we have to determine our students abilities and skills, then the number of achievements possible and proper to the level. The third step is to determine the description and its criteria for every achievement .If we really focus on students development then we have to take into account all possible and necessary ways of assessing a student according to his level

Viorica

2/7/2015 05:11:55 am

Task 4
Here is the link of this task
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cGr1RSVQzE9cXDF2vFCaeRGyemscV4p7NSkf6LFbIGY/edit

Oxana Cazacu

2/7/2015 10:39:53 pm

Task 2
With the help of Web 2 tools not only our lesson presentation becomes more interesting and effective, but the formative assessment can be variable and exciting. Giving feedback is something students do not really like to do, can be done with the help of vocaroo or Voicethread. I would choose Prezzi as a way to self evaluate a project work, or group work (summative evaluation). Mentimeter would help to create questionnaire, polls, etc. I'm sure that every tool becomes useful at a specific lesson and stage.

Oxana Cazacu

2/7/2015 11:08:32 pm

Task 3
Rubrics, as a tool, help teachers to assess all types of assignments, including written work, projects, oral presentations according to some criteria that reflect the objectives of the lesson and correspond to the students' level. These criteria will be accompanied by values to determine the degree of students progress. There are 3 types of rubrics:
-Analytic Rubrics- each of the criteria is scored individually;
-Developmental Rubrics- derive from the analytic and are meant to determine the extent of student progress;
-Holistic Rubrics- consists of a single scale with all the criteria being considered together.
While creating a rubric the following steps should be passed:
- to identify outcome, knowledge level, criteria, grading scale;
- to share it with those who are going to be assessed;
- to revise and make corrections.
The important factors in developing effective rubrics is the use of clear criteria that will be used to rate a student's work and that the performance being evaluated is directly observable.

katy

2/7/2015 11:39:45 pm

Task 1
a) Formative assessment is a part of the instruction process, where students are given the opportunity to demonstrate their learning. The assessments are 'formative' because the results don't determine a grade, but they do determine the direction instruction will take. Teachers may change the lesson content or any numbers of things after a formative assessment to help students successfully complete the unit
b) The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. Summative assessments are often high stakes, which means that they have a high point value.
c) There are a lot of strategies of formative assessment; they depend on the topic we teach. Some of them are: fill in exercises, T/F sentences, matching. I also use at my lessons:
The Jigsaw- is a method of organizing classroom, into mixed groups to work on small problems that the group collates into a final outcome.
One Minute Essay-question is a focused question with a specific goal that can, in fact, be answered within a minute or two
Fill in Your Thoughts- written check for understanding strategy where students fill the blank.

Task 2
Using WEB 2.0 tools we’ve already integrated them as a part of formative assessment. Voicethread, Movenotes, and Vocarroo are wonderful tools for giving feedback. Also I would choose Prezi it helps to create graphic organizers where you can insert pictures, text and videos; Mentimeter which helps create questions. Google drive tests as an example (to increase and verify students’ evolvement –formative assessment

Task 3
A rubric is a great tool for teachers, because it is a simple way to set up grading criteria for assignments.
A rubric is a scoring tool that explicitly represents the performance expectations for an assignment or piece of work. A rubric divides the assigned work into component parts and provides clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work associated with each component, at varying levels of mastery.
Rubrics can be used for a wide array of assignments: papers, projects, oral presentations, artistic performances, group projects, etc. Rubrics can be used as scoring or grading guides, to provide formative feedback to support and guide ongoing learning efforts, or both.
There are three common types of rubrics: Analytic Rubrics, Developmental Rubrics and Holistic Rubrics. While creating a rubric, first of all we have to determine our students’ abilities and skills, then the number of achievements possible and proper to the level. The third step is to determine the description and its criteria for every achievement
When creating a rubric one should pass through the following steps: identify outcome, knowledge level, criteria, grading scale, share it with his students, revise and make corrections.

Oxana Cazacu

2/7/2015 11:52:23 pm

Task 4
I have created a rubric to assess the project work that my 10th grade students have to prepare and present before the beginning of spring holidays, (the 25th of February). They have to read a book and make a presentation using online tools, they have to speak about the author, plot, characters, impressions. I hope this rubric, I'm going to present them this week, will help them to prepare according to the criteria I've specified in it.
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2509798

katy

2/8/2015 02:08:13 am

Task 4
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x_2tpIr35_3vZchYh6d8OoOv9wJ5dROVfWJ9XC-lfLo/edit

Tatiana

2/14/2015 09:37:58 pm

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=2512090&

Natalia Schneider

2/15/2015 03:09:41 am

Task 1
a) Formative assessment refers to a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or course. Formative assessments help teachers identify concepts that students are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring.
b)The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning.The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.
c)A one-minute essay question (or one-minute question) is a focused question with a specific
goal that can, in fact, be answered within a minute or two.. Idea Spinner-The teacher creates a spinner marked into 4 quadrants and labeled “Predict, Explain,
Summarize, Evaluate.” After new material is presented, the teacher spins the spinner and asks
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spinner lands in the “Summarize” quadrant, the teacher might say, “List the key concepts just
presented.”
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Natalia Schneider

2/15/2015 03:14:30 am

Task 2:
I think it is Voicethread is good for giving a feedback.I use Google drive tests and questionnaires.

Natalia Schneider

2/15/2015 03:20:43 am

Task3:
A rubric is a coherent set of criteria for students' work that includes descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria.The genius of rubrics is that they are descriptive and not evaluative. Of course, rubrics can be used to evaluate, but the operating principle is you match the performance to the description rather than "judge" it. Types of rubrics:Analytic,Holistic,General,Task-Specific.Rubrics are important because they clarify for students the qualities their work should have. This point is often expressed in terms of students understanding the learning target and criteria for success. For this reason, rubrics help teachers teach, they help coordinate instruction and assessment, and they help students learn.

Eduard Rudenco link

2/18/2015 03:56:49 am

Task 1

a) Formative assessment is a tool meant to teach students assess their own learning, to inform and guide them through instruction for further improvement. It provides immediate feedback that engenders motivation and leads to improvement; it helps us see when we need to review the material. As students are assessed during the instruction process, they have time to reveal their strong and weak sides and improve their results.

b) The difference between formative and summative assessments issues from the aim they pursue, the first one is meant to assess in order to improve, the second one is done in order to give a mark to one’s capacities.
c)There are several strategies of formative assessment and they depend on the topic, skills that are meant to be assessed, and the level of students.

Eduard Rudenco link

2/18/2015 04:14:15 am

Task 2
The four online tools that I could use to ensure the formative assessment strategies that I usually use are:
• The two online tools that we have already used in the previous assignments , Google Forms and Rubrics;
• The two new digital platforms I have learned about from the references list:
- Socrative – Engaging exercises and games that engage students using smartphones, laptops and tablets,
- and ForAllRubrics – This software is free for all teachers and allows you to import, create and score rubrics on your iPad, tablet or smartphone. You can collect data offline with no internet access, compute scores automatically and print or save the rubrics as a PDF or spreadsheet.

Eduard Rudenco link

2/18/2015 04:23:31 am

Task 3
A rubric is a scoring tool that identifies the various criteria relevant to an assignment or learning outcome, and then explicitly states the possible levels of achievement along a continuum. Rubrics can be used to assess almost any type of student work, be it essays, final projects, oral presentations, or theatrical performances. They can be used at the time an assignment is given to communicate expectations to students, when student work is evaluated for fair and efficient grading, and to even assess a program by determining the extent to which students are achieving departmental learning outcomes.
There are three common types of rubrics:
• Analytic Rubrics
• Developmental Rubrics
• Holistic Rubrics
An analytic rubric resembles a grid or matrix in which the criteria representing the essential learning being assessed is organized in the leftmost column and the levels of achievement are represented in the top row.
A rubric can be created in Excel, with Word's table function, or even just sketched out on a pad of paper. Additionally there are several on-line generators for rubric creation including iRubric and Rubistar. Regardless of the medium used for creating a rubric the steps are the same.
The following steps illustrate how an analytical rubric is created.
1. Determine the various skills and abilities that students should demonstrate to show achievement of the learning outcomes. These skills and abilities are the various criteria. Each criterion should focus on a different skill identified by a phrase or brief statement, and each criterion should be measureable through the examination of student work. The criteria become the leftmost column of the grid.

Eduard Rudenco link

2/18/2015 05:07:07 am

Task 4

https://drive.google.com/?tab=Xo&authuser=0#my-drive

Olga Morozan

2/19/2015 08:56:30 pm

Eduard, the link that you shared unfortunately doesn't work. Could you please open it to public sharing.

Victoria Craciun

2/18/2015 06:28:32 am

Task 4.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2513191&

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