One thing I have always wondered or asked myself is when I have students create a media presentation, do I grade the media? I have had students complete power-point presentations, skits, web pages, and videos. In moving to standards based, I have always told students that while they should be creative the final piece will be graded based on the standards.
As we continue to go through this class and learn about all the tools that can be used in the classroom, how to I assess them? Should I be assessing them, or are they tools that are used to learn the material. I have come across the NETS before and again during this class, but never gave it too much thought as to if it is my responsibility to asses technology.
A goal that I have this year, is to create a separate rubric that will allow me to assess technology along with the actually standards I am supposed to cover.
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Good point Mike. It is not the tool that the students use to complete a project that is the most important part, but it is certainly a demonstration of knowledge and can be assessed. As a technology teacher, I assess opposite. I assess the use of the technology that the student is working with and the core content is just one part of that assessment. As a core teacher such as yourself, your main focus would be on the core elements or standards met, and the technology will be the secondary focus. With the new digital citizenship and NETS standards, there is a lot that can be focused on when coming up with a rubric for your assessment. No need for a separate rubric, just throw in some technology parameters in there with all of your other goals.
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