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Technology for Classroom Assessment

Technology for Classroom Assessment. Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D. Reporting Section Chief NCDPI. Disclaimer. Not official policy Not endorsed by the NCAE Not working for the instructional technology folks Not on a vendor’s payroll. Back to Basics!.

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Technology for Classroom Assessment

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  1. Technology for Classroom Assessment Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D. Reporting Section Chief NCDPI

  2. Disclaimer • Not official policy • Not endorsed by the NCAE • Not working for the instructional technology folks • Not on a vendor’s payroll

  3. Back to Basics! • The shorter the time between miscue and intervention, the faster the extinction! • Translation- immediate feedback is best • How long between turn in and turn back? • Do you have a life outside school?

  4. More Basics • You know you are teaching, how do you know they are learning? • Madeline Hunter, 6 steps – learning? • How do you check for learning?

  5. Almost forgot • If a student doesn’t get it, what to do? • I am not the devil! • Do pacing guides make sense if nobody is getting it?

  6. Students • Do they know they did it wrong on the quiz before they take the test? • Can they be reinforced in time? • Can they say what they mean, not what they think their friends will say?

  7. Technology • Individual computers can provide this feedback • ILS packages • Etc • $30,000 plus the space and software • Does it match?

  8. More? • Make your own! • Test only your content • Several hours • Check each computer somehow for scores • Individualized • Feedback to each student on their level

  9. Been there, Done That! • Hyperstudio • Hypercard • HTML (with some of Chris’s special toys) • Seriously, you need partners • Seriously, do you have enough computers?

  10. Issues • Development time • Collecting data • Hardware • Setting (space) • How you teach!

  11. Solutions • A system in your room • Collects responses • Shows them to you • Real time • No interruption

  12. Is it the future? • No • University of Illinois 1988 • Medical School lecture hall • Sorry only $100,000 system • Not really computerized

  13. Next?

  14. What? • IBM Palisades • Hardwired! • Computerized • Response system • You got the room? • You got the budget?

  15. E instruction

  16. What? • RF • Lots of buttons • Integrates with PowerPoint etc • Test banks • www.einstruction.com

  17. Quizdom

  18. What? • Infrared device • USB • Integrates with PowerPoint etc • Testbank • www.quizdom.com

  19. Activ system

  20. What? • RF • Integrates with whiteboard system • Saves individual results in presentation • Exports to Excel • Testbank? (a vendor says an NC 4th grade reading is due out soon) • www.prometheanworld.com

  21. So? • Price is an issue • Look for easy ability to use • Time! • Does it work with the rest of the toys? • Durability? • Share?

  22. Wisdom • The faster you give feedback, the sooner you fix the problem • The easier to use, the more you use • Think in terms of systems • Think in your room

  23. Me • Presentation available at: • www.cobitz.com • Questions about this presentation: chris@cobitz.com

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