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Assessing Learning with Web 2.0: Social Bookmarking

I was talking to teacher who was so proud of the social bookmarking his students had done. They had collected over 60 links about the topic they were studying. I asked him if they had agreed on what tags they were going to use; he said that they used whatever tag they wanted. Next, I asked him what categories they had divided the links into; he said that the 60+ links were neatly organized in one long list. Then, I asked how much they had annotated (explained about the importance of each link); he proudly said that they listed the title of each website. Finally, I inquired how they students used these bookmarks; he mentioned that the activity was to collect them. He was so excited about using the Web 2.0 tool of Social Bookmarking.

In my opinion, he wasted his students’ time. The students did not learn about the academic topic; they learned how to collect information. They did not know the topic in a deeper or more comprehensive nature anymore than when they started their social bookmarking.

Even if each student found two links about the learning topic and compared and contrasted the information on those two links, they would have learned so much more in a very little time.

How do you use social bookmarking?

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Digital Age Assessment: Learning in Web 2.0 (NECC 09)

Published June 23, 2009 21st Century Skills , Podcast , Rubric , Rubrics , Social networking , Student , Twitter , Video , Web 2.0 , Wiki 4 Comments
Tags: 21st Century Skills, Accountability, Achievement, Assess, Assessment, blog, Future, Images, Podcast, Rubric, Rubrics, Social networking, Student Learn, Twitter, Video, Web 2.0, Wiki

How do we assess students’ learning in these in Web 2.0 environments? We want to go beyond assessing the mere mechanics of using these tools; unfortunately, most current rubrics for Web 2.0 learning devote only a minuscule amount (usually 16% or less) to actual student academic learning. We want to refocus our assessments to reflect the students in-depth and comprehensive standards-based learning and the 21st Century Skills.

Change Web 2.0 assessments to assess standards-based learning and 21st Century learning!

With minor changes, the following assessments can be modified for any Web 2.0 tool.

Pre-assess your students’ Web 2.0 projects to raise the academic learning and 21st century skills.

The following are “rubrics” that assess standards-based learning and 21st century skills.

General Assessment: Prensky’s 21st century skills

General Assessment: enGauge’s 21st century skills

General Assessment: Partnership for 21st century skills

I welcome your reaction to these assessments as we try to help students improve in their academic content and develop 21st century skills.

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Assessing Learning with Web 2.0: Partnership for 21st Century Assessment

Published June 22, 2009 21st Century Skills , Assess , Assessment , Digital Age , Future , Learn , NECC , Rubric , Rubrics , Social networking , Web 2.0 1 Comment
Tags: 21st Century Skills, Achievement, Assess, Assessment, Digital Age Learning, Evaluate, Future, Learn, Rubric, Social networking, Student, Web 2.0

As teachers look at possible projects involving Web 2.0 tools, they can pre-assess using general 21st century skills assessments. Furthermore, they can use these general assessments during and after a learning experience.

Assessing 21st Century Skills in the Classroom Using Partnership for 21st Century concepts

Hotchalk, Jan 10 2009

http://www.hotchalk.com/mydesk/index.php/hotchalk-blog-by-dr-harry-grover-tuttle-on-teaching/538-assessing-21st-century-skills-in-the-classroom-

According to the Partnership for the 21st Century website, the 21st century skills has four major categories: Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes; Learning and Innovation skills; Information, Media and Technology Skills; and Life and Career Skills

Learning and Innovation Skills Assessment (Use 4 (weekly) -3 (every 5 weeks) -2 (every 10 weeks)-1 (once a year) -0 (does not happen) scale

Creativity and innovation skill

____ Demonstrating originality and inventiveness in work. Example: _________________________

____ Developing, implementing and communicating new ideas to others. Example: _________________________

____ Being open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives. Example: _________________________

____ Acting on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the domain in which the innovation occurs. Example: _________________________

Critical thinking and problem solving skills

____ Exercising sound reasoning in understanding. Example: _________________________

____ Making complex choices and decisions. Example: _________________________

____ Understanding the interconnections among systems. Example: _________________________

____ Identifying and asking significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions. Example: _________________________

____ Framing, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to solve problems and answer questions. Example: _________________________

Communication and Collaborative Work

____ Articulating thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively through speaking and writing. Example: _________________________

____ Demonstrating ability to work effectively with diverse teams. Example: _________________________

____ Exercising flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal. Example: _________________________

____ Assuming shared responsibility for collaborative work. Example: _________________________

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Assessing Learning with Web 2.0: Marc Prensky’s 21st Century Skills2.0

Published June 22, 2009 21st Century Skills , Academic , Achievement , Assess , Assessment , Digital Age , Learn , Rubric , Rubrics , Social networking 1 Comment
Tags: 21st Century Skills, Achievement, Assess, Checklist, Digital Age Learning, Evaluate, Future, Learn, Rate, Rubric, Social bookmarking, Student, Web 2.0

Marc Prensky offers his ideas on 21st Century skills which I’ve converted into an assessment tool.

Harry G Tuttle Web 2.0 Marc Prensky's 21st Century Skills

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Birth of a Child and Hope for the Future

Published March 13, 2008 Curriculum , Hope , Learn , learning , Teacher , Teaching , technology , technology integration Leave a Comment
Tags: Birth, Change, Class, Curriculum, Education, Future, Hope, Rowan, Status Quo, technology, technology integration

My grandson, Rowan, was born yesterday early in the morning. Mom and Dad are doing fine. As I ponder what his life will be like I focus in on his schooling and technology. I think about my many years of teaching and my son’s educational experience. The last school district I was in had limited technology -every teacher did not have an LCD; in fact we shared one within the department of 20 people. There were a few mini-labs but there were many thousands of students and their teachers vying for those labs. My son had many excellent teachers and some not so good ones. A few teachers used technology but he had more technology at home than in school. I think that maybe schools have changed but then I think about my working with a large city school district for the past year and I know that some schools have not changed. They have not changed in terms of curriculum and in terms of using technology to create in-depth learning experiences.

Have we fundamentally changed how and what we teach? How we globally integrated technology to provide probing learning experiences? What will be different in five years when he starts his first formal schooling? What will cause a change? I wish the best for Rowan in his schooling!

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