Wallwisher is an interesting concept. One that might be helpful in a class with mature students, but I would be weary about using it with middle schoolers. It worries me because you can post things and delete them and this could lead to kids getting off topic. It would take me as a teacher to be constantly monitoring it and I'm not sure this is something I could commit to.
It is a cool tool that kids could use to collaborate and brainstorm with but I'm not sure what exactly it could do in a more structured setting. Overall, it's cool, but might be a one note hit.
As far as the NETS Survey, I'm not really sure what I was supposed to get out of it. I guess it showed me misconceptions as far as the NETS Standards, but I was a little confused and lost as to what we are supposed to do with this data. Maybe what threw me off was the topic, perhaps something curriculum relevant would make more sense to me and my students.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Self Grading Tests
Self grading tests seemed to be helpful, but I would never use it solely as a testing mechanism for student's understanding. Perhaps it would be helpful for a unit pre-test or online quiz, but I plan on still using paper tests for my unit tests. I think it's harder for student's to concentrate on a computer and am not convinced this would allow them to get the best score possible. That being said, it's awesome that it would be self grading. That cuts out a lot of work for me and would help lighten the load. But I don't think I can justify it solely on that.
In my future class I would use it for unit pre-tests. I think it's important to gauge where your students are at before you start a unit so you aren't wasting their time or yours. I would also consider using it for online quizzes or maybe have the students create their own study guide quizzes. And then take some of their questions to help create the tests. I would definitely use the self grading test as a supplement to other aspects of my class, but would never use them on their own. They just don't test the student enough to validate that.
In my future class I would use it for unit pre-tests. I think it's important to gauge where your students are at before you start a unit so you aren't wasting their time or yours. I would also consider using it for online quizzes or maybe have the students create their own study guide quizzes. And then take some of their questions to help create the tests. I would definitely use the self grading test as a supplement to other aspects of my class, but would never use them on their own. They just don't test the student enough to validate that.
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