iEARN
6. Assess


Why is Assessment Important?
What is Authentic Assessment?
How to Assess Project -Based Learning
What is a Rubric?
What about Standards, Goals, Objectives and Assessment?
  Examples from iEARN teachers
Examples of rubrics developed for an iEARN project
iEARN Online Professional Development





I have used all kinds of assessment tools throughout my teaching career. Since I'm a science teacher, and we teach courses with a lot of lab time and student projects, I am used to developing assessments that involve student group work, and long-term projects. In project-based learning, the focus of the assessment is on process and products, demonstrations of understanding, and tangible accomplishments over time…It takes a lot of teacher time up front, BEFORE students even begin working, but it makes the process work smoothly and it embeds the assessment into the daily work of the students. For the research project that my students were working on, with a final product of a Power Point report accompanied by an oral report, I developed a detailed rubric that students received before they even began their research. I also monitored their daily progress, so they have a component of their personal on-task time that contributes to their final grade. Thus, their individual grade is a blend of the final product, their individual contribution to the oral report, and their daily grades from their observed time on task.

- Kathleen Griffin, United States

 

Some examples from iEARN teachers of using final project products as an assessment tool

Water Habitat Project assessed using the Teaching for Understanding Framework web link on Harvard University website.

WRITE to Care Framework: Writing and Reading Integrating Technology into Education to Make A Difference in Our World. By Kristi Rennebohm Franz, Sunnyside Elementary School, USA. WRITE to Care Framework -Literacy Educational Standards. web

YouthCaN web linkis a project in which students plan, implement , and coordinate an annual event in April, which brings together youth of the world to share how they are using technology in environmental projects. Conferences are held in New York City and other parts of the world.

There are several magazines edited and published by students that all possess an authentic global audience:

A Vision web link is a literary magazine that uses art and creative writing to demonstrate that despite linguistic, cultural, ethnic and racial differences, teenagers around the world share the same hopes, fears, interests and concerns.


Some projects create a product to share or sell.

Dolls for Computers dolls aims to teach and encourage school aged children to pursue a higher standard of living through creative endeavors, doing so specifically by creating dolls which in turn are sold and the profits reinvested in their school.

Some projects culminate in student created web pages, including The Bullying Project web link, an international project to help others around the world cope with being bullied and teased.

 

 

 

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