Assessment

 __** Effect on Assessment **__ I believe a wiki site offers a vast array of assessment opportunities, far more than a written piece of work or a project poster. Whilst these still are valuable they simply become a small part of a much richer display of skill and knowledge. Corcoran, Derishimer & Tichenor (2004) claim that assessment tasks in new technologies can engage students in higher level thinking skills. I see this as something teachers of today should be striving to achieve. What can be assessed? The table below summarises some of the assessment possibilities based on VELS (2008). ** || ** Skill / Knowledge ** || || Cyber bullying / Internet Safety Language of new technology Use of a variety of new technologies. Critical thinking about use of new technologies || || Reading (hyperreading, the site and menu help, proofreading and editing), Speaking and listening (podcasts, MP3 files, interviews. Writing: different genres, inc.(work samples), for different purposes and audiences.  || ||  Spatial awareness and site layout  Files sizes and conversions of v ideo, audio, visual (ie power point presentation) timings and recordings  Timelines: reflection of schooling years  Scores, results, statistics about their own achievements  || ||  Visual Art: digital visual art of site aesthetics, conversion of art work to digital format in artistic ways, digital art ( inc. digital stories, paint pictures, photo montage, movie/video, animations, virtual worlds, power point shows).  Music (download, record or create)  Drama (language and production of stage show)  || ||  Awareness of their place in society  Awareness of their community  Developing relationships with family, school and community  Connectedness with and pride in own heritage/culture  || || Responsibility for own learning and publishing of appropriate material. Students paired with mixed abilities to provide mentoring and technical assistance to another lesser technologically skilled student. Self monitoring and self motivating (Corcoran, Derishmer & Tichenor, 2004). || || Reasoning/ critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, reflection and evaluation. || || In the production of the overall site as well as individual components. || || Can be integrated within the content of portofolio tasks. || __ References: __   Corcoran, A., Dershimer, E., Tichenor, M., 2004, //Clearing house, a journal for modern junior and senior high schools// ‘A teacher's guide to alternative assessment: Taking the first steps’, v.77 no.5, pp.213-216
 * ** Domain
 * ICT
 * English
 * Maths
 * Art
 * Civics and Citizenship
 * Personal Learning / Interpsersonal learning
 * Thinking
 * Design, Creativity and technology
 * Humanities

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2008, //Victorian Essential Learning Standards,// < http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/essential/index.html > accessed 06 May 2008