(1993). Alternative Assessment and Technology. ERIC Digest, : ED365312 , Retrieved 05/21/09, from http://www.ericdigests.org/1994/technology.htm
This article is about Alternative assessment and technology. The writer drew our attention to “the reform of testing in this country” (1993.Eric Digest) in order to develop methods for assessing complex knowledge and performance. Assessment is connected to the learners’ goals, and since goals are always subject to changes, many educators believe that there is great need to find new approaches to keep up with these changes. The writer suggested two approaches that are promising in term of changing the “measurement of cognitive abilities”. These two approaches are “performance-based assessment and portfolio assessment” (1993.Eric Digest). The writer sees technology as powerful tool to deliver these two approaches, because it has “unique capabilities that can make crucial contributions to the creation of workable and meaningful forms of alternative assessment” (1993.Eric Digest) and many educators believe so. Technology can be used in performance assessment, for example in my school we use iPod and oral presentation to assess students’ speaking skill. The writer also mentioned others way of using technology in assessment such as using videotape to conduct a progress interviews and teachers can come up with rubric in order to evaluate students’ performance. I think technology can be used effectively to move educators from using assessment as means to serve purposes like gaining control of others and selecting and sorting students to new purposes such as recognizes growth in students’ performance.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Blackboard's Role on 21th century
Blackboard, Blackboard (2006). Blackboard’s roleon 21st cencyury campus. The Blackboard Academic Suite, Retrieved 05/16/09, from http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS260US260&q=Blackboard%e2%80%99s+Role+on+the+21st+Century+Campus
This article is about the role of blackboard on the 21st century campus. The emphasis of this article is on products and services of blackboard. This article is mainly focus on advertising blackboard as tool for shaping the vision for the future campus. The article summarized the finding of a research conducted by blackboard product on 2006 through personal interviews and online surveys. In the introduction of the article the writer explains that his/her ideas have driven from interviews and surveys covered more 500 education leaders in Canada and United states. The finding of this research is “a view from the top” (Blackboard, 2006, Academic Suite). According to this article “Blackboard installation is stable, secure and scalable). It is a powerful tool to deal with our education system challenges such as the development of students’ achievement. This article high light many ways of achieving this development; for example blackboard can improve (student engagement and student life, to enhance institutional accountability, to respond to demands of a global economy, and to strengthen the management of institutional cost and funding strategies” (Blackboard, 2006, Academic Suite). I agree with all points that the writer made in this article. In my school we just started to use blackboard and I found it very effective in term of “Exploiting social networks in academics entails taking the existing power of human relationships” (Blackboard, 2006, Academic Suite), managing students’ outcome, and meeting students’ learning needs. However in my school the issue of Faculty Adoption to use blackboard is only obstacle that prevent some teachers from using it. I think this a powerful article but the only weakness of it; it did not maintain any thing about the down side of using blackboard in education in order to overcome these problems.
This article is about the role of blackboard on the 21st century campus. The emphasis of this article is on products and services of blackboard. This article is mainly focus on advertising blackboard as tool for shaping the vision for the future campus. The article summarized the finding of a research conducted by blackboard product on 2006 through personal interviews and online surveys. In the introduction of the article the writer explains that his/her ideas have driven from interviews and surveys covered more 500 education leaders in Canada and United states. The finding of this research is “a view from the top” (Blackboard, 2006, Academic Suite). According to this article “Blackboard installation is stable, secure and scalable). It is a powerful tool to deal with our education system challenges such as the development of students’ achievement. This article high light many ways of achieving this development; for example blackboard can improve (student engagement and student life, to enhance institutional accountability, to respond to demands of a global economy, and to strengthen the management of institutional cost and funding strategies” (Blackboard, 2006, Academic Suite). I agree with all points that the writer made in this article. In my school we just started to use blackboard and I found it very effective in term of “Exploiting social networks in academics entails taking the existing power of human relationships” (Blackboard, 2006, Academic Suite), managing students’ outcome, and meeting students’ learning needs. However in my school the issue of Faculty Adoption to use blackboard is only obstacle that prevent some teachers from using it. I think this a powerful article but the only weakness of it; it did not maintain any thing about the down side of using blackboard in education in order to overcome these problems.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Technology and Teaching Culture
Moore, Morales, Sheila , Zena, Betsy, Carel (01/03/1998). Technology and Teaching Culture: Results of a State Survey of Foreign Language Teachers. CALICO PUBLICATIONS, 15, Retrieved 05/10/09
https://www.calico.org/a-442-Technology%20and%20Teaching%20Culture%20Results%20of%20a%20State%20Survey%20of%20Foreign%20Language%20Teachers.html
This article is about technology and teaching culture. The writers were three researchers from university of Texas at Austin. The writers’ inferences were arrive from a state survey on this topic, which tried to answer questions such as how teachers can “use resources like videodiscs, interactive video, CD-ROMs, and computer networks for teaching culture, and how they incorporate the use of these resources into classroom activities” (Moore, 1998, calico publication). The survey stated that “teachers in general made little use of computer facilities such as the World Wide Web and e-mail” (Moore, 1998, calico publication). Also the survey results stated that “teachers level of education and teaching experiences accounted for some of the differences in the frequency with which teachers used technology” (Moore, 1998, calico publication) the survey also found a strong relationship between Languages Taught and the use of technology. The survey also found that School Setting and Type of school play strong role in the way teachers use technology in teaching culture. According to Brown, Lewis, and Harceload (1983) the advantages of the use interactive media in teaching foreign languages that students can be less dependent on the printed word and rely on combination of sight, sound, and movement. I like this article because it was build on a scientific survey and also because it provided a sample lesson.
https://www.calico.org/a-442-Technology%20and%20Teaching%20Culture%20Results%20of%20a%20State%20Survey%20of%20Foreign%20Language%20Teachers.html
This article is about technology and teaching culture. The writers were three researchers from university of Texas at Austin. The writers’ inferences were arrive from a state survey on this topic, which tried to answer questions such as how teachers can “use resources like videodiscs, interactive video, CD-ROMs, and computer networks for teaching culture, and how they incorporate the use of these resources into classroom activities” (Moore, 1998, calico publication). The survey stated that “teachers in general made little use of computer facilities such as the World Wide Web and e-mail” (Moore, 1998, calico publication). Also the survey results stated that “teachers level of education and teaching experiences accounted for some of the differences in the frequency with which teachers used technology” (Moore, 1998, calico publication) the survey also found a strong relationship between Languages Taught and the use of technology. The survey also found that School Setting and Type of school play strong role in the way teachers use technology in teaching culture. According to Brown, Lewis, and Harceload (1983) the advantages of the use interactive media in teaching foreign languages that students can be less dependent on the printed word and rely on combination of sight, sound, and movement. I like this article because it was build on a scientific survey and also because it provided a sample lesson.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Standardized Testing and Its Victims
Kohn, Alfie (September 27, 2000). Standardized Testing and Its Victims. EDUCATION WEEK, Retrieved 05/03/09, from http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/staiv.htm
This article was written nine years ago by Alfie Kohn. Mr. Kohn has strong opinion about standardized testing and he clamed that many students are victims of it. Mr. Kohn started his article by illustrate eight facts and he build his argument based on these facts. I was strike by some of these facts such as “Our children are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in our history an unparalleled anywhere else in the world” (Kohn, 2000, Education week) and the question her is why and what is relationship between this fact and the diversity of American society. Also Mr. Kohn stated in fact eight that “Many educators are leaving the field because of what is being done to schools in the name of "accountability" and "tougher standards”, (Kohn, 2000, Education week) because teachers are in first line in this battle I think their frustration about standardized testing should be taken seriously. Also I think Mr. Kohn connected all these facts very will to his point of view which is “The tests are just the means by which this game is played. It is a game that a lot of kids—predominantly kids of color—simply cannot win” (Kohn, 2000, Education week) I do agree with Mr. Kohn’s believe and I do think that “no child left behind” policy needs to be reviewed very carefully in order to accommodate the diversity of American society.
This article was written nine years ago by Alfie Kohn. Mr. Kohn has strong opinion about standardized testing and he clamed that many students are victims of it. Mr. Kohn started his article by illustrate eight facts and he build his argument based on these facts. I was strike by some of these facts such as “Our children are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in our history an unparalleled anywhere else in the world” (Kohn, 2000, Education week) and the question her is why and what is relationship between this fact and the diversity of American society. Also Mr. Kohn stated in fact eight that “Many educators are leaving the field because of what is being done to schools in the name of "accountability" and "tougher standards”, (Kohn, 2000, Education week) because teachers are in first line in this battle I think their frustration about standardized testing should be taken seriously. Also I think Mr. Kohn connected all these facts very will to his point of view which is “The tests are just the means by which this game is played. It is a game that a lot of kids—predominantly kids of color—simply cannot win” (Kohn, 2000, Education week) I do agree with Mr. Kohn’s believe and I do think that “no child left behind” policy needs to be reviewed very carefully in order to accommodate the diversity of American society.
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