The first concept I would like to discuss is student participation systems as a learning assessment approach. For example there are student participation systems that involve clickers that can give teachers immediate feedback on the material the students and comprehending. In my biology class, my professor used the clickers as he was teaching through his power points. I found it very helpful when he used this method because it would give him the opportunity to go into depth on a certain topic that may have been a challenge for me. I think as an educator it was beneficial to him as-well because it demonstrated who was retaining the information and if his lessons were understood by everyone. As a teacher, I would use this technique very often, this gets the students to ALL participate and engaged with the topics and information they are learning.
The second topic I would like to discuss how different practices such as, online surveys, learning portfolios, etc can get students more engaged in their education. For example, online surveys serve as a great way for students to voice their opinion on how a topic should be taught. This gives teachers immediate feedback on how their lessons can be more effective. I think it is very important to look at your students as individuals and not just as a whole group. Students learn differently from each other and should be able to voice and show their opinion on how they better retain material. With technology this becomes easier because of how immediate responses can be done. With an online survey created students can answer questions and teachers can immediately change their lesson plans.
The third topic I would like to discuss is digital portfolio for students. I think this is such a great tool that we should take advantage of because it hasn't always been available to us as educators and students. Digital portfolios make material more accessible to others. There are always pros and cons of technology tools and what the benefits are to using them. In my future classroom I will use digital portfolios for my students because of the different options for creativity and flexibility it provides.
Below is a diagram I created for the Pros and Cons of Digital Portfolios!!
Resources:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming
Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc
Izquierdo, N (2015, November 8).Digital Portfolio . Created with Bubblus.
Good graphic via Bubbl.us to visualize the pros and cons of digital student portfolios - not sure I agree with all of them, but that happens! :) The concept of Clickers really has a solid foundation - assessing students as you lecture (or even used as a pre/post assessment). The interactive nature of using such devices (now more often one sees the student's cell phone or tablet) is key to increasing both motivation and understanding of knowledge. The actual Clicker itself is expensive and since it only has that one function, difficult to justify, but the student devices are a great substitute with web-based programs that are free (Kahoot, Nearpod, Socrative) and/or with teacher-device-driven Plickers.
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