Assessing Meaningful Learning

Assessing meaningful learning

             Assessing meaningful learning is a tool used by teachers which provides strategies that promote critical thinking skills, student engagement and prompt feedback from educators. Example: Teachers have copious online resources available in order to give students support. Another tool used for learning are rubrics. They detail exactly what is needed to complete assignments and projects.  Rubrics make it easy for teachers to grade students work. Websites such as http://www.inspiratin.com/curriculum-integration/inspiration have resources for teachers to use in the classroom as well. In addition, there are curriculum designs, brainstorming templates and question sessions. The kidspiration link on that site allows students to explore games and activities in any subject matter that they teacher may instruct them to use. Students have a tendency to learn more through the use of games and activities. This provides convenient and quick feedback for the students and is an effortless way for the teacher to make an assessment of student progress.

              This course has taught me that there is much more to technology than just email and Microsoft      word. Voki   is one program which I found most enjoyable as I was creating it in a presentation. Wiki is the online resource that I would use the most because students can work individually or in groups to create a story. Voice threads would be a great way for students to use their imagination and creativity in creating their own voice activated avatars. Throughout the semester I have learned that there an abundance of resources available to teachers. These tools can be used for teaching and for helping to support student learning. Lastly, social media and blogging for teachers aid in supporting ideas for classroom teaching.