PDS+Students-LHS-Alternative+Assessments-Feb.+24,+2009

=PDS Students-LHS-Alternative Assessments-Feb. 24, 2009 =

**Session Handout**:[[file:PDS Assessmemt_differentiation 2_24_09 LHS.pdf]]
Bloom's Taxonomy:

Videos

 * 1) [|When assessment goes wrong-a parody]
 * 2) media type="custom" key="3236132"Vocabulary and Paul Revere
 * 3) [|The Great Gatsby]: A video project illustrating a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY
 * 4)  [|Challenge by Choice in Math: Tiered Assessment] -In a style that is accessible to his diverse class of students, Dave explains the difference in challenge between 3 tiered performance assessments in mathematics. The actual performance assessments can be downloaded from the support files. For more information and resources, please visit Dave's blog at http://challengebychoice.wordpress.com/
 * 5) [|Student-produced video-assessment rubric-]an assessment rubric for student videos
 * 6) [|Formative assessment]-key features of formative assessment, focus on effective questioning, peer and self-assessment, feedback and grading.
 * 7) Wkispaces in class -T. Theisen's French classes wikispace

General Information

 * 1) [|Guide to Alternative assessments]
 * 2) Role of assessment in a differentiated classroom: [[file:RoleofAssessmentinaDifferentiatedClassroom_Handout.pdf]]
 * 3) [|A Guide to Effective Assessment]
 * 4) [|Authentic Assessment Toolbox]

Of course you need rubrics

 * 1) [|Rubrics Galore]
 * 2) [|Make your own rubrics with templates]
 * 3) [|Science Project checkllist rubric]
 * 4) [|Need more rubrics]

**21st Century Learning Resources**

 * 1) 21st Century Tech resources:[[file:PDS 2009 assessment and 21st century tools.doc]]

Interesting Sites

 * 1) [|Using Voicethread for peer assessment in a social studies class]-a teacher blog entry
 * 2) [|GoogleLitTrips]:They’re the greatest journey stories of all time!

Sites that could be used as alternative assessment activities

 * 1) [|Wordle]: [[image:http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/file/view/Wordle-How+to.doc"]][| Wordle-How to.doc]
 * 2) [|Toondoo]:[[image:http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/file/view/How+to+make+a+Toondoo+2008+.doc"]][| How to make a Toondoo 2008 .doc]
 * 3) [|Voki:]: [[file:How to make a Voki.doc]] Make your own talking avatar in many languages for your blog or wikispace.
 * 4) [|PicLits]: [[file:PicLits How to for presentation.doc]]
 * 5) [|TeacherTube] and [|SchoolTube]: [[image:http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tonitheisen.wikispaces.com/file/view/TeachertubeExploring+online+videos+for+class.doc"]][| TeachertubeExploring online videos for class.doc]
 * 6) [|Text to Speech]-English and many more ideas for this tool.
 * 7) [|Learn How to do Digital Storytelling]: a free online curriculum designed to bring Digital Storytelling training to the widest possible population. This powerful new medium allows ordinary people, with little computer experience and with readily available electronic tools, to create three- to four-minute video clips that can be played on a computer, shared as an email or played on a television.

