1. Empower Students through Self-Assessment Patricia Louis 2012 SOF Conference Honolulu, HI

2. Who I Am Patricia Louis Librarian, Aliamanu Elementary, Honolulu, Hawaii

3. A note This version of the slide presentation captures the content without the visuals.

4. Game plan for session Share why student self-assessment and technology integration is vital Provide examples of how self-assessment and technology can be built into K-12 lessons Listen to students as they practice and reflect on their learning Engage everyone in developing simple self- assessment tools and sharing different online tools Invite questions and exchanges within the session and beyond

5. Beliefs... It should be an integral part of learning, not an add-on. Self-assessment is a learnable skill. Technology can be integrated at different points in the Instructional Cycle

6. Why bother? Students actually learn more deeply They achieve comprehension and application at higher levels They become more self-confident about themselves as learners They are more motivated to improve Higher engagement

7. What might lessons look like? Samples of lessons and assessment tools

8. Unpacking our lessons Student View – Essential questions – Learning tasks – Assessment criteria – Student friendly language Teacher View – Standards – Learning tasks/resources – Assessment criteria/tools – Learning plan

9. Gr. 1 – Japan and Hawaii Essential questions How are children in Japan like us in Hawaii? How are children in Japan different from us in Hawaii? Learn new facts about children in Japan from Discovery Learning, Safari Montage and Kids Web Japan. Complete a Venn diagram identifying one similarity and one difference between children in Japan and Hawaii. Use a checklist to assess what I did.

11. Me My Teacher/Librarian I identified at least one similarity between children in Hawaii and Japan I identified at least one difference between children in Hawaii and Japan I correctly circled where I found my information ✫ Draw a ☺ if you did this. Draw a ☹ if you did not finish this.

12. Grade 2 - Poetry Essential questions What are different forms of poetry? What is the connection between music and poetry? Read and listen to different poems. Identify different forms of poetry such as haiku, acrostic and shape poems using e-clickers. Connect a poem about friends to friends in my own life. Use a checklist to see how well I know different forms of poetry.

14. Gr. 2 - Ecosystem Essential questions What is a ecosystem? What are the different parts of an ecosystem? How are different ecosystems alike and different? Search for information about a specific ecosystem in books, videos, and online sources. Record the information on a note-taking sheet. Create a slide for my class Voicethread project. Use a rubric to assess my Voicethread slide.

15. Voicethread Checklist

16. Gr. 4 – Ancient Hawaii Essential question What was Hawaii like in the past? Why? Search for information to our questions in books, photos, and online sources. Describe the way Hawaiians managed their natural resources through the Ahupuaa system. Create a digital poster with my information using Glogster Use a rubric to assess my digital poster.

18. Gr. 6 – Renaissance Essential questions What was the Renaissance? Who were some important people? What were some important events? What impact did it have on the development of the sciences and humanities and the voyages of exploration? Research an important figure from the Renaissance and explain that person’s accomplishments. Create a Facebook style webpage using information found from my research. Use a rubric to assess my webpage.

20. Secondary – Greening Our Community Essential questions What does greening a community involve? How green is our community at this time? How can we build a greener community? Research alternative ways to make a greener community. Create an infographic display for a Green Day celebration at our mall. Use a check-log to assess the graphs in our infographic displays.

22. Secondary - Cyberbullying Essential questions Why do teens engage in cyberbullying? How does it affect the victims? What can we do about it? Investigate how cyberbullying became a serious problem among teens. Create a podcast describing cyberbullying, its effects on the victims and ways to deal with it. Use a rating-log to assess my podcast.

23. Ratings-Log to Assess Podcasts Ratings 1 = We did a terrific job2 = We did a satisfactory job3 = We need to do a much better job

24. Lessons we are learning Shift from a teacher-librarian focus to a student focus in assessment. Students become the experts in using technology as assessing their learning. Make sure that learning goals are clearly stated for everyone. Make sure that criteria to assess achievement of goals are clearly stated for everyone. Tweak assessment tools you already use. Use student-friendly language. Manage and plan when using technology tools with students. Keep assessments simple and do-able for you and the students.

25. It’s your turn! Share your favorite online tool Select a scenario from the handout and decide what to assess and the tool you might use for this

26. What’s on your mind? Short Q/A time

27. Rounding out our session The questions that matter for students – Did I meet my goals? – How do I feel about that? – How can I do even better?

28. Keeping the action going Join us @http://sotf12louis.wikispaces.com Exchange your work Pose your questions Share more terrific resources

29. Useful online tools for assessment iRubric http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.ht ml Webtools4U2Use http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/ Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Rubrician.com http://www.rubrician.com/

30. Mahalo for joining me! Patty