1. Middle School Assessment: Authentic and Technology Rich Penny A. Bishop and John M. Downes University of Vermont Association for Middle Level Education Nashville, November 7, 2014 tarrantinstitute.org @innovativeEd @pennybishop @jdownes_tiie

2. Today’s Focus 1.What is authentic assessment? 2.How can technology make assessment more authentic? Twitter Augmented Images Video and Podcasting Learning Management Systems Digital Portfolios 3.What can you do with technology and assessment in your school?

3. What is authentic assessment, anyway?

4. How can technology make assessment more authentic?

5. Twitter

6. Twitter can be used for... Assessing Prior Knowledge Demonstrating New Learning Reflecting on Process

7. A window into a student’s prior knowledge about chemical reactions Twitter: Assessing Prior Knowledge

9. Twitter: Demonstrating New Learning

11. Twitter: Reflecting on Learning Process

12. Twitter for Assessment Write a 140-character assessment of the conference so far. #AMLE2014

13. Augmented Images

14. ThinglinkThinglink: embed videos, links, comments, tweets or other images in a master image

15. Augmented Images Aurasma:Aurasma: an iOS app for embedding 3D graphics, videos, quizzes and polls in a single image.

16. Augmented Images 7th grade biology students: 1. examine cells from their cheeks under a microscope 2. snap a photo of the magnified cell with their iPads 3. mark the different cell structures with NotabilityNotability

17. Videos and Podcasting

18. Video A middle school educator in Vermont had his students make videos documenting their experience living on the same water rations as students in Uganda.

19. Podcasting

20. Many tools for videos available: And many ways to use them with your students

21. ○Badging ○Schoology Learning Management Systems

22. Badges for Proficiency

29. Create a Badge Identify a skill or disposition in your curriculum. What badge would you create? How would students earn it?

30. Schoology LMS: Students reflecting on progress

31. Digital Portfolios

32. Digital Portfolios: EvernoteEvernote

33. Potential Challenges ○ Time-intensive to create rigorous tasks ○ Some tools are platform-dependent ○ Some tools have a steep learning curve ○ Availability of equipment and software ○ Authentic audience ○ Quiet space in noisy school ○ Age restrictions ○ Filters and firewalls

34. Vermont Context 1:1 Middle Schools

35. Which could you integrate next week? TwitterPodcastingGoogle Glass e-PortfoliosAurasmaiMotion VineThinglinkPhotostory iMovieSkitchEvernote

36. CEU Code ST-34

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