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Module 1084

Assessing Today’s Students: Use Technology to Measure Comprehension

Apply this towards your professional development requirements

Tuition: $225 complete

Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org

What You'll Learn


Chances are, you’re probably already using technology to bolster your lesson plans. Savvy teachers, however, are taking it a step further by using technology to improve student assessments. In this module, you will discover the latest technological tools to help you assess the comprehension of today’s digital-age learners. You’ll learn how to collect data in real-time to help you get a quicker sense of what your students are learning, as well as design assessments that effectively measure student understanding. In addition, you’ll learn how to develop effective scoring rubrics for each tool and resource presented.


In this module, you will learn how to:


  • Draw upon the latest technological tools to assess student understanding
  • Implement resource collection and organization tools for both formative and summative assessment
  • Utilize word cloud tools to determine student learning and understanding
  • Assess learning with engaging audio and visual tools

Highlights

Proven Technological Assessment Tools

  • Word Cloud sites that measure word comprehension
  • Digital image tools that promote stimulating assessments
  • Resources that facilitate both formative and summative assessment
  • Easily-accessible Web sites that work for all grade levels and content areas

Resource Collection and Organization

  • Techniques for assessing research and information fluency
  • Tips to better examine quality of annotations for resources
  • Methods for evaluating student research resources
  • Effective research organization tools

Engaging Audio & Visual Tools

  • Quick-use audio publishing resources
  • Classroom-friendly video tools
  • Audio and video creation options
  • Audio/video tools that measure reading and writing skills

Your Instructor


Joanne Troutner is an educator with over 30 years of experience. Joanne has worked as an educational consultant and trainer for IBM and ETS. Joanne has given speeches and workshops that include presentations at the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development annual conference, American Association of School Librarians conferences, National Educational Computing Conference, and American Library Association.


Joanne has also presented to state library media conferences and computer conventions in South Carolina, Maryland, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. She has been conducting computer training since 1981 with adult learners. The professional development model she uses has been implemented successfully with over 6,200 teachers across the U.S. and Canada.

The Virtual Teachers Lounge™

Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:

  • Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
  • Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
  • Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
  • Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
  • Get new perspectives, fresh ideas and guidance – whenever you need it.
  • You can log whenever is most convenient for you, 24/7

All you have to do is sign up for this course, and you're in!

Connect with, hear from and get help from you peers.


Materials & Assessment

Lectures Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD. Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park; and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment To receive your Certificate of Completion or Certificate of Attendance and earn Professional Development/Continuing Education units/credits/hours, you will need to complete all assessments and submit all final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module. If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.
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Assessing Today’s Students: Use Technology to Measure Comprehension

Tuition: $225
Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org