Software to Support Assessments

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The production of technology has transpired as an aid within the educational sector. Technology has now become the teaching and learning dynamic of the twenty-first century and it will begin to broaden beyond this point. Technology has given the educational sector tools that will assist in teaching and learning, but through software that is able is support assessment in the classroom. This proposal will present the difference between formative and summative assessments giving an understanding on how technology can be used to facilitate both assessments. The proposal will also present ways in which technology facilitates ongoing efforts to assess student learning. Technology also provides pros and cons to learning and this will be discussed to make the final decision if teachers should only use technology to assess student learning.

There are two types of assessments that teachers can use to gather pertinent information about students, these are formative and summative assessments. Each assessment has a detailed objective for accomplishing tasks, objectives and goals. Formative assessments provide ways for the teacher to integrate a distinct process of learning that will achieve a preferred outcome. Tuttle, 2011 states, formative assessments is the process of helping students move immediately forward from their presented diagnose learning to the desired learning goals. This means that formative assessments should be used as a tool regularly throughout the instructional process to support high quality learning. This type of assessment can be provided through technology, for example, in the autistic classroom, where I assist the Smart Board has specific software for special needs children to facilitate learning and formative asse...

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...s to comprise different approaches of assessments. However, it is necessary that teachers understand the positive and negative aspects of technology, to enlighten the teacher that technology should not be the only source for assessments.

References

Bull, J. (1993). Using technology to assess student learning. Retrieved October 25, 2011 from, http://www.caacentre.ac.uk/dldocs/alter.pdf

Neir Tec. (2004). Technology and teaching students to read: What does the research says. Retreived October 25, 2011 from, http://www.neirtec.org/reading_report/report.htm

Swearingen, R. (2002). A primer: Diagnostic, formative and summative assessments. Retrieved October 25, 2011 from, http://slackernet.org/assessment.htm

Tuttle, H. (2011). Education with technology. Retrieved October 25, 2011 from, http://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com/

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