Kristina Tzetzos is a passionate educator who provided us with valuable assessment information during this week’s educational technology class. Kristina uses an app called Spinndle for student assessment. The assessment provided on Spinndle not only provides academic assessment, but also assessment of skills such as monitoring behaviour, tracking progress, collecting artifacts, and reflecting.
One of the things that Kristina pointed out about student portfolios is that assessment has to mean something to students before they engage in it. Kristina views assessment as literacy, and students do not simply go into self-assessment knowing the meaning behind it. Often times, we are assuming that students know how to assess, that they know how the assessment is related to standards, and that they understand how artifacts display growth. Realistically, we have to TEACH students how to self-assess through modelling and instruction, much like we would with literacy in Math or Language Arts.
I found that Kristina provided us with valuable information on student literacy in assessment. What we learned from Kristina can be applied throughout a variety of apps such as Fresh Grade, and MyEd BC.
I really appreciate how you point out that assessment has to mean something to the students for they engage in it. This is so important. We have started talking about students being involved in the assessment process but we have to remember that it can’t just be a piece we use to show them where they stand, the student has to understand the process, where they are at, how they can improve, and where they can go from their.