Slowly moving forward...

Reading the research is one thing but moving forward is another. As a Senior Unit, we are looking at using Google Forms for the students to self evaluate the performance of their Rich Assessment Task groups. Simple tick the options hopefully will make the collation and administration not too arduous. Students can also provide optional feed back about favourite/least favourite part of the Unit to assist in refining our planning for the future.

Module 3

After our ICON session with Loretto Campbell on Friday several uses for Google forms sprang to mind. Initially, I thought that this would be a great way for students to nominate which students they wish to be placed with in class in the following year. This means it could be completed either at home in consultation with parents so that "good choices" could be made or, alternatively, in private so that more vulnerable students  would not be subjected to the " pick me" pressure. The use of a drop down list of options means that students who are away for the day and/or in another classroom would not be omitted from choice.
The forms could also be used as a topic pre-test/post-test so that learning can be focused on the area of need and accurate assessment could be paper free.

Module 1

Module 1 has certainly demonstrated that the Web 2.0 tools are just that; tools to be used for the students to communicate and interact within their contemporary world. As educators we need to be prepared to move away from the front of the room from where we have previously directed the learning. Changing passive learners into active learners into interactive global learner.