Journal+Reflection+Module+5


 * // Reflection Prompt: // ** How has technology impacted or changed your classroom assessment and evaluation? Has your data collection methodology changed with technology? If technology has not impacted your assessment and evaluation, what would you like to change? Discuss technology and your own productivity and professional practice.

__** Description: **__ During this module, I learned how technology is used in the classroom for assessment, evaluation, professional practices and productivity. Through the discussions with my colleagues, I gained a better understanding of the technology tools that other teachers and districts are using for assessment and productivity.

__** Impact: **__ This module was absolutely something that I could connect with right away. I know I feel like I keep saying this, but the Ohio Achievement Assessment test is what all of the teachers and myself have been focusing on since January. We use so many different types of technological assessments to keep track of our students' progress. I know that the basic assessment tools are the online gradebooks, such as Pinnacle and Progress Book. However, there are so many more tools to these programs than just tracking grades. With that said, there are so many more programs available that allow teachers to assess students and use the data in planning their lessons. I'm constantly analyzing which standards and benchmarks my students need to further show mastery on and with these types of tools, I feel very prepared for delivering meaningful and successful lessons.

__** Intent: **__ My intent after participating in this module is to explore more technological options for productivity and assessment. I want to further expand my learning to include new ways of teaching my students and then using different tools to assess and reflect on the data collected. Using the information that other colleagues have shared, I want to investigate tools for productivity that allow my students to create projects and assignments with a deeper understanding of the benchmarks. I also want my students to provide feedback on the productivity tools that they feel are the best in achieving the learning goals for the lesson.