Tired of the mundane, mediocre, multiple-choice madness? Learn how to craft dynamic, technology-driven projects and assessments applicable to any subject area, enabling students to develop a creative, interdisciplinary course deliverable. The presenters demonstrate creative technology-driven projects and assessments that allow students to integrate technology and traditional research to deliver distinctive, creative projects, exams, and reports.
| Professor Barbara
Messina English Department Berkeley College |
Professor Stephanie Fells Information Technology Berkeley College |
Forum
5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
202 A, West Meeting Rooms
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A Note From Our Sponsors...
We could start out with a serious, educationally-sound, well-thought-out, researched statement as to why we are here. But, we believe in truth. Here's the bottom line: One day we woke up and realized we needed to enhance our arsenal of traditional teaching and assessment methods with some additional, alternative ways of learning and measuring student outcomes. We came to the conclusion that our plugged-in, MTV watching, Sprite drinking, text messaging, hop-hop, My Space™ Millenials were no longer buying what we were selling. So, like any good marketing geniuses, we decided to repackage the same product in a new wrapper.
To make this work, we entered the realm of Alternative Assessment (the utilization of non-traditional approaches in judging student performance.) No, let's rephrase. We entered the realm of Technology-Based Alternative Assessment. No, No. Actually, it's Creative Technology-Based AUTHENTIC Alternative Assessment (The multidimensional process of judging students' acceptable performance behaviors in real-life applications.) Whew! Tired? We are, too.
We are in no way saying that you must throw out all of your traditional methods of teaching and assessing students. Not at all. In fact, research shows that the 18 - 24 year old student finds the best learning experiences to be 50/50 -- half traditional, half alternative.
The beauty of this whole thing is it's not really as difficult as you might think. Lots of really smart people have been throwing this idea against the wall for a long time. So, we decided to give it a whirl. And, guess what? This stuff really does work -- just like that great new shampoo -- What's the name? Oh, yes, Herbal Essence™ Please. Same shampoo. Snazzy new packaging. Sales? Through the roof.
Creative Assessment with Blogs, Games and Brochures.pps (You can view the presentation without PowerPoint)
Creative Assessment with Blogs, Games and Brochures.ppt (You need PowerPoint to view this presentation. The presentation is editable.)
WebQuests - A Creative Alternative Assessment Activity.pps (You can view the presentation without PowerPoint)
WebQuests - A Creative Alternative Assessment Activity.ppt (You need PowerPoint to view this presentation. The presentation is editable.)
Teaching the My Space™ Generation.ppt (You need PowerPoint to view this presentation. The presentation is editable.)
