Monday, February 14, 2011

The week of February 14 - 18

This week my classes will be wrapping up The Great Depression and it seems to me like a good time to have the iPads make my life a little easier by using them for assessments.  I am very fortunate in that my school provides a web site that I can post announcements, links, notes, homework, etc to.  I am even more fortunate that this website also gives me the ability to make tests and quizzes that are automatically graded and if I choose it can give immediate feedback to my students on questions they missed.  I have used this quiz/test function several times during the school year in the computer lab, but this time I plan to use it in the classroom on the iPads.  My classes have done a couple of dry runs, but when I test this Wednesday the goal is to have all of the bugs worked out.

I think administering assessments in this manner will have two positive points.  
1.  It will save me time!  I won't have to spend time after school grading tests.  I can post on the blog about how well it went instead :)
2.  Most, if not all, of my student will have to take the SOL tests this spring using a computer.  This should give them more practice testing in a electronic format than they would normally get.

If you have the time go by and check out my school website:  http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/MrWhitaker/
It is nothing fancy, but it does meet my classroom needs.

Please feel free to post any comments you have about this blog or my website.
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4 comments:

  1. iGriffinFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    I went to view your webpage that you have for your students and I must say nice work. I respect how you are giving your students more practice on the computer with test taking. What bugs you have come across when using this LMS?

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  2. UnknownFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    iGriffin.. what does LMS stand for?

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  3. ToniFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    I totally agree with giving exposure to computer test-taking, and really like the fact that data is readily available when students take tests online. Let me know how it goes so I can try it sometime.
    Also...LMS- learning management system

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  4. Lincoln WhitakerFebruary 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    My assessments went well today. There were a few minor glitches, but they were easily fixed. If I could only fix a few of my students grades by pressing refresh my job would be so much easier.

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