DIGITAL AUDIO ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL

For this assignment, you will propose a media-based assessment approach that you can use in a lesson or unit you currently teach as part of your curriculum.

Instructions

  1. Reflect on the different ways in which students can use digital audio to create products that demonstrate mastery of content and technology standards.
  2. Think of a lesson/unit for which you could assign your students the task of creating a digitalaudio product that will be used to assess their performance. (Note: We encourage you to use a lesson or unit that you are already teaching, but for which you are using a more traditional assessment approach now).
  3. Use the right hand column in each of the tables to respond to the questions.

About you

Your Response
  1. Your name:
/ Jeff Binder
  1. Group member names (if applicable):
/ Horatio Major

About the Lesson/Unit

  1. What curriculum area(s) (i.e. subjects) does the lesson cover?
/ Geometry - Quadrilaterals
  1. What is the grade or grade range in which the lesson or unit is taught?
/ Third Grade
  1. Write a brief summary or overview of the lesson or unit.
/ In cooperative learning groups, students will write and record a short song/cheer that includes the properties of squares, rectangles, rhombi, parallelograms, and trapezoids

About the Proposed Assessment Approach

  1. What digital audio product will your students create? (describe briefly)
/ A short song/cheer that includes the properties of squares, rectangles, rhombi, parallelograms, and trapezoids
  1. What criteria will you use to assess the digital audio products? (list)
/
  • Inclusion of the correct properties for each quadrilateral, creativity of presentation, and clarity of song/cheer

  1. What, if any, tools will you use to assess the digital audio products? (list)
/
  • Pre-determined rubric

  1. What, if any, other assessments will you use in this lesson/unit? (list)
/
  • Self assessment and peer assessment

Think About It

  1. What does a teacher gain from using digital audio productsas part of the assessmentfor this lesson/unit?
/ A teacher gains the ability to assess comprehension in alternative ways. Properly done and creative digital audio products can be shared and used in future classes as instructional tools.
  1. What possible challenges should the teacher plan for when using digital audio assessment products in this lesson/unit?
/ The teacher should plan for unplanned deviation, students who have problems annunciating, technical difficulties, and inability to manipulate technology.
  1. What does the student gain fromcreatingdigital audio products as part of the assessment for this lesson/unit?
/ The student gains the opportunity to use tools other than paper and pencil to show comprehension, the chance to work in a group setting and be creative.