Digital Photo Assessment Proposal s1
DIGITAL PHOTO 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 photos 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 digital photo 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 Response1. Your name: / Keith Lindsey
2. Group member names (if applicable): / Jeff Binder, Laura Ward, Keith Lindsey
About the Lesson/Unit
3. What curriculum area(s) (i.e. subjects) does the lesson cover? / Math and Science4. What is the grade or grade range in which the lesson or unit is taught? / Grades 6-8
5. Write a very brief summary or overview of the lesson or unit. / Students will take pictures of objects that illustrate angles.
About the Proposed Assessment Approach
6. What digital photo product will your students create? (describe briefly) / i photo slient show displaying different angles in succession. 3 or more photos illustrating 90 degree angles and 3 or more illustrating 45 degree angles7. What criteria will you use to assess the digital photo products? (list) / · Content, focus, imagination
8. What, if any, tools will you use to assess the digital photo products? (list) / · i photos and key notes
9. What, if any, other assessments will you use in this lesson/unit? (list) / · Visual effects, imagination, and flow of slient movie
Think About It
10. What does a teacher gain from using digital photo products as part of the assessment for this lesson/unit? (list) / Keeping the students interested in the lesson by including digital technology.11. What possible challenges should the teacher plan for when using digital photo assessment products in this lesson/unit? (list) / 1. Students unfamiliar with the technology
2. Students damaging property
3. Students fighting over camera
12. What does the student gain from creating digital photo products as part of the assessment for this lesson/unit? (list) / Students will learn to manipulate angles using technology
Students will also get to keep photos and upload them on there social pages.