Technology+Leader+and+Facilitator+Standard+IV+Reflection

The fourth standard in the ISTE guidelines for technology leaders and facilitators focuses on assessment and evaluation. Educational technologist need to be able to model assessing students using technology in a variety of ways; assist teachers in using technology to evaluate and assess artifacts and data to improve instruction; guide teachers in collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, and communicating findings to improve instruction and increase student learning; support teachers in using recommended evaluation methods for improving students’ use of technological resources to learn, communicate, and produce; and examine and apply research that evaluates the use of specific technology in the public school environment.

As with Standards I and II, Standards III and IV involve some overlap. Assessment and curriculum go hand-in-hand, therefore activities that involve one, most often involve the other. The assessment in a lesson could be formal or informal.

The test using the student response system and the Photo Story 3 projects involved different forms of assessment using technology. The test was a more formal assessment than the project, as the project had more flexibility and student choice involved. The Photo Story project also allowed the opportunity for assessment from people other than the teacher. Being posted on YouTube gave the students’ project the opportunity to be evaluated by more of their peers, their parents, and other members of the public. This provided students with a motivator to do their best work, and they were excited about their videos being made public.