Monday, June 28, 2010

Where's the Beef? Assessing Digital Products for Rigor, Relevance, and Craftmanship

ISTE 2010 Session
Presenter: Bernajean Porter
www.bjpconsulting.com
http://www.digitales.us/

Used http://www.polleverywhere.com/ as an audience response system.

Digital products refers to student work products. She encourages the use of rubrics but doesn't think it's effective when individual teachers create them on the fly. Free scoring guides are available on her website.

Is the work useful and beneficial to others? Don't use technology for technology's sake. Do the images and sound effects illustrate or extend meaning? Showing not telling. Distinguish between reading, reciting, and performing. Good media grabs you. It's memorable.

Example: Used www.voicethread.com to set up a formal debate with middle school teams across seven countries.

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