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Concept Maps, Rubrics and Portfolios as Formative Assessment Tools (video)


Introduction 


This video is related with the types of assessment and how as teachers we can get some help from different tools to assess the everydat activities in order to reach the learning for our students. Infromation is taken from the blog and hand outs provided by the teacher with a final conclusion that envolves my perspective from the topic.





Conclusion

To make thei video was very difficult because i had to put many terms together to understand the topic. I t was hard to see the relation between the tools and the types of assessment and how it works in the classroom as a team.




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Assessment Introduction The next mindmap has been done with the intention of put the terms of the handout " Introduction to Issues in Language Assessment and Terminology" together. Covering the most important concepts and exposing them in a systematic order. The kind of tests and assessments are the main characteristic of the present product.  Conclusion The relation among test and assessment takes place in the teaching- learning process. Designing tests is not an easy work if we consider all the aspects involved from what we want to evaluate to what kind of students we have. During the making of this  work i would emphasize the importance of two terms "Assessment" and "Evaluation" focusing students and teacher respectively. 
Rubistar Introduction The following rubric has been made in the rubistar platform to evaluate oral presentations  about experiences in institutions which use constructivism. The rubric contains seven aspects to grade in a scale from one to 4, the items to evaluate are: Tone, Volume, Posture and Eye Contact, Vocabulary, Content, Comprehension and Understanding of the topic. Conclusion The platform called rubistar is one of a kind, it can really help you to develope a useful rubric wich is trustworthy to evaluate. My main issue when making ribrics was to find the right elements to consider and instead of create every aspect and grade it ribistar helped me assigning real measures considering the kind of activity and the skill that is supposed to be evaluated.
How does it work for the teacher, classmates and yourself? The teacher use blogger as a platform where the students’ products can be checked easily, instructions, advices and indications are specified in a main blog controlled by the teacher so students are able to interpret information in one only way due to the clarity and authenticity of information. The relation between classmates sharing their blogs is a huge feedback device, interactions turns into something necessary to make a significant progress in the classroom. An atmosphere of respect is essential for healthy interaction, a space where ideas and opinions can be shared to improve. In my own experience this blog has become a new experience in the process of teaching and learning, I could show my perspective and look for new opinions from my partners. This blog is a digital portfolio in my opinion and to be honest is the first time that I use it for an academic purpose. To what extent does it match in practice what you ...