Talk:Unit 1- Formative Assessment
Feedback -- Tasha Youngman (talk) 09:10, 20 November 2013 (EST)
Chelsea, I really liked your cartoon and your use of videos. They were not too long and it was nice to have a video instead of reading. I also liked your reflection tool at the end. Things you may want to do: I think our objectives have to be written out with an assessment attached. You have made it very clear of what you want your learners to know by the end of the unit but it is unclear how you will assess whether they have learned these things or not. I think we are supposed to put what type of outcome they are as well, but I'm not sure.
Nice job!!
Feedback -- Joshua Lewandowski (talk) 12:22, 20 November 2013 (EST)
I really liked your first lesson. The objectives at the beginning were very clear and for each objective, the activity went right along with the exact objective. For instance, the objective for understanding the difference between formative and summative assessment, you had us watch a video that thoroughly explained the objective.
One thing that you could add to the lesson is maybe give the participant of the course an assessment on assessment It would be catchy. Maybe at the end you could list a variety of assessments and then have the participant decide whether they are formative or summative. After they finish, have them click on an answer key so they can correct it. It doesn't have to be lengthy, maybe just like 5 or 10 forms of assessment. It is not a must, but it could help your lesson out a little bit. I thought your lesson was amazing nonetheless.
Feedback -- Ally Dellacioppa (talk) 17:32, 21 November 2013 (EST)
Chelsea, Overall, you did a great job with your first unit. It is obvious you put a lot of time and effort into completing this. I first really like how you have included your objectives. They were straightforward and to the point (exactly how objectives should be). The layout and format of your first unit was very user friendly. I like how you kept each section relatively short while still covering what you needed to. In particular I liked the key features of Formative assessment section's formatting. Putting this in a bulleted list instead of lengthy paragraphs helps keep students attention. I also loved how you included the two videos because they added some variety to the page. The only criticism I have is the reflection section. You included the article but didn't include any kind of corresponding activity that helps students reflect on the unit. I think by adding some questions that go along with the article and highlight some of the unit's key points would be really helpful. Other than that, I feel you did a really great job here!
Re: Feedback -- Chelsea pease (talk) 17:36, 21 November 2013 (EST)
Ally thanks for bringing this to my attention. I must not have saved!
Jane's feedback -- Janewilde (talk) 17:17, 30 November 2013 (EST)
Hi Chelsea,
Your intro and unit one have shaped up well.
Here is what I like about your course design at this point:
- your voice. "Welcome! This course is designed to get you..." "We are going to start at the very beginning" You are talking to your student, which is a way of engaging her and making yourself present.
- in your intro you tell the learner what their job is, in order to take advantage of your course. Nice!
- your use of voice thread as a way for learners to contribute their thoughts on the article.
- your use of humor - cartoon
- your choice of media.
Here are a few things to consider:
- make sure you have navigation among the sections of your course.
- continue to use something visual on each page, to add meaning, break up text and add visual interest to page (your cartoon does this on unit one.
- get going on unit two and three :)
-- Elizabeth D. (talk) 22:16, 5 December 2013 (EST)
Chelsea, Very good! I like it very much. I think it is very informative and could be very useful to helping teachers implement formative assessments more effectively! One thing, and this may just be an aesthetic thing, but I believe there is a way that you can have a title where you have titles that people click on instead of URLs. So on your project instead of saying www.dotdotdot.com it would say "Formative Assessment."