We must move from traditional assessments (tests, quizzes, or exams) and move toward more authentic, direct, and performance-based assessments. Digital work is most often problem-based, inquiry, collaborative, and requires critical thinking skills and processes. Therefore, we need methods to guide students' learning through the lesson and evaluate learning at the end. We not only need to measure the gain but also the use of knowledge and skills. Alternative/authentic assessment allows the teacher to stay "informed of student acquisition of knowledge and skills ... [and] ... diagnose specific needs" (Morrison & Lowther, 2005).

Rubrics

A rubric is a scoring tool for subjective assessments. It is a set of criteria and standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student's performance on papers, projects, essays, and other assignments

• Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Rubrics
• Online Rubrics
• Rubistar
• Rubrics for Assessment
• iRubric

Portfolios

A portfolio is an organized, purposeful collection of student work that displays knowledge, understanding, skills, accomplishments, interests, and achievement over a specified time.

• Developing Student Electronic Portfolios
• Digital Portfolios using software (Hyperstudio/iPhoto/PowerPoint
• ePortfolios: Edcube, Desire2Learn, Mahara

Graphic Organizers (Inspiration/Kidspiration,KWL Chart)

Interviews

Performance Tasks

Self and Peer Evaluations

• Online Journals (Blogs/Microblogs/Wikis)

Checklists

Observation

Journals or Learning Logs

Resources

• Digital Age Assessment
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Techno Tools for Assessment
• ISTE Classroom Observation Tool
• Ecove Classroom Observation Software
• Assessing Digital Videos

Lots of related resources here

Dy/Dan's Blogs on Assessment

Morrison, G. and D. L. Lowther. Integrating Computer Technology into the Classroom, Third Edition (2005) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-142116-6

• Andrew Churches
• Wikipedia
• David Brear
• Kathy Schrock
• Nellie Muller Deutsch

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