Along the way, participants practice and discuss the nature of assessment, and learn to use several iPad apps.
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Teacher Observation
Use your iPad to record your observations of the sample lesson that your workshop leader will display on the big screen. A rating of 1 means your never see this item; a 4 means you see it very often. Then compare your findings with those of your colleagues. Compare teacher observation with the iPad to other tools for this task.
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Analysis of Classroom Talk
Examine and quantify teacher talk vs. student talk on this sample video of a social studies lesson. Headphones required. One click for each phrase spoken by teacher or students. When you are done, compare your ratings with those of your colleagues. Discuss how such an analysis might help a teacher to develop discussion skills.
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Classroom Video Observation
Observe this video of a sample lesson, and complete the form. Compare video analysis -- where you can stop, start, and rewind -- with live observation. Headphones required.
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Rhode Island Model Educator Evaluation
See an example of how principals in Rhode Island are obseving and evaluating their teachers. Notice the detailed, interactive rubric they are using. Try it yourself with a little video analysis of the lesson you observed earlier.
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Sample Rubrics...
...for observing and evaluating teachers are available from many sources. Which of these fit best with your school's goals?
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Make Your Own Forms
You may use the Pages and Numbers apps on your iPad to build your own observation and evaluation forms, as well as forms for many other administative tasks. Try to find a pre-designed template that can be adapted to your needs; if that fails, you may roll your own.
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Assessing Your School |
Education 3.0 Walkthrough
Use your iPad to look for and record evidence of a wide array of 21st-century learning practices in your school. Compare your findings with others in the group.
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iPad Photo Walkthrough
Use your iPad to document and quantify your progress toward student engagement, integration of technology, collaborative learning, and joy. First quantify the photos from a sample school. Then use your iPad to shoot pictures as you walk through your school.
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The Assessment Report
Publish your assessment report
using Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. First, look for a template that provides the kind of layout you need; then replace the template information -- text and images -- with your own. Create a report that summarizes your school's progress toward its goals this year, first in Pages as a document, then in Keynote as a presentation.
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Workshop Evaluation
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EBS Bingo
Assess the quality of educational vocabulary in your policy papers, board meetings and presentations. Be the first to achieve BINGO!
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