Technology and Assessment
A Guide for Parents
Parents are encouraged to work with their child’s school and school district to develop a class for parents that educates about school policies on electronic resources available to parents. It is important for parents to educate themselves and stay informed about the new devices and websites children are using inside and outside of school.
What is Assessment?
Assessment is an ongoing process of setting high expectations for student learning, measuring progress toward established learning outcomes, and providing a basis for reflection, discussion and feedback to improve academic programs.
Purpose of Assessment?
Assessment seeks to support and improve student learning. It is the result of a movement toward accountability and involves a shift from the traditional view of what teachers provide to a concern for what students actually learn, do, and achieve.
Using Microsoft Word Features for More Effective Feedback on Student Writing
Parents why are Classroom assessments important?
Classroom assessment strategies involve student and teachers in the continuous monitoring of students' learning. It provides faculty with feedback about their effectiveness as teachers, and it gives students a measure of their progress as learners. Classroom assessments are created, administered, and analyzed by teachers themselves on questions of teaching and learning that are important to them.
Co- Authoring in Real Time with MS Word 2010
Word 2010 redefines the way people can work together on a document. With co-authoring, parents can edit their child’s papers and share ideas with them at the same time to assist/further their children in the writing process.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/5981167.cms
What are Microsoft Word features for assessment that Teachers are using with your children?
-Highlighting
- Track Changes
- Inserting Comments
- Macros
Highlighting
The highlight feature marks text so it stands out from the surrounding text. When important text is highlighted, it’s easier for you and your students to see the text as your eyes scan the document.
Inserting Comments
You can make comments on the screen without changing the document text by using the “Insert Comment feature”. When a comment is added, Word numbers it and records it in a separate comment pane. Word then inserts a comment reference mark in the document and shades the text that's commented on.
Track Changes
When change tracking is turned on, Microsoft Word uses revision marks to indicate tracked changes. After viewing tracked changes, students can accept or reject each change. You can also choose to show or hide tracked changes on the screen or in the printed document.
Using Macros
A macro is a customized command you create in Microsoft Word. A macro is a series of commands grouped together as a single command to accomplish a task automatically. Instead of manually performing a series of time-consuming, repetitive actions in Word, you can create and run a single macro, a custom command that accomplishes the task for you.
Helpful Websites for Parents
How to use Microsoft word/Training Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9L-i0WPqNc
