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BlogogogyAssessing Student

Blogs

AES Technology Training Stephen Casmar, Technology Coordinator Nov. 4, 2010

Why Blog?Blogs are constructivist in nature, allowing students to

make meaning from their own thoughts and interactionsAllows for Reflection (their own as well as reflection on

what their peers’ opinions are)Helps in building new ideas based on this reflectionAllows artifacts to be uploaded (e-Portfolio) these can then

be analyzed in the futurePublishing for the “world” may give students a greater

sense of importance in their workSocial interaction helps the learning process


And more reasons…Allows the student to become a subject expertLack of time in the classroom or shyness will not be a factor

when bloggingThey can see not only their peers’ opinions but their peers’

thought processes as well!Technology itself may be a motivational factor for some

studentsForces reading critically and responding in a coherent

thoughtful way


Assessment of BlogsDo Blogs lend themselves to assessment?What makes a good blog entry?How can you measure what students have learned

based on their blogs?Can you use your standard assessment strategies with

blogs, or are they somehow different?


What things can you assess?Quality of their writing, vocabulary, etc.How well they understand the concepts of their topics

and can express those as well as their thought processHow well they can analyze what their peers have

writtenTheir learning by reflecting on their own posts as well

as the post “strings” of their peersArtifacts ~ to support their ideas


How can we measure this?Starting with the best…

Blogging on Blogging• Can be done weekly or summative • Reflect on all their prior posts • A rubric will help encourage them to do this in a meaningful

way, otherwise you may get their original posts reloaded• Even cooler? Reflect on another student’s learning,

commenting on their growth ~ students may be a surprised what a peer notices about their leaning


ReflectionReflect on and write about what they’ve learned (including

which sources helped them the most)How it altered their way of: information gathering, viewing

the world, politics, etc.What don’t I understand (this is a great place for their peers

to jump in and help out)What do I need to do more research or reading onWhere do I want to go from here… is there room in class to

pursue their interests


Self Assessment

Teach and Learn Canada, Self-assessment sheet, Retrieved November 2, 2010 from Teach and Learn Canada Web site: http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/Self-Assessment%20Sheet.jpg


Instructor Assessment



Franker, K. (2010, February 12). A Rubric for Evaluating Student Blogs. Retrieved October 08, 2010, from https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/blogrubric.html

ConclusionsBlogs are social, constructivist, and reflectiveStudents may become subject matter-experts, be unconstrained by

time and/or shyness, see both their and their peers’ thought processes, reflect on their learning, and build new ideas

Assessment can include the quality of their writing, conceptualization, analytic skills, and support of their theorems using external artifacts

Simple assessment may include self-reflection (blogging on blogging) and peer-assessment

More in depth assessment may include content creativity, voice, DTP (text, graphics, multimedia), timeliness and tagging, citations, and the quality of student writing and proof reading


What’s Next? 1. Let’s put ourselves into Their Place

Go to http://aes.ac.in/scasmar/blogworkshop/blog.php and post a blog entry that includes three things that spoke to you during this presentation (10 minutes) then comment on one of your peers’ blogs (10 minutes)

2. Break into groups of 4 based on your discipline and brainstorm how blogging can enhance your teaching, the students understanding and learning, and what you might assess (20 minutes)

3. Break into groups of 4 with teachers from other disciplines and share what you discovered in steps 1 & 2 – what new perspectives did they have?


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