LESSON 7: EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY LEARNING

Content:

            We have learned the six fluency skills in Lesson 6. Now, we are to understand how these skills are being assessed and evaluated since assessment and evaluation are integral parts of students’ learning. We have observed that the traditional world are now on the process of changing their old ways and they are adapting to the digital world. With the advent of technology, the metamorphosed teachers should change their old ways of evaluating students. Since this is a digital world, the assessment tools should also be digital. With that, Lesson 7 proposed examples in assessing the technology in learning. As given, standard paper tests are already not applicable today. We are now focused on the process on how the students do their products not just solely on the output itself. Mass amateurization is also included in this lesson. This is a term which implies a mass reach of students’ outputs. Basically, this aims to bridge the gap between those who are experts in creating outputs and the outputs that the students make wherein they will have an equal output in the real world. There are a lot of ways on how to do this and the internet is a technique in publishing a very good output.

Experience:

            We can always determine if a student have learned something when we give them assessment and evaluation. I, myself could testify the help of evaluation in terms of defining if I have really gained something from our lectures and activities in school. And for the evaluation of technology learning, we are given lots of tasks to really apply our knowledge in theories about technology. Sometimes we are ask to produce a teaching tool. Other times we are to produce a very good PPT and other Educational Technology outputs which will ensure that we can apply the mass amateurization.

Reflection:

            I realized that being a teacher of the new generation, we are to focus on the process of the students in practicing the fluency skills for them to become effective and efficient individuals in their chosen profession. And that would depend on the evaluation tools that we are giving to them. We should make sure that what we are testing to them is appropriate and applicable to their learning today.

Application:

            A digital learner needs a digital evaluation of learning. I should learn the strategies in assessing the learnings of today’s learner. I will make sure that they are given the appropriate evaluation for the technology learning.