PLO 6 & PLO 7

Evaluate technology resources to facilitate effective assessment and evaluation (PLO 6).

Utilize technology to collect and analyze data, interpret results, communicate findings (PLO 7).

Program Learning Outcome 6 evaluates technology resources to facilitate effective assessment and evaluation of the learner.  In high school level, assessment has become a big topic.  Assessment is used to measure the students learning, efficiency of lessons, value of knowledge, and shows mastery of the learning goals.  Assessment is measured in many different ways in the schools today. 

Program Learning Outcome 7 utilizes technology to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings.  Formative Assessments, observations, projects, essays, and exams are ways to use data to analyze student growth.  By using the data collected it reveals the student's strengths and weaknesses in a particular area.   

In today's classrooms, technology is often used in education.  Technology is evolving in the sense of the class that educators have had to find ways innovative ways of administering evaluations and assessments to ensure that the quality of education they are delivering is truly efficient and that their students are truly learning and retaining the content being taught to them.  In using technology in the classroom, it allows the student to demonstrate the knowledge that they have gained in the classroom.  Technology also makes it quicker for educators to see what their students have learned and helps them get a better understanding of what they need to work on with the student.  When using the proper technology the learning process is more efficient for the student and it allows the teacher to measure what the student has retained.  This will also allow for the teacher to make adjustments and tailor the learning process to meet the needs of the student. 

This activity will cover Program Learning Outcome 6 “to evaluate technology resources to facilitate effective assessment and evaluation" and program learning outcome 7 "to utilize technology to collect data, interpret results, and communicate findings"

Assessment and Evaluation using Technology

References

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Dabbagh, N. (2006). Instructional design knowledge base. Retrieved from:

http://cehdclass.gmu.edu/ndabbagh/Resources/IDKB/models_theories.htm