Pages tagged evaluation:

Message Queue Evaluation Notes - Second Life Wiki
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Message_Queue_Evaluation_Notes
Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom
http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/WebExclusive/Assessment/tabid/1120/Default.aspx

Background, philosophy, ideas
Article defining formative assessment -- some examples as well
Assessment information
National Middle School Association (NMSA); Web publication by Catherine Garrison and Michael Ehringhaus.
Good explaination of both types
Alberta Assessment Consortium - everyday assessment tools for teachers
http://www.aac.ab.ca/
email tom for password
ID: Alberta PW: assessment
Assesssment resource site
chinook - user name wind - assword
username: teachers password: master
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Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Resources for Website Evaluation Lessons
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/11/9-resources-for-website-evaluation.html
Here are nine resources that teachers can use as part of lesson plan about evaluating the quality and reliability of a website.
cybersmart very good for specific grade levels and Bary library for hints for middle school kids #2
Evalutech
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/
keyword searchable database
Southern Regional Education Board
Research Tools
http://www.cyberbee.com/tools.html
Teaching information access skills cannot be done in a vacuum. It must relate to the learning environment by actively engaging students to gather and process information in a meaningful way. The Big6 and WebQuest are two frameworks you can use in research. In addition, students need to know whether or not the information is reliable, how to cite resources, and understand copyright. The following guides and activities are designed to help teachers and students examine Websites and their content.
Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-based Approach
http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/jun98/feat2-6/feat2-6.html
using of the Internet as a reliable resource for academic information
Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-based Approach David Warlick is a former history teacher and is currently an Instructional Technology Consultant
A high school junior is asked to write a report about the Holocaust, a topic that her class has not yet discussed. At home our student uses her computer with access to the Internet to research the topic and word processing software to construct the report. She spends an hour searching the Internet and examining a variety of web pages about the subject and selects three web sites that are particularly compelling because of the graphics and layout of the pages, indicating authority.
Warlick,David. (n.d.). NCSU.edu. In Evaluating Internet- based Information:A Goals Based Approach. Retrieved March 30,2010, from http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/jun98/feat2-6/feat2-6.html. Information from the Internet is used by many students for research purposes but information located may not be accurate or appropraite.Students need goals for projects which would provide authentic context and enable students to assemble information located on the Internet in a more informative way. Using smaller chunks of info and interweaving them as opposed to using large chunks or paragraphs.
Article on how to go about evaluating internet-based information
Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-based Approach David Warlick is a former history teacher and is currently an Instructional Technology Consultant.
News: No Grading, More Learning - Inside Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/05/03/grading
In #HigherEd No Grading Might Mean More Learning: http://bit.ly/bVtRFk (Lots of applications to K-12) – Steven W. Anderson (web20classroom) http://twitter.com/web20classroom/statuses/15706374092
Duke
No grading meant students inspired to do work
"Davidson, the Ruth F. Devarney Professor of English, said that of the 16 students in the course, 15 already have earned an A and she expects the remaining student to soon finish an assignment that will earn an A as well."