Over the past 100 years, our schools have changed dramatically to meetthe needs of the workplace. Historically, students were trained tofollow directions and tested with standardized methods that reflectedthat skill. Today’s students need to be flexible thinkers to take theirplace in the technologically advanced world. How has learningassessment evolved to keep pace?

In 2002, Maine took theunprecedented step of providing laptop computers to all the state’s 7thgrade students. In following years, they also provided computers to 8thgrade students and during the last few years have begun to implementthe program in high schools. “Assessment & Technology” is a videoprogram created in 2004 to explain the changes in classroom assessmentthat began to take place.

How can teachers assess studentlearning in a one-to-one computing environment? Does the use ofindividual computers have an effect on student assessment? Find outresponses to these questions and more when you view this video: http://72.47.193.84/canada/wordpress/assessment-technology

As you watch, consider the changes that have occurred since 2004 in technology-rich classrooms.


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“Onlyif we expand and reformulate our view of what counts as human intellectwill we be able to devise more appropriate ways of assessing it andmore effective ways of educating it.”
~ Howard Gardner

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