Week 15: How to use technology to provide feedback.
Assessing language using computer technology.
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This week readings presented useful and interesting information about assessing language, feedback and technology. The first reading share information about computer-based language testing. Something that caught my attention was the benefits that this tool offer in order to create more efficient online tests. The software that I like the most was the Discovery School’s Quiz Center. It is a free tool that helps teachers to create their own quizzes. It has amazing options such as randomized items, require true/false, multiple-choice questions, etc. and send actual responses and automated scores to the students and teachers. It is also possible to add multimedia files including audio or video to create tasks that are more relevant to interactive language use. The second article explains how screen capture software offer an innovative way of providing feedback to students on different tasks such as essays, reports, presentations, etc. Something I learned from the article is that, for teachers, it is effective to give specific feedback without a great amount of typing. It also allows students to view actions on a screen where the teacher explains ways to improve the assignments.
To conclude, my impression with screencast for feedback has been meaningful, especially in online classes in which I cannot meet the teacher very often. I really prefer having feedback in screencasts because sometimes when teachers deliver written feedback is confusing to get the idea of the comments, but screen casting can make it very personal by viewing the screen where the teacher is correcting my work; and listening the teacher explaining the points to improve.
Hello Maria Jose, as you said this article was educational for us because it explained how we as teachers could use the technology to provide feedback for student’s assessment also the benefits that this tool offers in order to create more efficient online tests.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, screencast is effective to give specific feedback without a great amount of typing, so tutor provide feedback recording the voice and make a short video with around 450 words in which they provide some advice that learners should include in their homework. To sum up, it is an excellent method that helps teachers to give feedback.