Assessing Student technology Projects

Start-up

Brainstorm as a group different uses teachers have had for Power Point over the years.

Examples of Advanced Powerpoint Features

• Trish Alexander. Science: Matter and Energy, Grade 5.
  http://www.vp.k12.mo.us/eschool/es/talexander/energy/energy.ppt
  Teacher-created PowerPoint e-book. This example uses a table of contents with
  hyperlinked text for units. The units include button navigation to advance the
  presentation.
• Diana Dell. Math: Understanding Solid Figures, Grade 5.
  http://www.vp.k12.mo.us/eschool/es/ddell/solid%20figures/solidfigures.pps
  An interactive learning unit that includes button and hyperlinked text
  navigation. Some of the slides have embedded video clips.
  Note: When accessed through the Internet, the embedded videos will take a
  little time to download and begin playing.
• Trish Alexander. Thirteen Colonies, Grade 5.
  http://www.vp.k12.mo.us/eschool/es/talexander/colonies/colonies.ppt
  An interactive PowerPoint presentation used to help students learn about the 13
  colonies. This presentation includes button and hyperlinked text navigation as
  well as hyperlinked text.
• A Short Quiz.
  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/3question_ppt-math_quiz.ppt#265
  An example of an interactive quiz that includes a response for correct and
  incorrect answers.

Power-Point and Higher-Level Thinking

• "How do teachers and students use Powerpoint?"
• List tasks on Smartboard
• In pairs, create a list of a real-life example and how it could fit the different thinking levels
  • Knowledge–Identifying the parts of the engine and what each part does.
  • Comprehension–Explaining how the parts of an engine work together so
    that it runs.
  • Application–Assembling an engine correctly.
  • Analysis–Looking at an engine that has a problem, diagnosing possible
    reasons for the problem and finding a solution for the problem.
  • Synthesis–Using knowledge about alternate fuel sources and the
    workings of a gasoline engine to create a new engine that uses an
    alternative fuel.
  • Evaluation–Judging the quality of an engine’s performance based on
    specific criteria
• Bloom's Taxonomy Links for your Review
  • Learning Skills Program—Bloom's Taxonomy
    http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html
  • National Teaching and Learning Forum—The Six Major Levels of Bloom's
    Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain
    http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/suppmat/84taxonomy.htm
  • Mattson Middle School, Covington, WA—Bloom’s Taxonomy
    http://www.kent.k12.wa.us//KSD/MA/resources/blooms/blooms.html
• Challange: Each group Tries to modify lower levels of thinking from other groups so the examples are higher level thinking activities.

Scoring Guides

• Jamie McKenzie Scoring PowerPoints http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html
• In Module: "Multimedia and Visual Literacy", "Developing Bultimedia Projects"
• In groups of 3-4 develop list of criteria essential to include in a scoring guide for PowerPoint products
  • http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html
    PowerPoint rubric created by the Information Technology Evaluation
    Services at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
  • http://www.ncsu.edu/mmania/mm_docs/mm_judge_rubric2.html
    Judges’ rubric for a multimedia presentation at Multimedia Mania 2004.
  • http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mm2002.checklist.kids.htm
    Student checklist for a multimedia presentation at Multimedia Mania 2002.
  • http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/pptrubric.html
    PowerPoint rubric developed by Joan Vandervelde at the University of
    Wisconsin-Stout.
  • http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/sgsp/how.htm
    Scoring guide for student products created by the North Central Regional
    Technology in Education Consortium and Bernajean Porter Consulting.

Advanced PowerPoint Features

• PowerPoint Advanced Challenge handout
• Module Table of contents for list of possiblities

PowerPoint Presentation for Classroom Use

• Teachers create a PowerPoint presentation to be used in class that uses higher level thinking, not just notes or fact-based games. Presentation may be for for students to view or sample assignments students may create.