They can evaluate and assess student's learning with tests, quizzes, individual activities, and rubrics. Technology makes it so much easier and provides teachers so many other resources for evaluating. Different teachers prefer different ways, but some ways are mandatory such as standardized testing But there are different ways that teachers can teach in order to prepare the students. In my opinion, one of the best ways that teachers can assess student learning is through performance assessment, which would be a project or presentation. Technology helps teachers find new ways to make it easier. There are many different websites where teachers can go and find rubrics. Technology also helps the students. Some examples are PowerPoint and digital portfolios. Teachers can ask the students to make a PowerPoint presentation on a certain topic and through the presentation the teacher can assess the student's knowledge of that topic.
Tech Tool: http://rubistar4teachers.org
This website is a great resource for teachers. It provides rubrics for teachers that they can change up and personalize it to whatever they need. I think it is really helpful to teachers because it is really easy to navigate through the website and teachers can make any type of rubric that they might need.
This chapter was about the different ways that teachers and students can use technology. Teachers can use it to assess and evaluate students and it keeps students motivated. I think that is very important because school needs to be interesting and "modern" in order for kids to be interested in what they're doing.
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2011). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN:10 0-13-159611-X, ISBN:13 978-0-13-159611-5
There are certainly more interesting and possibly effective ways to assess students in their learning than standardized testing! I would bet that students would appreciate those other assessment tools much more too. Unfortunately, standardized testing is a tough battle to fight, but teachers have so much power in their roles with designing lessons that include more relevant and authentic assessment...and much of that can involve/relate to technology.
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