It is valuable to assess educators’ technology leadership knowledge and skills. As an educator, you constantly assess students. You want to know if they are learning and if there needs to be an intervention. In the same way that we assess our students, I believe teachers should be assessed as well. Otherwise, how will we know where we are going or if we are getting there. As the technology leaders in our classroom, we play a vital role in supporting student use of technology.
At the same time, we need to be assessing our student’s technology knowledge and skills. It is an important part of their education. If we fail to do this, we are putting our students at a great disadvantage in the job market. Our students must compete with students around the world.
There are pros to assessing such as finding out where your students are. It is vital that you not only assess, but that you use that data to drive your instruction. If you fail to do the later, then you are wasting your time as well as doing a great injustice to your learners.
On the other hand, the cons of assessment can be in the grading. You might be grading on a rubric, which can be opinionated. From experience, I have learned that when you grade using a rubric that you grade all assignments fairly. When grading open-ended responses you must have strict guidelines on what is acceptable and what isn’t. You always want to make sure everyone is graded on the same scale.
I am all for assessing knowledge and skills. It is ESSENTIAL to learning!
Jana Dugas EDLD 5306 Section 8038 August 30, 2011
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