Activity 8: Planning an assessment strategy

• What is assessment?

In my opinion, it is the process of identifying students strengths and weaknesses in learning, through the use of an instrument that measures their process, performance and product completed to cover the learning objectives and standards in the curriculum.

• Why will we assess?

We assess in order to ascertain a mark or a score that will represent students' learning. 

• What will we assess?

We assess students knowledge, skills and attitudes in various forms.

• Who will do the assessing?

Teachers and students are both responsible for assessing the students' learning.

• How will we assess? (which includes When? How often? and Where? as well as By what means?)

We will assess during and after instruction, as often as it is needed whenever the learning environment is conducive to do so.

• What will we do as a result of assessment?

We will make decisions based on assessment results.

ICT improves the assessment process by 1st allowing teachers and students to integrate ICT in teaching and learning.

Then as a tool teachers and students are able to create, research, present and share information with ICT.

Finally, it allows for alternative and creative ways to carryout assessments.

Thanks to ICT we are able to complete this course where we would have used and integrated ICT in education.