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Designing Assessment Strategies In-Term Assignment –Test Battery Darlene Penner, March 20, 2011

Workshop Title:

USING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATEBLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Course Description: Using Technology to Create Blended Learning

Environments is a professional development workshop for teachers to

provide a foundation for how to integrate technology to enhance student

learning outside of the Adult ESL Classroom.

By the end of this module participants will be able to:

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Create and maintain a blog for a virtual/blended learning environment

The specific competencies that you will be able to perform are:

• Analyze blogs and their use in an educational environment (Why)

• Publish a blog for use in an educational environment (How)

• Demonstrate to your students how to use the blog to foster learner

autonomy (Application)

Overview:

The basis for the quizzes will be listening and reading comprehension and

using knowledge gained to assess participant learning after completion of Session 1: An Introduction to Web 2.0 tools: Blogs.

All quizzes will be available to take online using Google docs. Student

quizzes will be submitted to the workshop facilitator who will give

participants their results and discuss them before moving on to Session 2:

Designing and Publishing your own Blog.

The three quizzes that are available for assessing participant learning are:

First, each participant will watch a short tutorial related to the general facts

about blogs and will answer “Matching” questions.

Second, they will read an article about using Web 2.0 tools such as blogs in a

blended learning environment and answer “True/False” questions.

Finally, they will watch an educational blog tutorial and answer “Multiple

Choice” questions.

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Matching Quiz: Blogs in Plain English

Matching Questions to be answered from information gathered from aTutorial about Blogging.

The competencies gained from this activity will be:

1. Identifying what a blog is2. Stating the purpose of a blog3. Explaining who can write a blog4. Recognizing how they can be useful in daily life

Watch the following YouTube video and answer the following questions bychoosing the correct answer from the drop-down list. Blogs in Plain EnglishYouTube Tutorial Link

***Please use the following link to access the quiz online so yourresults will be sent to the facilitator: Blogs in Plain English Quiz Link

Below is what the quiz will look like when viewed online.

* RequiredTop of Form

Name *

1. What is the short name for a weblog? *

2. Who can produce the “news” or blogs in the 21st century? *

3. What is the main purpose of a blog or blogging? *

4. How do blogs make the “news” a two-way street? *

5. Who produced the professional “news” in the 20th century? *

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI








True/False Quiz: Using Blogs to Motivate Studentsto Write

True/False Questions to be answered after reading about the use of Web 2.0tools such as blogs to create a blended learning environment.

The competencies gained from this activity will be:

1. Describing how blogs are used in a learning environment2. Analyzing how blogs can motivate students to write better3. Illustrating to students how to achieve autonomy outside their learningenvironment

Read the following blog and then choose the appropriate answer below:Using Blogs to Motivate Students to Write Link

***Please use the following link to access the quiz online so your

results will be sent to the facilitator: Using Blogs to Motivate Students to WriteQuiz Link



Name: *

1. A blog is useful for students to develop cognitive skills and gain an understanding of the world

around them. *

• True

• False

2. Blogs in the classroom are a good motivator to develop student writing skills, which will leadto self-correction and editing of their own writing. *

• True

• False

3. Using a blog in the classroom is a learner-centred approach to teaching. *

• True

• False

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http://cupteachersclub.org/web/teacher-resources/academic-articles/using-blogs-to-motivate-students-to-write.html





4. Blogging activities are used only for homework assignments *

• True

• False

5. Blogs help expand students' language study beyond the physical classroom. *

• True

• False

6. Blogs are interactive homepages that are difficult to set up and manage. *

• True

• False

7. Blogs are a meaningful and effective means for students to express their own ideas, learnabout the ideas of others and respond appropriately. *

• True

• False

8. Computer technology isn’t the best option for providing meaningful interactions outside the

classroom. *

• True

• False

9. Using blogs in the classroom is a teacher-centred approach to learning. *

• True

• False10. One of the challenges for teachers who utilize blogs is helping students to develop their ownpurpose for learning. *

• True

• False

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Multiple Choice Quiz: EducationalBlogs

Multiple Choice Questions to be answered after watching a tutorial on how touse an educational blog.

The competencies gained from this activity will be knowledge of:

1. Designing an educational blog2. Developing a plan to implement the blog into an existing learning

environment3. Proposing blogs as a way to foster student autonomy

Watch the following tutorial for Edublog and then choose the best answer

below: Educational Blogs Tutorial Link

***Please use the following link to access the quiz online so yourresults will be sent to the facilitator: Educational Blogs Quiz Link



Name *

1. Edublogs can be instantly accessed by your students: *

• A. Without a password

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B. At school and at home

• C. Only at school

2. Edublogs are used by: *

• A. Teachers and Students

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http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/

http://edublogs.org/10-ways-to-use-your-edublog-to-teach/



• B. Teachers only

• C. Students only

3. Edublogs are most useful for: *

• A. Extracurricular work only

• B. School assignments and homework

• C. Making video games to play in class

4. Edublogs can be used to:

• A. Post class information, news and events

• B. Post personal notes to a friend

• C. Post your opinions about teachers

5. Edublogs can be used as a collaborative effort to create publications published by: *

• A. Parents

• B. Teachers

• C. The class

6. Edublogs can save time by: *

• A. Allowing teachers free time while students blog

• B. Aiding lesson planning

• C. Entertaining the students

7. Integrating videos, podcasts, etc. into an Edublog is: *

• A. Lengthy and time consuming

• B. Simple and easy with a click of a button

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• C. For the technical experts only

8. Edublogs collect feedback through surveys, forums, etc: *

• A. From students only

• B. From teachers only

• C. From anyone

9. Edublog forums are designed to facilitate discussion about: *

• A. Class social activities

• B. Educational topics from class assignments

• C. Extracurricular activities

10. Edublogs can be used for students to share: *

• A. Ideas and work related to their personal life

• B. Ideas and work related to the personal philosophy

• C. Ideas and work related to the subject being taught

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