Apr 21 2008
Assessment
Okay, so podcasting with your students is fun. It really motivates the kids and provides a different way to present information. It also provides opportunities for assessment of student understanding. As more and more classes get involved with podcasting and the use of Web 2.0 tools there are more and more examples of how podcast work can be assessed.
Nathan and I make podcasting part of our program. We have used it as part of our language arts, phys ed (health), science and social studies assessment. In our comment areas on the report card work on podcasts is mentioned in the same way that other projects, stories or research assignments might be. Because creating an audio file is just another way for the students to demonstrate understanding and mastery.
All that being said, Nathan and I don’t typically assess podcasts just as podcasts. However, I have included several “podcast rubrics” as links should you decide to take that approach.
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/podcastrubric.html
http://www.beaut.org.au/podcastrubric3.pdf
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Publishing+-podcasting+rubric.pdf
Andrew Church, a New Zealand middle school educator, maintains an excellent blog called Educational Origami. He has done a lot of reading and thinking about Bloom’s taxonomy and has done a reworking of it to reflect the use of technology. His work is very extensive and well worth a visit.
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Fantastic workshop – thanks for all the great info! Will incorporate into my classroom!
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