Overview
Authentic student tasks and products should be in the C and D quadrants of the Rigor and Relevance Framework
- image credit Eric Sheninger - A Principal's Reflections
Technology needs to be integrated with purpose in ways that support learning as opposed to driving instruction. A good rule to follow is pedagogy first, technology second when appropriate. Using technology just for the sake of it is an ineffective practice. - Eric Sheninger
Questions we should ask ourselves to better design the kind of student work that aligns with the rigor of the Standards and is also authentic and engaging:
- What digital tools support the rigorous and relevant work we want students to engage in?
- What digital tools support student choice about how to demonstrate their mastery of what they have learned?
- What digital tools give students a voice so that they are not just publishing their work for an audience of one (teacher), but an audience of many (their class, their school, their community, the world)?
How Do We Incorporate Digital Learning in Student Tasks and Products and Plan for Learning:
1. Start with your Standards
2. Decide on assessments
3. When in the design phase ask these questions:
1. Start with your Standards
2. Decide on assessments
3. When in the design phase ask these questions:
- Do I have visual (electronic or otherwise) materials that will illustrate my points while I am discussing them?
- Is there an opportunity for me to lecture less and assign discussions, debates, or presentations?
- Is there an active learning exercise or group project that I can use to include my students in the learning process that allows them to come to their own conclusions?
- Is there an opportunity to showcase student work online or offline so that I can give them an audience?
- Are there short, online videos that I can integrate into my presentations?
- How can I demonstrate that this information is relevant to the outside world?
- Are any of the authentic student writing tasks and projects appropriate for the content, context, and cognitive rigor of what I am teaching?
- interactive resource by Wes Fryer
Use Ed Shelf to search for the perfect digital tool that matches your students' authentic tasks and products needs.
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iPads in an elementary school.
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Let's Have Students "Show What They Know Using Mobile and Web Apps"
Click here to read the blog post about this infographic by Tony Vincent for digital resources and apps that students can use to demonstrate their learning.
Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of the post to see what resources he has updated since his first post in October 2013. You can also download and print the infographic.
Click here to read the blog post about this infographic by Tony Vincent for digital resources and apps that students can use to demonstrate their learning.
Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of the post to see what resources he has updated since his first post in October 2013. You can also download and print the infographic.
Examples and Ideas
Spanish I students at North Ridge Middle School created their own evaluation tool for their class projects. To find out more click here
Science students at Smithfield Middle School are taking ownership of their learning and driving instruction through the use of Padlet. Read the article here.
Early Elementary ideas for authentic tasks and products posted by Lisa Johnson (TechChef)
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Use Edmodo in your classroom for authentic tasks and with your PLC:
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Applying the SAMR Model using Google Apps for Education (GAFE)
Check out this infographic to see how we can raise the rigor and relevance of an assignment with Google Apps for Education - by Erifili Davis