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Empowering Student Bloggers Through Authentic Assessment Presented by: Tamara Letter, ITRT Hanover County Public Schools

Current Practice

Blogging Platforms ●Kidblog ●Edublogs/Wordpress ●Blogger/Blogspot ●Weebly (multi-use) ●Google Sites (multi-use)

Fee “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” -Kenneth H. Blanchard

Challenges ●Time

Challenges ●Time ●Data Organization

Challenges ●Time ●Data Organization ●Effective Feedback

Grading

ASSESSMENT

Google Forms

Three Web Pages

Form Editor

Three Web Pages Form Editor Form for Users

Three Web Pages Form Editor Form for Users Spreadsheet for Results

Three Web Pages Form Editor Form for Users Spreadsheet for Results Let’s look at YOUR data!

Benefits ●Digital Access

Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet

Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet ●Visual Data

Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet ●Visual Data ●Easy to Create

Benefits ●Digital Access ●Automated Spreadsheet ●Visual Data ●Easy to Create ●Easy to Edit

FREE

Additional Tools/Support ●autoCrat (Google Sheets Add-On, create individual progress sheets)autoCrat ●Share blog posts via Edmodo or Twitter #comments4kidsEdmodo Twitter

Resources

Exit Survey

Bibliography Websites used in this presentation are listed with embedded links to actual sites, but links are also provided below. Google Forms is a part of the Google Platform which can be access through your Google account. Slide 1 - Informational Survey Slide 21 - Results of Informational Survey Slide 28 - autoCrat Edmodo Twitter Slide 29 - Writing Conference resources Slide 30 - Exit Survey

Disclaimer Reference within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.

Credits Photos requiring attribution display information below photo on actual slides used, per usage specifications. Uncited photos are used with permission from Pixabay website (www. pixabay.com) or provided from my collection. All links, surveys and forms shown in this presentation are created by Tamara Letter with Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and are free to use, share, and modify with attribution. This presentation was created in Google Slides using Simple Light theme with Arial font, then exported as a Microsoft PowerPoint.

Empowering Student Bloggers Through Authentic Assessment Presented by: Tamara Letter, ITRT Hanover County Public Schools