Assessment Instruments

Statement:	What: tasks, strategies, instruments	How: the processes, how often?	Why: how do the selected tools support your learning goals and the learning principles guiding your design?
to enable continuous/frequent feedback between you and the participants	Ask questions Observe students Encourage discussion between students	Throughout the lesson	When the students ask questions, and through continuous observation, it allows the instructor to re-emphasize teaching.
to encourage the participants to reflect on their learning progress and achievement	Ask questions Remind students of grammar, spelling and language rules Remind them of their prior (if any) use of the internet and search engines	Throughout the lesson and after the lesson	Through questions and emphasis on language arts skills, the students will be reminded of ongoing learning and how it applies throught the curriculum.
to determine your colleagues needs for implementing a system for monitoring the effectiveness of their integration efforts	Listen to the teacher's needs Discuss any problems or apprehensions Review lesson plan before implementing	During planning for the lesson and before the implementation of the lesson	Interaction with my mentee during planning and before implementation of the lesson allows for troubleshooting and ongoing communication.

Assessment Strategies

Goals	Sub-Goals (Objectives)	Type of Learning	Assessment Strategies	Feedback Strategy
Participant Goals: Successfully search the internet for information pertaining to their genealogical backgrounds	Improve keyboarding skills Improve internet browsing skills	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Observation Discussion	Oral
Copy information and pictures from websites that pertain to their genealogical backgrounds	Copying/Pasting skills Improve internet browing skills	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Observation Discussion	Oral
Create a folder and collect the information and pictures copied from the internet	Creating and naming new folders Saving information into a specific folder	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Observation Discussion	Oral
Create a PowerPoint presentation to present their findings from their research	Learning PowerPoint Improve keyboarding skills	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Observation Discussion	Oral
Incorporate pictures from their folders into their PowerPoint Presentations	Inserting images into PowerPoint Formatting pictures	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Observation Discussion	Oral
Personal Goal: Utilize technology to demonstrate examples of browsing and searching the internet.	Becoming more comfortable using peripherals (digital projector) Demonstrating technologies	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Performance Reflection Product	Successful use of technology Student's comprehension
Utilize technology to demonstrate examples of saving pictures from the internet to a newly created folder.	Becoming more comfortable using peripherals (digital projector) Demonstrating technologies	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Performance Reflection Product	Successful use of technology Student's comprehension
Utilize technolgy to demonstrate examples of creating a PowerPoint presentation including inserting saved pictures from a specific folder.	Becoming more comfortable using peripherals (digital projector) Demonstrating technologies	Cognitive-synthesis, application, analysis, knowledge, comprehension Psychomotor	Performance Reflection Product	Successful use of technology Student's comprehension

Rubric

The following rubric will be utlized to assess the PowerPoint presentation created by the student. They will utilize information that they have gathered from their research about their particular geneological backgrounds. They will research on the internet specifics about the countries of their origins and catalog information and images from those websites. They will incorporate those images and information into their PowerPoint presentations.

The Learning Goals identified by the rubric:

Student Name:___________________________________ Teacher:Cindy Kunkel____
Criteria	4	3	2	1
Successful browsing of the internet	Proficient in using the internet including no problems with typing URL addresses and browsing from website to website	Had little trouble in using the internet and needed very little help in typing URL addresses and browsing from website to website	Had some trouble in using the internet and needed some help in typing URL addresses. Needed more help browsing to another website.	Had a lot of trouble using the internet. Need a lot of assistance in typing a URL address or could not do it on their own.
Successful searching for images and information pertaining to their topic	Proficient in searching and using the proper search engine(s). Found sufficient amount of information and number of images pertaining to their topic.	Had very little trouble in searching and using the proper search engine(s). Found some information and images pertaining to their topic.	Had some trouble in searching and using a search engine. Found an image and some information pertaining to their topic.	Had a lot of trouble in searching and using a search engine. Needed a lot of assistance finding an image and any information pertaining to their topic.
Successful creation of a PowerPoint presentation	Proficient in using PowerPoint. Had no trouble creating new slides and inserting information. Created at least 10 slides.	Had very little trouble in using PowerPoint. Had very little trouble creating new slides and inserting infromation. Created at least 8 slides.	Had some trouble in using PowerPoint. Had some trouble creating a new slide and inserting information. Created at least 5 slides.	Had a lot of trouble in using PowerPoint. Needed a lot of assistance in creating a new slide and inserting information. Created at least 3 slides.
Proper use of grammar and spelling	Had no spelling or grammar errors.	Had very few spelling or grammar errors.	Had some spelling or grammar errors.	Had a lot of spelling or grammar errors.
Proper placement of images in the presentation	Images went well with the information on their slides. The images were placed well and did not interfere with the information. The images were formatted for the slide and were not distorted.	Most of the images went well with the information on their slides. Most of the images were placed well and did not interfere with the information. Most of the images were formatted for the slide and were not distorted.	Some of the images went well with the information on their slides. Some of the images were placed well and did not interfere with the information. Some of the images were formatted for the slide and were not distorted.	The images did not go well with the information on the slides. The images had placement problems and interfered with the information. The images had formatting problems and were distorted.