Digital Blog Post #K- Chapter 4

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  Learning Assessments: I can definitely understand how important these would be. These allow teacher to know what they have to teach before they start the lesson, how fast or slow the kids are picking up on the material mid way through it, and how much they got out of the lesson at the conclusion of it. Without these, I believe teachers would not be able to know how much of the concept their students are grasping, and in turn would leave some more confused than anything.

Electronic Grading System: With all the planning and prepping teachers have to do in a day, anything that would simplify their workload would be a big help. Having this system that would organize students grades into categories, and allow the teacher to select the percentage at which those things affect the grade is super helpful. This also allows parents and students immediate access to grades outside of the classroom.

National Curriculum: This guides teachers in to what topics should be taught in certain categories. However, what I think is great about this, is that they don't tell teachers how to teach certain things. So a kids in different states can learn the same things, just in different ways. It keeps a sense of consistency between school districts in different counties, cities and states.


Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.