Changing the way we provide feedback

eAssessment Scotland
Keynote 2

Introduced by Derek Robertson, Education Scotland (emerging technologies)

• Russell Stannard
• University of Warwick
• Centre for Applied Linguistics
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/104488699

Screen captures and podcasting for generating effective feedback

www.teachertrainingvideos.com

• All about using technology in the classroom
• The above is a free video site
• 250,000 unique visitors in 2011
• Vocaroo.com
• Look at BETT website

SCREEN CAPTURE FOR FEEDBACK:

• Recording teacher marking pupils work
• Moving away from simple text-based learning
• Examples of providing feedback on-line
• Great for marking essays etc - see Russell's' example
• Engages students more than traditional methods

FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS:

• Visual & oral - double the feedback
• Motivating
• More personal than textual
• Better understanding of feedback
• Suits dyslexic student - multi sensory
• Suits distance learning approaches

BENEFITS TO STAFF:

• Automatically gets staff thinking about their feedback
• Need to think about Summative and Formative
• Get the balance right between audio and visual - use your screen
• SAVES TEACHER TIME!
• Assessment on blogs - feedback of teacher using this technology
• Building student reflection skills
• Link in with Rubric guidelines

FREE SCREEN CASTING TOOL:

• JING - free screen casting tool
• Downloadable
• Upload to a server and share with students

REFLECTING ON FEEDBACK:

• Think about pupils using screen capture as a reflection tool
• Links can be added to ePortfolios
• Open University - screen casting feedback projects just now
• http://www.teachertraining.com/feedback