Presenters
Mia is an instructional partner at Seesaw. Prior to joining the Seesaw team, Mia taught Kindergarten in Chicago Public Schools for 10 years. In her tenure as a teacher, Mia explored innovative methods to transform teaching and learning and empower students daily. Mia is a Google Certified Innovator, PBS Digital Innovator, and Seesaw Certified Educator. She is also the author of Building Blocks for Tiny Techies: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Learning in Primary Classrooms. Mia speaks regularly on how to amplify the voices of our littlest learners through technology. You can follow Mia and her class on Twitter: @mrsleonardk.
Session description
While assessments can come with a cringe, knowing how to use Seesaw's powerful, learning experience platform for elementary students to assess students with engaging, multimodal tools is nothing short of awesome! Find ways to bring ongoing assessments to life with new insights and tools you can use today!
Purpose & objective
Participants in this session will both understand the importance of multimodal tools to create better and more accessible assessments to engage students and follow their learning, but also learn how Seesaw's platform and content allows them to do this seamlessly, throughout their day.
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Outline
1. Introduction
2. Why behind assessments and how to ensure access and equity
3. Example of what Seesaw can do
4. Where assessments can be useful
5. Opportunity to take and make own
See full details in slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jGmDCvTXKU9-eTPZVVCieR4GVxPDfEAkMeFQuZYWU2g/edit#slide=id.g2c23a186cd4_0_741
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Supporting research
Why is Assessment Important? article from Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-importance
A multimodal assessment framework for higher education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2042753020927201
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