Trainee teachers developing WebQuests as a form of assessment: an assessment tool for all seasons?

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Dell, E. (2006). Trainee teachers developing WebQuests as a form of assessment: an assessment tool for all seasons?. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (pp. 34-36). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006
Orlando, Florida, USA
March 19, 2006
ISBN 1-880094-58-4
  Caroline M. Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Eric Dell, School of Education, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Abstract

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) course under consideration is part of a BEd (Hons) degree. The course tutor's intention was to develop a comprehensive assessment for learning tool that would enable him to make a judgement on whether the trainee (preservice) teachers had met the learning objectives for the course as well as the appropriate standards for initial teacher training. A key premise underpinning the course is that learners learn more effectively with technology than from it. By creating WebQuests trainees are given the opportunity to demonstrate they have an understanding of how ICT could be embedded within the primary (K-5) curriculum. The accompanying rationale requires them to discuss the constructivist underpinning of the WebQuest concept and relate this to their own work. This paper will discuss work-in-progress on the trainees' perceptions of the whole assessment process including the value they attached to the substantial formative feedback received.

Keywords

• Assessment
• Teachers
• Educational Technology
• Learning Objects
• Information Communication Technologies

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