How to Engage Students with Technology
As an educator, you are daily faced with the challenge of engaging students while also balancing the need for formative assessment. Assessment allows educators to see how much knowledge was acquired and concepts that need to be retaught. Technology can help integrate creative ways to assess a student’s skills, academic knowledge, and learning outcomes. When assessments are interactive and engaging, students’ motivation will increase. Assessments can be fun for both the teacher and the students. As an educator before introducing any web-based interactive assessment, it is important to review internet safety with students. Educators also need to monitor to ensure students are staying on the correct website and establish guidelines before using an online engaging assessment tool. Educators are on a budget, so it is important to select tools that are free or low cost. You also need to think about how each system can be integrated with your current technology in your ...