Evaluation

** Teacher evaluation of Week 1 - Introduction ** Overarching KWL assessment done within the classroom activity.
 * K ||  W  ||  L  ||
 * What I know? ||  What I want to know?  ||  How will I find out?  ||

Week 3 - The Individual Focus Sheet can be used by teachers during student teacher conferences to gauge student progress over the 10 weeks of the integrated unit of work. Such focus sheets could be used at Week 3 and 6 when providing feedback on the blog entries, but is not limited to this. Individual Focus Sheet  - Organization  - Persistence  - Staying on task  - Independent use of organizers  - Develop effective questions  - Positive attitude  - Undertake tasks independently  - Utilises appropriate resources  - Independent work habits  - Ability to share space and resources  - Creative thinking in a range of contexts ||   ||  - Timelines met  - Weekly self reflection completed ||   ||  - Monitor and describe task progress, achievements and their learning  - Use peer, teachers and other adults as learning resources  - Adaptability, persistence and willingness to seek support <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Confidently and effectively communicate in the conference <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Able to question and verbalise opinions <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Articulate thinking processes <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Thoughtful consideration of advice from others ||   || <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Negotiates improvement goals and justifies choices <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Use of evaluation strategies and criteria for measuring progress towards goals <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Personal goals met ||   || <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Constructive responses to feedback <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Evaluate own performance ||   || <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Attentive listening to learn from others <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Provide constructive feedback to others <span style="display: block; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> - Empathy, respect and acceptance of others ||   ||
 * Name: ||  Comments:  ||
 * ** Proposal Preparations, Consideration and Completion **
 * ** Timelines **
 * ** Student led conference discussions with teacher **
 * ** Personal Goals **
 * ** Project completed with goals and outcomes completed **
 * ** Peer Assessment **

Week 6 - Re-evaluation of student progress using student-teacher conferencing and the Individual Focus Sheets.

Week 7 - Excursion/Incursion

In evaluating what the students have achieved over the last 7 weeks, finish by completing another KWL based self assessment. Example shown below:
For example: Aboriginal hunters and tribes used the night sky to help them travel across the land   || For example: I want to read more Dreamtime stories about the star constellations  || For example: Find more stories on the internet using key words/phrases in seach engines. || Evaluation of Student Blogs Rubric for e-blog (to be evaluated in Week 7). Week 3 and 6 should consist of teacher evaluation and feedback to gauge students' progress in using ICT using the Individual Focus Sheets and student-teacher conferencing.
 * K   ||    W    ||    L    ||
 * What do I know now?  ||   What do I still want to know?   ||   How will I go about finding out?   ||
 * || Beginning  ||  Developing  ||  Established  ||  S core out of 50  ||
 * Overall use of blog ||  Some blog reflections and comments have been completed  ||  Blog reflections have been completed, though not all of them give evidence of a substantial contribution  ||  All weekly blog reflections have been completed, all of which are substantial, including references to other websites  ||  10 marks  ||
 * Personal Response to Key Concepts ||  Blog reflections convey little evidence of a personal response to the issues/ concepts raised in the weekly lessons  ||  Blog reflections convey evidence of a personal response to the issues/concepts raised in the weekly lessons.  ||  Blog reflections convey extensive evidence of a personal response to the issues/concepts raised in the weekly lessons.  ||  20 marks  ||
 * Engaged Writing ||  Blog reflections demonstrate some evidence of correct spelling, grammer and punctuation  ||  Blog reflections show a good command of the English language  ||  Blog reflections demonstrate excellent spelling, grammer and punctuation  ||  10 marks  ||
 * Critical Thinking ||  Blog reflections demonstrate little use of higher order thinking (analysis, synthesis and evaluation of ideas)  ||  Blog reflections demonstrate some use of higher order thinking (analysis, synthesis and evaluation of ideas)  ||  Blog reflections demonstrate use of higher order thinking (analysis, synthesis and evaluation of ideas)  ||  10 marks  ||

Week 10 - Learning Celebration ** Example Group Work Student Self Evaluation Form ** ** How often/well did I…? **
 * || ** Seldom **  ||  ** Sometimes **  ||  ** Often **  ||
 * Contributed ideas ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Listened to and respected the ideas of others ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Positively encouraged others in my group ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Compromised and co-operated ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Was flexible and willing to follow others ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Took initiative when needed ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Helped to solve problems ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Took risks by exploring something new to me ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Did my share of the workload/tasks ||   ||   ||   ||