Capacitador: Oscar MarinoCapacitador: Oscar Marino Capacitando: Leandro Oscar CatalanoCapacitando: Leandro Oscar Catalano

1st meeting1st meeting

Starting point: Starting point: sharing our sharing our previous knowledge about previous knowledge about “evaluación”“evaluación”

what I know what I want to know what I learnedwhat I know what I want to know what I learned

Must be: How to assess Must be: How to assess proggessive, informal testsproggessive, informal testssumative, How to makesumative, How to makean agreement, portfoliosan agreement, portfoliosand dynamicand dynamic

We talked about some interesting concepts…We talked about some interesting concepts…

Assessment FOR learning:Assessment FOR learning:

designed to give teachers information to designed to give teachers information to modify teaching and learning activities. modify teaching and learning activities. Teachers can used this information to Teachers can used this information to streamline and target instruction and streamline and target instruction and resources and to provide feedback to resources and to provide feedback to students to help them advance their students to help them advance their learning.learning.

Assessment AS learning:Assessment AS learning:

a process for developing and supporting a process for developing and supporting metacognition for students. It occurs metacognition for students. It occurs when students monitor their own learning when students monitor their own learning and use the feedback from this and use the feedback from this monitoring to make adjustments, monitoring to make adjustments, adaptations and changes in what they adaptations and changes in what they understand.understand.

Assessment OF learning:Assessment OF learning:

summative in nature and used to confirm summative in nature and used to confirm what students know and can do and to what students know and can do and to demonstrate whether they have achieved demonstrate whether they have achieved the curriculum outcomes.the curriculum outcomes.

2nd meeting2nd meeting

We made a classification of tests…We made a classification of tests…

Curriculum designCurriculum design

The CLIL tool kitThe CLIL tool kit

Planning a unitPlanning a unitContentContent

CommunicationCommunicationCognitionCognition

CultureCulture

Here we started to draft our Here we started to draft our own project…own project…

3rd meeting3rd meeting

Washback Washback (what´s that?)(what´s that?)

refers to the extent to which the introduction refers to the extent to which the introduction and use of a test influences language teachers and use of a test influences language teachers and learners to do things that they would not and learners to do things that they would not otherwise do that promote or inhibit language otherwise do that promote or inhibit language learning”. learning”.

A test will influence:A test will influence: ( (according to washback..)according to washback..)

     What teachers teachWhat teachers teach How teachers teachHow teachers teach What learners learnWhat learners learn How learners learnHow learners learn The rate and sequence of teachingThe rate and sequence of teaching The rate and sequence of learningThe rate and sequence of learning Attitudes to the content, method, etc. of teaching Attitudes to the content, method, etc. of teaching

and learningand learning

4th meeting4th meeting(the last one before the test (the last one before the test ) )

Digital or E-PortfoliosDigital or E-Portfolios

Student e-portfolio were born out of print-based portfolios (from the mid-1980s) in Student e-portfolio were born out of print-based portfolios (from the mid-1980s) in mainly art, English, and communication studies …mainly art, English, and communication studies …

Digital portfolios are selective and purposeful collections of student work, records Digital portfolios are selective and purposeful collections of student work, records of learning, growth over time (Barrett, 2000), and they change on the part of the of learning, growth over time (Barrett, 2000), and they change on the part of the student. They are multimedia representations of learning achievements. They student. They are multimedia representations of learning achievements. They may include: may include:

texttext photographsphotographs illustrationsillustrations diagramsdiagrams spreadsheetsspreadsheets Publisher and Powerpoint presentationsPublisher and Powerpoint presentations digital imagesdigital images videosvideos music and soundsmusic and sounds voice recordingsvoice recordings links to useful and interesting websiteslinks to useful and interesting websites

My My final reflection final reflection  As a final reflection, I can say that this course may As a final reflection, I can say that this course may

have a great impact on my classes because I have have a great impact on my classes because I have learned about some new concepts that I didn´t know learned about some new concepts that I didn´t know and/or I extend my knowledge about them. I knew that and/or I extend my knowledge about them. I knew that there were different ways to assess our students but I there were different ways to assess our students but I have never explored them before and of course I have have never explored them before and of course I have never put them into practise. Now, I know that there never put them into practise. Now, I know that there are different kinds of assessment and that when me are different kinds of assessment and that when me test our students we have to use the results to evaluate test our students we have to use the results to evaluate our own practise and to plan our following proyects our own practise and to plan our following proyects according to ¨washback¨. I knew that there were according to ¨washback¨. I knew that there were informal assessment tests but I didn´t know nothing informal assessment tests but I didn´t know nothing about ¨digital portfolios¨ for example and during this about ¨digital portfolios¨ for example and during this course I learnt a lot about them and in fact, I have course I learnt a lot about them and in fact, I have already done one!!!already done one!!!