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Evaluating and Improving

3.3

Intro

Evaluating and improving work is a cornerstone of teaching and learning. To master this element of the Digital Competency Framework, you do not necessarily need to use technology. Your pupils can use the self-assessment and peer-assessment techniques with which they are familiar.

Having said that, there are excellent ways to use technology effectively for self and peer assessment. You'll find a few suggestions below.

Framework

3.3 - Evaluating and Improving

  • Comment on work in relation to a single success criterion, e.g. add comments using recording feature in software.

Skill by Skill

  • Comment on whether they achieved a single success criteria in their task.

Vocabulary

success     target     achieve

Activity Suggestions

  1. Fill a Book Creator project on an iPad with photos of pupils at work. Each child (with support) creates a voice recording (or video) explaining what they were doing in the pictures and how well they think they did.
  2. Have them take a photo of their work and, after you insert it into a Book Creator project, the pupils can record a video or a voice recording explaining what they did and whether they achieved their goal (success criteria).
  3. Hang some impressive pieces of work on the wall/string. Pupils use a small voice recording device (peg, whiteboard etc. There are many such tools on sale to schools) to describe what they did in that task and how well they did.
  4. Pupils film each other using an iPad, explaining what was the best part of their day.

Remember that in Reception they only need to evaluate their work in relation to a single success criteria.