Assessment Through Blogging

Tonight is our first day of presenting our ICP projects. Heather asked the class to write in our blogs about three facts we know about digital storytelling. One of our class assignments was to create a digital story. By doing this she is activating our prior knowledge.

Here are three facts about digital storytelling:
1. Story is based on a theme/subject
2. Use pictures, animation and sound to tell your story
3. PhotoStory from Microsoft Word was easy to use!

Heather also discussed how making digital stories increases our information literacy skills, media literacy skills and information communication technology literacy(ICT). To assess our knowledge Heather asked us to write how we utilized these skills in making our digital story.

Information Literacy- I told the story of the Hyrdoelectric Process.
Media Literacy- I used my media literacy skills and told this story through the use of digital storytelling.
Information communication and technology- I had to figure out a way to tell the story which is a boring concept in a fun,informative way. I tried to be creative by creating a H20 family. I thought students would be able to relate to the family.

I thought using a blog as a form of assessment was a great idea. She activated our prior knowlege of digital stories and blogging (as everyone in the class is keeping a blog to write their thoughts and reflections of the course). I never thought of using a blog as form of assessment. It is something different. It is a fun and motivating activity for students. I know I enjoyed writing a blog as a form of assessment. For teachers it is easy to check and keep track of student's blogs.