Friday, October 17, 2008

Project Reflection

After creating my Mindtool, I made several discoveries about the tool itself and the implementation of the Mindtool.
The Mindtool itself was the use of a student created database worksheet. Each student had to create a 4 question quiz based on the content they just mastered. Other student would then take the assessment and it would be graded. After they results were shared students would go back to the student drive (where the worksheets were stored) and make comments about the other users database. This makes the Mindtool interactive and allows for constant revision and peer sharing.
Student responded well to the worksheets. They seemed to have a good time coming up with questions based on what they just learned, and mastered. Students still have to answer the questions and comment on the corrected versions. They also have to comment on what they liked or disliked about the Mindtool.
I predict that the students would like the commenting portion best. The ability to go into the students shares portion and continuously check on the comments made by other students will fuel the original student to edit his/her work to make it better.
Overall the implementation and the response to the Mindtool is going well. Students seem to like the idea that they can make their own assessments.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008