Digital Worksheet
For my Digital Worksheet, I used Wizer.me. Wizer is a very user-friendly website that allows teachers to create digital worksheets for their classrooms. To create a worksheet, you simply choose a theme, a format for your questions, and insert the answers. This site has some unique features to offer as well. One of my favorite features is the voice recorded questions. I created this particular worksheet for a kindergarten classroom where most of the students are not super strong readers. Typically this would make assessment difficult, however, with the recorded questions it makes it easy for the students to listen and then choose an answer. Another feature that I really enjoy is the option to insert pictures for the answers. This once again is a great aspect of the website that helps when you have students who may not be reading very well yet. Teachers can embed their worksheets into Google Classroom, Edmodo, or Pinterest to make it accessible to their students, which is a very quick and easy way to get the whole class involved in the assessment.
The results of this worksheet are found within the website. These results can be used by the teacher to assess and track their students' progress. It can also be used to let the teacher know in what areas they can improve in their instruction.
This website fits perfectly within Component 1F of the Danielson Framework because it is a unique form of assessment that is used to see how much your students know. It fits specifically into the 1F element 2, Criteria and Standards, as well as element 4, which is Planning. Wizer's digital worksheets fall into these elements of component 1F because the worksheets are thought out and created by the teacher. They require planning so that they make sense. To go along with that, the assessments must go along with what the students are learning in class in order to make sense to them. Therefore, the worksheets should align with curriculum as well as state standards, because that is what the majority of teachers' lessons are based off of.
The results of this worksheet are found within the website. These results can be used by the teacher to assess and track their students' progress. It can also be used to let the teacher know in what areas they can improve in their instruction.
This website fits perfectly within Component 1F of the Danielson Framework because it is a unique form of assessment that is used to see how much your students know. It fits specifically into the 1F element 2, Criteria and Standards, as well as element 4, which is Planning. Wizer's digital worksheets fall into these elements of component 1F because the worksheets are thought out and created by the teacher. They require planning so that they make sense. To go along with that, the assessments must go along with what the students are learning in class in order to make sense to them. Therefore, the worksheets should align with curriculum as well as state standards, because that is what the majority of teachers' lessons are based off of.
If I could change anything about this website, it would be that teachers could put questions on separate pages. I enjoyed the fact that I can record the questions to go along with the text and that I have the option of inserting pictures to go along with multiple choice answer options. This tool supports pedagogy because it is useful and grows educators' understanding of technology and gives them ways to be creative when they assess their students. The assessments created on this website can/should be connected to standards, which helps this tool tie into ISTE. Wizer connects to growth mindset because as teachers, we should be open to new things and not have a fixed mindset in the way we assess our students. This site relates to SAMR because it fits perfectly into augmentation. While it is a substitute for paper worksheets, Wizer also offers improvements such as colorful themes and voiceovers that enhance the experience for the user. I can use this in my future classroom to create worksheets for my students and track their progress. The results of this worksheet can give me an idea of whether my students are understanding the content and information. This tool would be a great adaptation for students with special needs; specifically students with vision impairment because the voiceover option would allow them to still have the ability to take the same assessment as their peers.
Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice a framework for teaching (2nd ed.). Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.