Chapter 3 Reflection

                   This chapter spoke about the importance of how teachers plan their lessons and how the students are being assessed. Teaching and testing are activities we as educators are used to. It was interesting to see how technology can help us along in this process.
                    Using computers to assess students is something that my school does. We give Math tests on the computer instead of scantrons. I find this makes my job a million times easier, because I don't have to sit there and mark each paper. Instead, all the information is right there for me step by step. I am able to see what questions my students go right and wrong. I can also assign more practice activities online based off of that assessment. It helps the students and helps the teacher pin point the areas of need easier. It's also more exciting for the kids to use the computers. If they are taking the test online, it's more engaging for them, they love it! With my class, we don't always use the computers to take the tests but interestingly enough, I find the students do better on the computerized tests rather than paper. That's always interesting to me. 

Questions:
1) How many teachers use online record keeping books rather than paper books?
2) Does anyone think that assessments should ONLY be online or ONLY on paper?
3) Would you think it would be smart to have the standardized tests online?