small steps » assessment http://smallsteps.edublogs.org Its a marathon, not a sprint race... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:16:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 PDHPE Conference http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/pdhpe-conference/ http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/pdhpe-conference/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:59:30 +0000 bmcallis http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/pdhpe-conference/ I attended the annual PDHPE Teachers Conference in Wollongong on Friday & Saturday. I found it to be a great event that was very well run and the quality of the keynotes and workshops was exceptional. I will go through and reflect on a few of the keynotes and other interesting things from the conference in more detail when I have time over the next week or so. My initial reactions to the conference though was that I have certainly still got plenty more to learn and it has motivated me to improve myself as a teacher.

It is a shame everyone from the faculty could not go as it would have been a great experience for everyone to attend and to hear all the same stuff together. We have plans to organise a broader network in the Campbelltown region across all sectors and I think this holds a lot of potential also. Great to catch up with a heap of old uni friends and lecturers also.

]]> http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/pdhpe-conference/feed/ 0 Quality assessment tasks http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/09/01/quality-assessment-tasks/ http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/09/01/quality-assessment-tasks/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:30:14 +0000 bmcallis http://smallsteps.edublogs.org/2007/09/01/quality-assessment-tasks/ I was fortunate enough to be provided with a first class example of what can be done by colleagues at my school. A year 11 IST class organised a trivia night as an assessment task and raised money for the Childrens Hospital at Westmead. It was a hugely successful event with the students raising well over $8000. The aspect of the task that was so impressive for me was that it was such a relevant and practical task for students and it had ‘real world’ meaning. The students must feel very proud that they organised an event that raised such a substantial amount and it was such a practical way to demonstrate the skills and outcomes required by the course.

The task for me is an excellent example of the ‘assessment for learning’ model. The task also provided huge scope for learning above and beyond the outcomes for the task. The fact that it involved the wider school community and thus generated school spirit were wonderful aspects of the task. The focus on fundraising and raising money for the children’s hospital also strongly supports the catholic values of compassion and is a great way for students to experience this core value.
trivia night

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