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Chapter 6 -Enabling Assessment over time with Digital Writing Tools Want to make sure in digital writing that we are assessing the process and the products of the digital writing and not the tools. NCTE “Assessment must include multiple measures and must be manageable.” Newland and Kent: Students ought to be rewarded for “diligence and for the quality of writing that they produce” in that “there can be a set of performance goals which might include expectations of types of writing to be attempted, for revision, for participation in response groups, for meeting deadlines and for self assessment”. “We need to teach digital writers to assess their work through a series of decisions that hold true to the idea that writers need authentic audiences and purposes, need to write in varied genres and need to reflect upon their work.” “No longer is writing about trying just to please the teacher so as to earn and “A”. it is an act of identity formation, a 21st Century skill that students need to have as they represent themselves across a variety of online communities.” Students need to possess good writing skills in addition to becoming proficient in the technology skills of file management, software interfaces, web searching, participating in online communities and creating multimedia work. Formative Assessment: Evaluating the Process- To help writer’s frame the writing process. Writer’s need to think about : Writing Skills · Mode and media- What genre am I attempting to write in and what media will help me convey the message? · Audience; Who am I writing for? · Purpose: · Situation for the writer and the writing: what knowledge of topic and tools are required to complete the project. Design Skills · Contrast: effects to make elements stand out · Repetition: using elements in an effective manner to organize text and create effects · Alignment: visually connecting elements · Proximity: grouping elements together Summative Assessment- Final Project Assessment Digital Portfolios Performance Rubrics Resources: Bernajean Porter’s DigiTales [] Un Burke’s Traits of Effective and Ineffective Writers- 6 traits of Writing [] Intel Assessment Library [] RubiStar [] iRubric []