Gaming: The Future of School Assessments?
This week we're catching up with sessions from EWA's National Seminar, held at Stanford University. Today's guest blogger is Caitlin Fertal of (Willoughby, Ohio)News-Herald. Stream any session from National Seminar in your browser, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes. For more on classroom technology, check out EWA's Story Starters online resource.
While video games might seem out-of-place in the education world, some innovators actually are looking at gaming as the future of assessment in schools.
During a session at EWA’s National Seminar, Girlie Delacruz -- a senior researcher at the University of California in Los Angeles’ National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) -- shared her experiences of working in the field with software developers to create games specifically designed to assess a child’s academic skill levels.
Creating these assessment-based games requires specific data and crystal-clear communication between developers and educators, Delacruz said. Defining the
While video games might seem out-of-place in the education world, some innovators actually are looking at gaming as the future of assessment in schools.
During a session at EWA’s National Seminar, Girlie Delacruz -- a senior researcher at the University of California in Los Angeles’ National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) -- shared her experiences of working in the field with software developers to create games specifically designed to assess a child’s academic skill levels.
Creating these assessment-based games requires specific data and crystal-clear communication between developers and educators, Delacruz said. Defining the