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Doha
Faculty members of DPS Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) attended a webinar on ‘Designing Assessments for the Virtual Class’, organised by Mylestone and Learnflix through Zoom recently.
The session, which aimed at providing a detailed view of various types of assessments during virtual classes, commenced with appreciating all the teachers around the globe for their untiring efforts to make online learning interesting and fruitful.
Resource person Asllesha Thakur, CEO of Lead Innovations, explained the basics of assessment; assessment models for online teaching and Ed tech tools for formative assessments; pre-primary assessments; and evaluation of authentic learning such as project-based learning and webquests to foster students’ excitement, engagement and lifelong learning.
Thakur introduced the attendees to Ed tech tools like MS forms, google forms, Quizziz.com, Kahoot, Kaizena, Class Dojo, Edpuzzle, Edulastic, etc. for online formative assessments. Highlighting the importance of digital skills in the 21st century, she requested computer teachers to teach children keyboarding skills right from the primary classes.
The interactive webinar provided the teachers with the tools and expertise to prepare assessments using various methods. It was attended by more than 900 teachers from various parts of the world.
Doha
Faculty members of DPS Modern Indian School (DPS-MIS) attended a webinar on ‘Designing Assessments for the Virtual Class’, organised by Mylestone and Learnflix through Zoom recently.
The session, which aimed at providing a detailed view of various types of assessments during virtual classes, commenced with appreciating all the teachers around the globe for their untiring efforts to make online learning interesting and fruitful.
Resource person Asllesha Thakur, CEO of Lead Innovations, explained the basics of assessment; assessment models for online teaching and Ed tech tools for formative assessments; pre-primary assessments; and evaluation of authentic learning such as project-based learning and webquests to foster students’ excitement, engagement and lifelong learning.
Thakur introduced the attendees to Ed tech tools like MS forms, google forms, Quizziz.com, Kahoot, Kaizena, Class Dojo, Edpuzzle, Edulastic, etc. for online formative assessments. Highlighting the importance of digital skills in the 21st century, she requested computer teachers to teach children keyboarding skills right from the primary classes.
The interactive webinar provided the teachers with the tools and expertise to prepare assessments using various methods. It was attended by more than 900 teachers from various parts of the world.
