Evaluate 2.1.1 – Data Driven Instruction, Analytics, Reporting Tools Quest

Evaluate 2.1.1 – Data Driven Instruction, Analytics, Reporting Tools Quest

Review the artifacts above on student enrollments and student progress in the course. Then, provide a detailed description of all that this information tells you about the hypothetical course. Include how the teacher might adjust the course in the future based on the previous activity of these students. Document in a reflection on your blog.

The learning management system can help teachers, parents, students, and facilitators stay on top of what is happening in a course.  For a new teacher, this lesson is invaluable to figure out the types of information available to them. I am very familiar with these tools as i use them every day. In this blog I will reflect on the data that can be found on the less on site,  reference from the link https://www.openteachertraining.org/blog/quest/evaluate-2-1-1/, and to refelect on what can be gleaned from this data and what actions I would take as a teacher. 

1. Enrollments and 

Attendance

The first image is what teachers see when they login into TheSIS. It shows the current courses taught and how many students are enrolled in each section.  I would use this every day to see how my enrollment numbers might change so that I know if new students are added to a class and i can take the appropriate steps to welcome them.

The second picture gives the teacher a snapshot of each students. It list who is responsible for payment, if the student is general, special education, or gifted. It also lets me know that all students are responsible for taking the EOCT. As a teacher I would ensure that there was EOCT review throughout the course and provide opportunities to extend learning (that I would offer to all students but strive to reach the gifted ones.) 

2. Communication

The third image is what shows up in Communication in TheSIS. This is were all official emails are send from and recorded. The teacher can also take notes about phone calls emails, and specific incidences that need to be recorded (switched schedules, missing work, grade below 70, academic dishonesty, etc) should be noted.  Here the teacher made welcome calls via dial my calls (which we can no longer do unless parents opt in to an automated system), calls about failing students. These are good emails because it does reference a specific grade point - just the fact the student is not passing and there is a need to be covered

The forth image shows positive communication made to parents. I would like to do this more often via the email tool in TheSIS.  It is important to note and exact copy of the email sent to parents is recorded. 

3. Observational Data and Analytics

There are several tools within TheSIS and Brightspace that helps teachers understand student progress and if they are really progressing at a reasonable pace or waiting until the last minute to complete work. This specific heatmap shows how many times a student has accessed the course and on what dates. One student has not accessed the course at all, and another has only accessed it once. As a teacher looking at this, I would make every attempt to contact the students, parent, and facilitator to see what we can do to help this students be successful in the course.

4. Students monitoring their own learning

The 5th image gives a snapshot of what students see when they look in the grade book. The students can see what they made on an assignment and see specific feedback. The specific feedback left for the students is ket as it helps them understand why they might have gotten points off on an assignments. As a teacher if a students totally misses the mark on an assignment I will provide specific guidance and allow them to redo their assignment for partial credit. After all I want students to learn form their mistakes!

The 6th image allows students to see the questions they have missed after a quiz has been submitted.  I encourage students to do test corrections so that they can focus on the information they missed and know it for future exams.

The 7th and 8th images shows students what they see after they have submitted a dropbox assignment.  There is a view option that allows stunts to see in more detail the comments left for that assignment.  This is the place where teachers can provide specific ways to improve assignments such as the three things listed for that one assignment I usually try to provide a web link or video to help students with the information in my feedback especially if they missed a concept.