ICT assessment has often relied heavily on teachers' intuition. Not confident in their own ICT abilities, many teachers have been even less confident in assessing pupils' ICT work. As a result, there have been large discrepancies in levelling of ICT work in both primary and secondary schools. This project aims to provide guidance and practical solutions in the area of ICT Assessment.
There are four main aspects to this project - an Electronic Portfolio, a Scheme of Work, Lesson Ideas and Recording and Monitoring Strategies. The Electronic Portfolio is divided into Levels 1-8, giving examples of pupil work related to the level descriptors. The Northern Grid Scheme of Work is currently limited to Key Stages 1 and 2.
KS3 assessment material is available on the Stockton on Tees web site by clicking here: Thanks to Ian Ithurralde (Director, Teesside CLC), Damien Kelly (Head of ICT, St Michael's RC Comprehensive), Brian Lockwood (Head of ICT, Egglescliffe Comprehensive) and Tania Johnston (ICT Consultant, Stockton LEA) for materials available via this link
The Scheme of Work has links with Lesson Plans and Shorter Focused Tasks which provide more detailed explanations of activities. The Recording and Monitoring Strategies include Teacher Assessment Sheets related to the Scheme of Work and Self-assessment computer activities for pupils. All of the material on the site can be downloaded for teachers to adapt to the particular needs of their school.
Special thanks to:
Tania Johnston ICT Advisory Teacher SICTU - Stockton on Tees (Tania was
a member of the Northern Grid Team before moving to Stockton, many thanks
for her valuable work)
Mark Atkinson - Barnard Grove Primary School, Hartlepool.
Joanne Jones - New Seaham Primary School, Seaham.
Eddie Henerty - Shotton Hall Comprehensive School, Peterlee.
Damien Kelly - St Michael's RC Comprehensive School, Billingham
Carolyn Offer - East Herrington Primary School, Sunderland.
Katie Snowball - Barnard Castle Primary School. Barnard Castle