Light of Knowledge.

illustration from: www.eureka.edu

"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it"
Margaret Fuller.

www.quotes.net/quote/8992‎

Teachers, Instructors, Professors, whatever we may call ourselves holds knowledge that can light up our students mind from the shadows of ignorance. Imparting thought, teaching disciplines, and sharing experiences to our students is like passing them our light from our torches, enabling them to be better individuals and contributors to our society in the future.

Dare to Teach.

Illustration from : jhs.wbschools.org

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn"

John Cotton Dana

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As have said, learning is a continuous process. Everyday we tend to learn new things.

 Teaching also is dynamic and it is evolving day by day, from prehistoric home based 

mother to child teaching down to distance learning today. Teachers should not be 

resistant to changes, instead we should adapt to it and share best practices to achieve a 

common goal which is to learn and never be ignorant.

ED662 REMINDERS AND MORE

Dear ED662 Students,

I'm pleased with the knowledge that you've gained, strategies that you've learned, and so much more!

In any event, it's that time of the semester again wherein we need to finalize all remaining course requirements. By now all assignments you've submitted throughout the semester should have been graded. If I missed anything, please let me know as soon as possible.


If you haven't caught up, it is imperative that you communicate with me immediately. I have made considerations on a case-by-case basis with the understanding that quality work will be submitted. 

Keep in mind that next Wednesday we will be meeting in class in SOE102. Be prepared to discuss Chapter 12, LiveText submission of Literature Review, collaborative blogging, Moodling, and final class requirements. Mark is also the Chairperson, alongside Lorna and Paul, so please check with each other, if anything.


As a recap, the following are the remaining topics for our class:


MAY 1 -
-Moodle online session– University of Guam: campus.uogdistance.com
-Chapter 12 Reaction Paper Due
-LiveText Discussion & Other Final Requirements
-Post reflection in class blog at www.blogger.com (http://ed662spring2013.blogspot.com)

MAY 8 - -Meet in SOE 102 -Final Self-Reflection Due -Finalization of LiveText Artifact -Literature Review Submission -Post reflection in class blog at www.blogger.com (http://ed662spring2013.blogspot.com)

MAY 15 - -Moodle online session– University of Guam: campus.uogdistance.com -LiveText Submission -Post goodbye/farewell reflection in class blog at www.blogger.com (http://ed662spring2013.blogspot.com)

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Be sure to keep up with your blogging, as it is part of our online collaboration. You must also reply/comment on your classmates' postings/entries.

As you know, I modified the lengthy LiveText Portfolio designing/submission in order to meet the needs of those who require additional time to complete the rest of the course requirements. Therefore, with regards to LiveText, you will only be required to submit the main artifact, namely the Literature Review.

Good luck, keep me posted, and I'll see you next Wednesday!

All the best,

Dr. Rivera

ED662 Stars!

Chapter 1 : Assessment Concepts and Issues

The difference between assessment and testing would be that an assessment can tell you if a child understands how they can apply information and a test mainly measures knowledge which is often memorized. Assessment results are often used to help students improve particular aspects of themselves. Tests results are often used for grades or to measure knowledge that was either taught or already memorized.
Assessments can be formal or informal. An example of a formal assessment would be the LAS Links assessment given at the beginning of the year. Informal assessment examples would be writing certain comments on a student paper like ,"Great job!" on student work with no mistakes. At the beginning of each school year our school must give each of our ESL students the LAS Links Assessment. This assessment allows us to find out if an ESL may need services from our program or not. Through the year all of my students must take tests in Reading, Language, Science, Health, PE, and Social Studies. It is from these tests that we measure if there is retention of information taught on.

The dictionary defines testing as : something (as a series of questions or exercises) for measuring the skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes of an individual or group.

While assessments is define as An evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something

Testing in my opinion is a collective of skills and knowledge that is put in to questions or exercises. An example of this is the end of the semesters test it has reading, writing counting .Assessments is the ability to complete a certain task very specific like rolling a sushi.

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
― Albert Einstein

 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/teaching

                As teachers we plan to teach our students to their full potential by giving them the tools they need to learn. Teachers do this providing the right environment for learning to take place.