Questions

Pre-assessment, post assessment, what is it?
Purpose: You need to be able to show your students advanced their learning in both the content (math, spelling, reading, etc.) and in terms of the ISTE NETS for students. In order to show growth, you have to know where they started and where they ended in their learning.
 * pre-assessment could be formal or informal, qualitative or quantitative
 * summative is usually formal like a test, a project, a paper or other learning product
 * keep in mind you want to be able to analyze your results, so the pre-assessment has to give you data you can use

ISTE NETS for Students:
Although many standards and objectives may fit your project, you can't assess them all. Try to focus on a single standard with one or two objectives that truly fit your project and that you can assess.

If you are going to have your students blog, what are your expectations for their posts?
 * Are you expecting complete sentences, a certain length, use of required vocabulary terms?
 * Do you want them to include images, music, or links?
 * How do you want them to respond to peers, how often, in what depth?
 * For your pre-assessment you might have them respond to a sample question or statement and ask them to insert an image. Looking at your results and talking with your students will help you know what you'll need to teach, e.g. where to look for images, ethical use of images, how to respond to their peers appropriately, etc.

21st Century Skills:
Again, several skills may apply to your project, but narrowing your focus to one is important. Thinking about collaboration for example, define what that looks like in your classroom.
 * Pre-assessment and post assessment may be a simple survey asking students to rate themselves in the beginning and in the end.
 * What learning activities are you going to do to help your students improve?