Reflection 1st unit

We think that portfolios are a very important and useful tool for us as teachers because sometimes we need to go back to the material we used in other subjects, and they contain the most important information of the subjects, and also students will be aware of their own progress, this can be a really good source of motivation. It is a good idea to review them after finishing the course so we can see all our work and effort in it, and also we will need it in the future for consulting.

We think that assessment, testing and evaluation are techniques that we have to employ as teachers so we can follow and also have a good student evaluation and be aware of student’s learning process through the entire course. We have to make sure that we are using them in the correct way, we have to be very open to use our criteria, our sense of ethic and pretty much everything that makes us better as teachers and as persons, and of course everything that helps our students in their learning process.

We think informal assessment is a good tool for us as teachers because we can take notes on student’s behavior, responsibility sense participation in the class and attitudes. We evaluate them since the beginning of the class till the end of it, and through all the period, semester or year, and depending on the level. This is a very helpful tool for us and also for them because we can notice which students are doing good and bad in their assignments, and also we can notice where they need help. With this we can provide them with feedback whenever they want to. The good way about informal assessment is that we can work on the four skills, for their final portfolio, for presentations, or whatever we need to evaluate our student’s performance.