The best way to know a student understand a concept is to test right? Well in technology it would be the same, but easier I would imagine. Using software in the classroom, you or I was an educator could walk around and make sure each student was grasping the concept of what we were teaching at that particular moment. That is what I would love about technology. Creating visual tools, linking, graphic organizers, inserting, or audio for example could all be used and and made sure they were being grasped in the classroom before assigning a project "let loose," for lack of better terms! Always make sure besides testing you have outlined exactly what it is you are teaching, by adding text and imaging to make it as easy as possible for your students, no matter their age. Also, you can create links or pages to best express what you are trying to teach or represent. Have the class brainstorm, or work in groups to "teach each other." There is always ways to have students grasp concepts whether in technology or in any other subject they may be having a problem in.
The best way to depict student misconception of key information, is for the student to SHOW you what he or she has learned.. Have them show you what they have learned by letting them discuss their graphic organizer and the key content or concepts and the processes it can produce. This will actually let you know what material he or she knows or does not know. This is not the embarrass a student, but to really allow them to expand their horizon and show what they know! This is only to help them, so they can move on to bigger and better things!
Brainstorming is a GREAT idea in any classroom! It would be so easy to transfer these ideas into written thoughts. Split your class into groups, don't let your class pick groups, YOU as the teacher pick groups. Allow an entire day of instruction for brainstorming ideas and see what they come up with, maybe even two days. At the end of these two days they have to present to the class, with visual, audio and graphic material. You can see what your students have learned and everyone in the group has to present and talk, and has to have added something to the presentation. This way you can see who has learned what they as a group has learned. By you picking groups, friends don't pick friends and its not a gossip session, and no one gets left out, and something gets done. This would be a fun activity with everyone involved!
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