Digital tools are the perfect vehicle for allowing students to assess themselves. The variety of ways to record students and their work is endless. Allowing them to watch themselves gives them a real window into how they are performing a certain task and the progress they are making.
I used Audacity to record students using a reader's theater model. All year we discuss the importance of fluency and reading with expression. Having students choose a script and read parts allows them to practice their fluency without the usual complaints of "I already read this". They work hard knowing they will be recorded and played for others to hear. Finding a script that covers content that fits the curriculum is an added bonus. Students are learning content material while practicing and hearing the story.
The next step in this process will be to add a rubric for students to fill out rating themselves on pacing, expression, and fluency. We posted the finished product to our class blog and listened to it in class several times.
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