Assessments

I like ipsative and peer assessment. I know these two methods are a little "outdated" but I think that peer works because students learn how important it is to get feedback from others but also learn about giving feedback. Both of which are very important.

I like Ipsative assessments because they are a challenge. When you say, you got this, do better on the next one, I want to do that. These are just things that work for me personally and won't work for all students.

I like these two over the others because I think something such as Real-world assessments is too broad and internet anonymity may make the process hard. Assessments are to get a real view of how you did and not bringing down self-esteem or boosting it without value or reason.

I find that self assessment can cause students to slack off. I think it's an important skill but when I assess myself and I have to take time on it, I say, "I did great, I could improve on X and it was fun." This is not a valid self assessment.

Assessing students using their own tools such as a cellphone sounds like a nice concept but I think that there are other ways and it feels a lot like using technology for technology's sake.

So overall, I would chose ipsative assessing with a close second to peer assessing.