During my journey I had the opportunity to dig in deeper and explore some of the tools I already use. I was often surprised to find features I was unaware of or novel ways to use features I was familiar with. This was true of Google Classroom. This assessment of Google Classroom demonstrates my ability to systematically assess the potential and effectiveness and usefulness of a technology. You can read my assessment of Google Classroom as a tool for instruction. In particular, I examined Classroom's features for their potential as tools of assessment. This critical review of Google Classroom and Google Forms represents my ability to assess the potential of sophisticated instructional technologies such as course management systems.

Closely connected to my analysis of Google Classroom is my creation of an assessment with Google Forms. In this assessment students are tasked with evaluating and analyzing primary sources and determining what type of argument could be best supported by the primary source in question. This is the project that changed my mind about multiple choice test items. Now, I see multiple choice questions as holding the potential to assess students' skills such as corroboration and sourcing. This demonstrates my skills in developing online assessments for learning that can assess student mastery of targeted skills and content while also empowering the student to reevaluate their thinking. Watch my video presentation of my assessment created in Google Forms and let me know how you feel about multiple choice questions. I include this work because it demonstrates my adaptability and willingness to have an open mind.

This piece was difficult to categorize between Assessing Historical Thinking and Close and Critical Reading. I decided to categorize it as assessment of historical thinking because it is an assessment for learning the targeted skills and content. This assessment follows my students reading of the 8 Stages of Genocide. With this assessment, students demonstrate their skills in using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar terms and identifying the main idea of a passage of text. They then have to write an explanation of which of the eight stages of genocide the text is about thus demonstrating their understanding of the eight stages of genocide. This assessment design demonstrates my ability to create assessments that authentically measure a student's mastery of critical reading skills along with command of content. Click on the PDF file for a more concrete understanding of this work. This assessment demonstrates my dedication and skill in creating assessments for learning that will provide students more opportunity to independently assess their own thinking and understanding.