Are you suggesting that podcasts, video conferencing, blogs etc may be considered as assessment tools?

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Sure why not? Students have been given opportunity to practice skills then show what they know through a podcast. Isn't that an authentic assessment for our global, digital, and connected world. Thanks for the comment.
"Why not" is exactly what I was hoping for....hooray for the digital age.
Our latest project (to practice advanced research skills and extend world history ) involves students choosing among 5 student produced Ancient Civ podcasts. Their research far exceeds anything I might have assigned. It's fun to observe when they come back together to "synthesize." hmmm...for example, diverse ancient civs had powerful female divinities and yet....
Hi! Help out the "objective math grader..." Would we use new assessment tools with a fore given rubric to establish a numerical/ letter grade, or would this assessment be more diagnostic to imply improvements/ difficulties?
I think you could do either depending on your purpose. Suppose you wanted students to show you they they have learned geometric terms and can find examples in the world. With a rubric they could then be asked to create a podcast and then you could get a grade. On the other hand, if you had them using technology in a discovery/inquiry way you may not want to assign a grade. Recently, I spoke with a tech lady from St. Louis and she said that her math teachers are doing a lot with tech. She is going to email me examples of what they are doing so we can get some more ideas. I will keep you posted.
Mike Dalessio told me that he used live blog to assess his students with a lesson yesterday... he said that they were quite excited and eager to participate...
Dalessio was very successful with using the blog feature to help review for the test. So much so, that I am going to try with our next test. Adrienne also noted the anonymity of answers and the ability for the teacher to interject encourage more to interact.

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