Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Evidence vs Artifacts

We just received an EE/TeachScape e-mail from Amy about the difference between evidence and artifacts, as well as some hints:

There is a difference between an artifact and evidence.  
  • An artifact is something you upload.  (Ex:  syllabus, data, assessment)
    • Recommendation:  When naming the artifact, include the year (2014-15) since several year's worth of artifacts will be in the portfolio when they get to the summary year.
    • Recommendation 2:  In the description, indicate which Danielson components the artifact supports.
  • Evidence is a brief statement you type in. (Ex:  I attended a math workshop on Oct. 14 that focused on number sense.)
    • The advantage of entering evidence is that it can be TAGGED to a particular Danielson component.  Therefore, during the summary year when the administrator needs to score each component, anything tagged shows up for consideration when determining the score.
    • Recommendation:  Because of this, it is recommended that when a teacher uploads an artifact, he/she also enters a brief evidence (something like "Please see syllabus in artifact portfolio") so that the teacher can then TAG which components that artifact supports.

And, a reminder about Jim's recommendation for number of uploaded artifacts:
  • Domain 1- 3 artifacts
  • Domain 2- 2 artifacts
  • Domain 3- 2 artifacts
  • Domain 4- 3 artifacts

Our MS open lab will be Wednesday, February 11, 2:45-3:30; if you have any questions please feel free to stop by room 417!

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