Task Stream Tools of Engagement for Higher Education

Task. Stream ‘Tools of Engagement’ for Higher Education 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 1

Why Use Task. Stream for Your Course? • Does your course include in-class writings, out -of-class writing homework, or writing assignments for major assignments? • Does your class encourage students to work as a group to complete in-class group work, out-of-class group work, or group work for a major assignments? • Does your course require peer-reviewing, freewriting, drafts, and revision exercises? 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 2

Task. Stream for Your Course • Allows the course to work in synchronous and asynchronous time • Great management system for on ground, online, and blended courses • Creates an e-portfolio system to collect writing assignments • Enables peer-reviewing for writing assignments 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 3

Task. Stream for Teachers • Role as authors, reviewers, and evaluators • Ability to create reports • Program Resources store course documents • Evaluate using “Web Marker” 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 4

Task. Stream for Students • Role as authors and reviewers • View their grades and scored rubrics • Program Resources display course documents 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 5

Student Feedback from ENG 101 • The portfolio requirement helped me do my best work for the course. • Agree Strongly or Agree = 72% • Task. Stream facilitated my invention, revision, and reflection processes. • Agree Strongly or Agree = 63% • The course encouraged me to think differently about how and why writing gets done. • Agree Strongly or Agree = 88% 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 6

Other Benefits • ENG 101 and 102 students have experience using Task. Stream • Renewable subscriptions for post-semester uses • Develops and/or adds to the students and instructors’ technology skills • Don’t have to use email or create group pages in Blackboard to share documents 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 7

How Other Universities Use Task. Stream • Western Carolina University- Teacher Education Program • Watson School of Education • Western Governors University – Education Program 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 8

E-Portfolio Resources • What about E-portfolios? (You. Tube video) • Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios (Dr. Helen Barrett) • Example of Professional Portfolio using Task. Stream 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 9

Thinking About Using Task. Stream? • Read more from UIS IT department • Go to Task. Stream’s home page 9/15/2020 Technology Day 2008 10