Game-Based Peer Assessment for Joe Shelley
Joe Shelley’s Phishing Email Game Pause and Reflect The semiotic domain of the assessment on phishing emails is introductory cyber security. I am familiar with the concepts but would not consider myself an expert. I have done some professional development through my school district on the topic but beyond that I actively stay current in good cyber security practices for my own safety. I really enjoyed the currency perspective of the assessment and the justification behind this philosophy. The idea that your identity, financial security, passwords, etc. are all something to lose and that most people don’t look at phishing emails through this lens. Everyone has something to lose by not being aware of the lasting negative effects of accidentally succumbing to phishing scams. Play and Ponder The assessment was filled with great information about phishing and malicious emails. The assessment assumes students have been introduced to the introductory concepts of cyber security through “lectures, assignments and other assessments.” The assessment is written at an introductory level to cyber security/phishing scams. A couple of notes as I was going through the game are its embedded integration with Quizlet, point system, email example navigation, and youtube integration. I found the embedded Quizlet application in the game to be awesome and allowed students that may be struggling with concepts the ability to have different ways of reviewing before having to apply their knowledge. I found the point system to have great potential for being used to measure student success with the material. Knowing what was to be expected when navigating through the example emails was a bit difficult. Finally, the YouTube integration was a nice touch and I appreciated the humor. Looking at the assessment using my Assessment Design Checklist: Is the assessment meaningful? This formative assessment on phishing emails is meaningful in everyday life. In this day and age it's not a question of if you will be exposed to a phishing email, it's a question of when. Knowing that you will be exposed to this at some point, you need to know how to correctly handle this because making a mistake can cause a huge headache. Is the assessment informing teaching? In order for this assessment to inform my teaching you will need some way of measuring students success with the content. The points system has the potential to help inform teaching but only if there are a limited number of attempts to gain more points from Quizlet for example, based on student performance the games point system you would be able to know if you need to reteach or move on to your next lesson/unit. Does the assessment align to learning goals? The assessment does align to both becoming knowledgeable of basic security concepts related to phishing and learning to spot suspicious elements in emails that might suggest phishing. Through both examples of emails and vocabulary within Quizlet. Does the assessment provide opportunities for constructive feedback? Provided there was a better way to track point accumulation through something like posting a screenshot of their final score to a CMS. This would give you the ability to give direct student feedback. Is the assessment measuring what students know and understand? Through the point system of the game, with some tweaking, this assessment could give you a fairly accurate representation of what your students know and understand. Constructive Advice Most of my constructive advice comes from aspects that Joe Shelley already identified in the Wrap Up section of his blog post. But to reiterate, by getting a better handle on point accumulation will give far better insight into how successful students are with the assessment. Providing more email examples and different aspects of those emails (not just name and attachment) will help make for a more well rounded experience. Overall I felt that this was a great way of using Twine as a formative assessment and the integration of Quizlet will be something that I am excited to try in my own classroom in the future. Google Doc
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AuthorMy name is Ryan MacLeod and I live in Seattle, WA. I am currently a K-8 Lab Coordinator. I have a passion for educational technology integration and curriculum design, especially when it comes to the social sciences. Archives
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