Over all I would agree with Grant Wiggins' statements on testing. He makes great points on "backwards planning" when developing assessments for students. We preach "begin with the end in mind" and so as teachers it is important that we do the same when developing lessons and assessments for students. However Wiggins did mention that he believes technology for assessments is overused. It is important to note that this article is from 2002 over 20 years ago. Many technology based assessments have transformed tremendously since then and have certainly taken the place of paper based assessments.
As for incorporating technology and assessments, I still have a TON to learn. I am eager and willing to try any new platform or computer program to receive efficient data from my students. I do use ThinkTech, but not as much as I'd like. I have used Schoology based assessment and those have been helpful for quick comparative data. As technology is ever changing, the more training and recourses we get as teachers the better we will be at using the data from technology based assessments to then drive our instruction.
As for incorporating technology and assessments, I still have a TON to learn. I am eager and willing to try any new platform or computer program to receive efficient data from my students. I do use ThinkTech, but not as much as I'd like. I have used Schoology based assessment and those have been helpful for quick comparative data. As technology is ever changing, the more training and recourses we get as teachers the better we will be at using the data from technology based assessments to then drive our instruction.