Formative Assessment with Technology Using kahoot, quizizz, Google Forms & More! Laurie Conzemius

Formative Assessments Use to inform instruction (not punish) Use for review Use as exit slips Use as discussion starters Use to introduce a new concept Use to provide feedback to students Use to provide feedback to teacher

Creating the Assessment Plan ahead: Why? What do you hope the outcome will be? What do your learners already know? How do they learn best? Are there some who might not feel successful? What then? Where will you be playing? How many questions do you have time (and student energy) for? Do you need “talk time” between the questions? Will your students be able to read the questions and answers?

Kahoot!: https://GetKahoot.com OR https://Kahoot.it Works on all browsers Create your own quizzes, or use pre-created Receive detailed reports Answers only show on teacher computer/projector Guide: https://files.getkahoot.com/academy/Kahoot_Academy_Guide_1st_Ed_-_March_2016_-_WOA.pdf

Kahoot!:

Kahoot!

Kahoot!

Kahoot!: Editing Questions

Kahoot!: Managing Data

Kahoot!

Quizizz: http://quizizz.com

Quizizz: http://quizizz.com Works on all browsers Can be done live or as homework Answers show on student’s screen Create your own quizzes, or use pre-created Receive detailed reports Motivational memes are built in You can add memes to illustrate your quizizz (or use pre-created) Teacher Resources at Quizizz: https://quizizz.com/resources

Quizizz

Bonus Option: Include duplicates? Playing a Quizizz Step 1: Search Search for quizzes using relevant keywords, or the username of the creator. 2 Sorting Options Relevant (default): This sorts the quizzes by how closely they match your keywords. Newest: This sorts the quizzes (that match your keywords) by how recently they were created. Bonus Option: Include duplicates? Include duplicate versions of quizzes in the list of results. (Useful if you like a quiz, and want to see variations of it.) Creating a quiz, part 2

Playing a Quizizz Step 2: Live or Homework? Quizizz supports 2 modes for conducting a game, live and homework. Ideal for an in-class review session. Game automatically ends when all the students have completed. Students need to complete in one sitting, they cannot resume a game later. Has a “Live Results” dashboard while the game is running. Ideal for a homework assignment. You can set a deadline up to 2 weeks into the future. Game automatically ends at the deadline. Students can resume a half-done assignment later. Creating a quiz, part 2 Both Live and Homework game data will show up in the “My Reports” tab

Use these settings to adjust the level of competition and fun. Playing a Quizizz Step 3: Quiz Settings Use these settings to adjust the level of competition and fun. Jumble Questions order for each student Jumble Answers for each question Show Answers after questions Show Quiz Review on student devices at the end of the quiz Show Leaderboard Question Timer: If ON, students get 600 points for correct + up to 400 time bonus, 0 points for wrong answers. If this is turned OFF, students will get 1000 points for correct, and 0 for wrong. Show memes (the funny pictures after questions) Play Music on student devices Creating a quiz, part 2

Ask your students to open Enter their name/nickname Playing a Quizizz Step 4: Share Code TEACHER’S SCREEN STUDENT’S SCREEN Ask your students to open http://join.quizizz.com and Enter the GAME CODE Enter their name/nickname Once you click PROCEED on the customization page, your 5 digit GAME CODE is shown on the screen. Creating a quiz, part 2

If you are playing a homework game, it will already be started. Playing a Quizizz Step 4: GO!!! If you are playing a homework game, it will already be started. For a live game, once students have joined, click “START GAME” to begin your Quizizz! Creating a quiz, part 2 TIP 1: Click on a student’s name/icon to kick them out of the game if required. TIP 2: Students can join a live game after the quiz begins also, so you can get started even if a few students are yet to join.

Playing a Quizizz Step 5: Realtime Feedback For live games, you will see realtime updates of student-level progress, as well as the number of right/wrong answers on a question-level. Homework games also have a report that gives you all the same data. Creating a quiz, part 2 Tip 1: The game automatically ends once all the students have completed all the questions. Tip 2: Use the student progress graph to see how much each student has left to do. Tip 3: You can also end the game any time by clicking “End Game”.

Playing a Quizizz Step 6: View/Save Data You can also download a more detailed Excel report of the data from the report page. Creating a quiz, part 2

Quizizz: Creating Memes

Quizizz: Memes

Google Forms Collect large amounts of data Graph responses easily Provide instant feedback Can use Google log-in (or choose not to) Embed video and images Automatically correct – or graph – instantly

Google Forms

Additional Formative Assessment Tools ClassFlow: www.classflow.com Pear Deck: www.peardeck.com Educreations (and similar apps): www.educreations.com QuizWorks: https://www.onlinequizcreator.com Plickers: https://www.plickers.com Socrative: www.socrative.com Flipgrid: www.flipgrid.com Nearpod: www.nearpod.com Classkick: www.classkick.com