Making it Work… in the Classroom Digital Formative Assessment Tools Socrative Kahoot Google Forms Excel Survey Answer Garden

Welcome Brief discussion of Formative Assessment Take a tour of some digital Formative Assessment Tools Kahoot Socrative Answer Garden Excel Survey Google forms

Formative Assessment? “Assessment that provides feedback to the teacher for the purpose of improving instruction. Also called “assessment FOR learning” http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2104&context=open_access_etds Improving Assessment Practice at the Course and ProgrammaticLevels in Community Colleges: Developing The Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop Steven George Beining Portland State University http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tech-friendly-formative-assessment-tools-monica-burns https://jonathanwylie.com/tag/formative-assessment/

Why Formative Assessment? “Today, the formative assessment is widely considered to be one of the more effective instructional strategies used by teachers, and there is a growing body of research to evaluate and assess these strategies.” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-engagement-classroom-formative-assessments-results-popovi%C4%87?trk=pulse-det-nav_art http://www.academia.edu/11171554/Evaluation_of_Online_Formative_Assessment_in_the_Classroom_A_Comparative_Case_Study_of_Kahoot_and_Socratives http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/37406531.pdf http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/formative-assessment-bridging-research-practice-divide http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/22504/1/doc_4335.pdf

Formative Assessment - Benefits Although all formative assessment practices have the potential to increase student learning, assessment for learning in the classroom offers a number of distinct benefits: The timeliness of results enables teachers to adjust instruction quickly, while learning is in progress. The students who are assessed are the ones who benefit from the adjustments. The students can use the results to adjust and improve their own learning. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec07/vol65/num04/The-Best-Value-in-Formative-Assessment.aspx

What do you think? http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/formative-assessment-bridging-research-practice-divide

Kahoot Free game-based learning platform A “Kahoot” is a series of questions on a specific topic 3 Modes Poll Discussion Survey http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/10/how-to-duplicate-and-edit-public-kahoot.html#.VyuhVPkrLF8 http://beyondthetools.com/2016/02/bringing-the-cell-phones-above-the-desk-with-kahoot/ https://getkahoot.com/

https://getkahoot.com/ Let’s take a look… https://getkahoot.com/

Answer Garden Quick digital feedback tool Use for… Brainstorming Quick check of understanding Starting a class discussion https://answergarden.ch/

https://answergarden.ch/ Let’s take a look… https://answergarden.ch/

Socrative Free web-based Formative Assessment Tool Create Quizzes Ask “Quick Questions’ to check understanding Create an engaging “Space Race” See results in real time and save results in your Socrative account http://www.socrative.com/

Let’s take a look http://www.socrative.com/

What do you think? http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/formative-assessment-bridging-research-practice-divide

Excel Survey http://bit.ly/1Yti2Yd Microsoft 365 Web Application Easy to use Survey Tool Responses automatically added to an Excel Spreadsheet http://bit.ly/1Yti2Yd https://jonathanwylie.com/2014/08/10/how-to-collect-data-with-an-excel-form-office-365-for-education/ http://www.excel-exercise.com/create-an-online-survey-with-excel/ https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/media/mmuacuk/content/documents/it-services/help-guides/Office365-Excel-Surveys-W15.pdf

Google Forms http://bit.ly/17v496Q Easy to use Google App (Need a Google or Gmail Account Used to create quick Surveys and Quizzes Responses recorded Use with Flubaroo to quickly grade multiple choice & fill in the blank Assignments http://bit.ly/17v496Q https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Pa6CNpmN86ZhEV2ycAInoM3evZVA03DliNeesXtYR98/embed?hl=en&size=s&slide=id.g31f2156a_1_23 http://www.flubaroo.com/

What do you think? http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/formative-assessment-bridging-research-practice-divide

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