Google classroom and Goobric apps for assessment WS1J Sophie Wright http://bit.ly/2FNGoNA

In this workshop, let’s … Unpack our ideas and practices around authentic assessment using Digital strategies in Statistics and Mathematics. Look at Doctopus/Goobric, see where it fits, and have a go

and … Things to consider when assessing using Digital technology Pros Authentic-tasks              Equity Access       Feedback Feedforward      Moderation              Workload             Record-keeping      Flexibility                  Assess-when-ready Cons        Authenticity            Big courses                                                      >> technical glitches            Equity                                   Workload                 and …

Think - Pair - Share What are the assessment practices with respect to Digital technology at your school? If there were no constraints, how would you be assessing your learners? What tools and strategies are you using? What one thing do you need to know? What are you thinking about right now ...

Lots and lots of Maths and Stats Apps …. Excel/Sheets

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Example Goobric/ (rubric) A Google Sheet Top left cell blank Left column - Criteria being marked Top row - grades - can be text or numeric Brief description of evidence/ judgements Looks a lot like a TKI Mark schedule

Feedback/Matrix added at end of student document on submit

Teachers get: Record kept of all marking, feedback, links to student work and more

Teacher feedback Help please to set up for my class Love not having to take home piles of paper Quick and easy marking - once I got used to it Students can see feedback right away (some discussion about whether that was good or bad) Made it really easy to send work for moderation - marking decisions/thinking in comments Easy to see which papers were on a boundary - for further discussion or resubmission Could see document history - easy to detect unusual activity/cheating Can see patterns of where students struggled - I can see where to improve my teaching for next time.

Helpful Links and Blogs Google Classroom, Doctopus & Goobrix Doctopus and Goobric: The Ultimate Digital Assessment Tools Top 12 Benefits of Using Google Classroom

Take it for a test drive Create a goobric (or copy Generic Goobric) http://bit.ly/2FNGoNA Get Doctopus Add-on and open a sheet. Pull in a sample assignment from a classroom, link it to your goobric, and see how easy it is to mark. VIDEO examples

Next steps at MRGS: Thinking about which further standards could be set, marked and assessed in this way Has been used for: 1.10, 1.11, 2.9, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 set and managed on Google classroom. Feedback, Feedforward for practice tasks as check points during an internal assessment Student/peer feedback in practice tasks Suggestions ….

What I have learned … Every journey starts with small steps. Patience is a virtue Not all new ideas are good ideas Transparency has its pros and cons Digital tools are always changing Teachers are responsive Students benefit from feedback There is still lots to learn

Thank you Questions/Suggestions Presentation resources: http://bit.ly/2FNGoNA Sophie Wright Head of Department, Mathematics Mt Roskill Grammar School | Frost Road | Auckland, 1041 | New Zealand E: Sophie.Wright@mrgs.school.nz P: +64 9 6210050 (ext 878) | F: +64 9 6210055