1. #FETC It’s class time; do you know what your students know?
Classroom Response Tools
Chelsy Hooper, Terri Schulz
Ensworth School
Link to this presentation:
have sites open so ready to switch to them when time

2. What is Formative Assessment?
Formative assessment, including diagnostic testing, is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.
-Formative assessment - Wikipedia

3. Articles “3 Things Every Teacher Should Be Doing With Web 2.0 Tools”
by Nicole Krueger
Constantly evaluating what students know
Creating personalized learning experiences
Helping students explore complex problems
“Formative Assessment is Transformational” by Andrew Miller
“3 Tips to Caffeinate Teacher and Student Presentations” by Lynell Burmark
Assessments- quizzes, writings, tests, projects- but also real-time feedback like polls, such as socrative, peardeck, Kahoot
Allowing students to develop own online flashcards, adapt review documents, color-code Google doc review sheet, pick own tools to use to accomplish a task or use for a project
Using digital tools to help them understand a larger issue- simulation, game, creatively consider options, ask thought-provoking questions
Formative assessment- vs summative assessment- digital tools can help give specific, actionable feedback, increased engagement as learning is relevant to student, students empowered, quick and efficient ways to check for understanding
Assessment is no longer a surprise; student learning becomes transparent and personalized
10 min chunk of teacher knowledge, 2 min discuss with partner
insert breaks into presentations: video, compare/contrast, use photos to introduce topics

4. Socrative www.socrative.com App: Socrative Teacher
Cross-platform, free, teacher creates an account
No student login required; they enter a room number or room name to join
Quiz (quiz you make ahead of time in Socrative, student paced- immediate feedback, student paced- student navigation, teacher paced, all live results shown to you, can share quizzes among teachers, multiple choice, T/F, short answer)
Quick Question (multiple choice- up to 5, T/F, Short Answer that you ask on the fly, out loud- anonymous)
Space Race (contest between teams, using pre-made quiz)
Exit Ticket (requires students to enter name, then 3 questions, 1. How well did you understand today’s material?, 2. What did you learn in today’s class? 3. Answer your teacher’s question (verbal question)
Socrative Resources, Free Tech for Teachers Video on how-to

6. Kahoot Student feedback, game-style- no app but cross-platform, free
to sign in and create
Students go to and enter a pin #, no student login required, does ask for a name- give guidance on what you want them to enter here
Kahoot types: Quiz, Discussion, Survey
Can add image, video, part of a video to a question- quiz is multiple choice only, can make questions points or no points
Could divide students into groups, each group joins Kahoot with one device
Can share quizzes with other people on Kahoot
Intro video at Get Kahoot site
Ghost Mode! play again, against yourself and “ghosts” of others
“Blind” Kahoot: “The Art of Blind Kahooting” from the Kahoot Blog
Older students could create their own Kahoots

8. Padlet http://padlet.com/
Free version, “Jetpack” edition with more features $45/yr per teacher, Chrome app, works on tablets, can sign in via Google acct
Create new Wall, gear = modify this wall, image, title, description
Share the wall’s URL with students
Double-click on wall to add a new post or drag a file from your computer
On a post, you can record video from webcam, upload a file, drag a file in, insert a link
Share/ export- tons of ways! also embed
Use as a backchannel during class / presentation

10. Great to use as brainstorm, KWL, backchannel, group note taking
sign in with Google acct so students can make own padlets
History teacher had his students create padlet as presentation on topic- also did debate with it

11. PollEverywhere https://www.polleverywhere.com/
Audience or class polling
Can use web site on a laptop or tablet or phone or can text a response via SMS
Can use PollEverywhere app to embed polls in slides
Free account allows saved responses up to 25 participants
Can create one question or a survey (series of questions to be done at participant’s pace): types include word cloud, multiple choice, upvote-downvote, rank order, clickable image, open-ended
No login required: send participants to your polleverywhere link or they can text to a number

14. 81 Dash
Create a classroom backchannel; allows teachers to create and monitor chat rooms
Students can register as a guest user, don’t have to put in address- still need username and password
The owner of the room (teacher) can delete messages that students post
Students join your session by going to the URL of the room you created
Can set the room to expire, can assign tasks, see mentions, send to Google Classroom
Use the chat to ask students a question, use as online discussion for topics

16. Can share the chat to Google Classroom

17. Tozzl http://tozzl.com Similar to padlet, but requires no login
Create a tozzl (like a digital pinboard) and share the URL with students, can also them an invite
Can set a password to allow edit and a password to allow delete of tozzl
Can subscribe to the tozzl and it sends you an when something changes
Can post: text, list, image, video from YouTube, link, upload a file, a Twitter hashtag
No login required: give students guidance on posting (add name or username at end of post) students can create own tozzl

19. Grab the url for sharing from the browser address bar, or qr code, can also invite by email, tweet
Can insert twitter feed of hashtag- great way to teach current search/ research skills

20. Scrumy https://scrumy.com/ Free, online, no login required
Group task management
Student self- management
Load it and go to New Free Project
If you want to be able to return to the project, save the URL to it
Good way to observe thought process / progress of tasks for individual work or for group projects

21. Sample Scrumy

22. Quizlet Live
Digital flashcards, can use them in study mode or classroom game mode
Get started:
Features of Quizlet Live, includes video and how-to:
Teacher creates account (free, paid account $34.99 per year for more features) and flashcard sets, students join with a code (no login required)
Students join at
Students are assigned to teams
See Live Demo:
Can also have students use quizlet and tell you their % correct

23. Quizlet Live

24. Pear Deck https://www.peardeck.com/ Classroom presentation/ feedback
Free, offers more features if Premium,
saves Peardeck presentations in
Google Drive, so could use it more as
lesson plan, can import Google pres, PPT, or create new from scratch
Allows pre-made questions and quick questions, students join using Google account and code for presentation: give peardeck permission to access Google acct; can also invite G Classroom sections
Question types: multiple choice, free response text, free response number
Offers teacher different views when presenting- presentation view using laptop
Integrated with Google Drive, login with Google account, so could have students use Pear Deck to make their own interactive presentations

25. Pear Deck Home

26. Pear Deck types of slides

27. Nearpod Similar to Pear Deck Works great with mobile devices; app
Can log in with Google account
Create presentations with formative assessments embedded as slides, can import own files; publish presentation when ready to use with students
Explore and use presentations already created
Students sign in with code for each presentation, available when you make published presentation live; name or nickname required, second field “other” could be used for class section or student #
Can share all class answers back to students, pushes it back to their device
New! Integrates with Google Classroom!

31. ClassFlow
ClassFlow: Free Software from Promethean that allows you to create lessons and deliver them, with interactivity and feedback/ formative assessment (like Socrative, Nearpod)
Can create your own “Flipcharts”, use materials already created “Marketplace”, upload and convert PowerPoints
Can set up students in your “Class” or can have students join on the fly with a code:
Great way to leverage 1:1 program, as you can send what’s on your screen to their screen and they can respond to assessments or on the fly poll questions
Works great with Activ projection but don’t have to have the ActivWall or the ActivPanel to use ClassFlow

32. ClassFlow Sample

33. Other CRS / Backchannel Tools
Google Forms: , Flubaroo: ;
Google Add-ons: Kaizena JoeZoo Express
Today’s Meet:
Mentimeter:
Polldaddy:
Plickers: use if you have no student devices
Your school’s learning management system (LMS): assessments, quizzes

34. Let’s try it!
*Starred means you can access it now, on your own, without me activating it (already active)
socrative.com choose Student Login enter room: hooperroom
kahoot.it enter pin #
*Padlet:
*PollEverywhere: pollev.com/chelsyhooper913
*81 Dash:
*Tozzl:
*Scrumy:
Pear Deck: give peardeck permission to access Google acct
*Google Form:
Nearpod: Join Session, enter code
Sample Student sstudent15 password
sample topic: Conference

35. Try it on your own!
Kahoot! to sign in and create; Students go to and enter a pin #
Socrative: App: Socrative Teacher, Socrative Student
Padlet:
Poll Everywhere:
81Dash:
Tozzl:
Scrumy:
Quizlet Live:
PearDeck:
Nearpod
Today’s Meet:
Mentimeter:
Plickers:
Pick one or two tools and try it on your own, use 2 devices so you can test it as a student- good way to catch errors, get familiar with it
Pick one or two tools and try it on your own, have 2 devices so you can test it as a student- good way to catch errors, get familiar with it

36. Resources
Free Tech for Teachers CRS blog (how-to vids, more): (Poll Everywhere, Mentimeter, Socrative)
(Padlet)
(Today’s Meet)
(Backchannels)
“Web Tools to Give Students Voice” (Educational Technology and Learning)
“10 Fun Filled Formative Assessment Ideas” (Edutopia)