1. Formative Assessment Strategies
Katie Dorr
Ferndale Technology Conference 2015

2. Getting Started http://ferndaletechnology2015.wikispaces.com/
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Please click on Formative Assessment in the Classroom to get to our first activity

3. What is Formative Assessment

4. Where the learner is going
Unpacking formative assessment
Where the learner is going
Where the learner is
How to get there
Engineering effective discussions, tasks, and activities that elicit evidence of learning
Providing feedback that moves learners forward
Teacher
Clarifying, sharing and understanding learning intentions
Peer
Activating students as learning
resources for one another
Activating students as owners of their own learning
Learner

5. What do we know about Formative Assessment?
In order to begin planning instruction we need to know where our students are at, where we are going, and how we are going to get there.
One way to begin learning more about what students know is to gather information through a small or large group brainstorming activity. Please click on the following link to answer the question:
What types of formative assessments do you currently use in your classroom:
Responses can be saved as a picture and compared to the responses at the end of a unit.

6. Activities that Elicit Evidence of Learning
Kahoot – Game Based Learning in the Classroom. To enter our classroom Kahoot please go to the following link:
To find out more:

7. Evidence for Learning Discussion Boards (Canvas)
Builds con­nec­tions and class com­mu­nity by pro­mot­ing dis­cus­sion on course top­ics and more infor­mal discussion
Con­tributes to the devel­op­ment of cog­ni­tive, crit­i­cal think­ing, and writ­ing skills
Allows time for thought­ful, in-depth reflec­tion on course top­ics. Much like tra­di­tional writ­ing exer­cises, stu­dents have more time to think about, research, and com­pose their thoughts before con­tribut­ing to the discussion.
Facil­i­tates exploratory learn­ing by allow­ing stu­dents to review and respond to the work of oth­ers and approach learn­ing in diverse ways
Empow­ers stu­dents to express them­selves. For stu­dents with dif­fer­ent learn­ing styles, an online dis­cus­sion board can be a venue where they feel more com­fort­able con­tribut­ing to group dis­cus­sions.  With pos­i­tive rein­force­ment from inter­ac­tions on the dis­cus­sion board, an increase in in-class par­tic­i­pa­tion may also occur.
For more information about discussion boards:
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8. Where the learner is going
Unpacking formative assessment
Where the learner is going
Where the learner is
How to get there
Engineering effective discussions, tasks, and activities that elicit evidence of learning
Providing feedback that moves learners forward
Teacher
Clarifying, sharing and understanding learning intentions
Peer
Activating students as learning
resources for one another
Activating students as owners of their own learning
Learner

9. Activating Students as owners of their own learning

10. Activating Students as owners of their own learning
Inspiration 8 – Visual Learning
Using the search button in your
Charms menu find Inspiration 8.
This tool allows students to create
A variety of graphic organizers
To demonstrate their ability to
Make connections between
Concepts in the classroom.

11. Activating Students as owners of their own learning
Quizlet – Allows teachers to create a variety of games/activities for students learning new vocabulary. Teachers and students can track student progress.

12. Quizlet Activities

13. Where the learner is going
Unpacking formative assessment
Where the learner is going
Where the learner is
How to get there
Engineering effective discussions, tasks, and activities that elicit evidence of learning
Providing feedback that moves learners forward
Teacher
Clarifying, sharing and understanding learning intentions
Peer
Activating students as learning
resources for one another
Activating students as owners of their own learning
Learner

14. Gathering Formative/Summative Assessment Data
Edulastic:
Free to sign up
Assessments can be linked to CCSS Standards
Advanced Question formats (similar to SBAC)
Use assessments that have already been created

15. Gathering formative/summative assessment data
Socrative –
Students do not need to login, just enter
Your assigned room number.
Students can answer questions in a
Variety of formats.

16. Gathering formative and summative assessment data

17. Where the learner is going
Unpacking formative assessment
Where the learner is going
Where the learner is
How to get there
Engineering effective discussions, tasks, and activities that elicit evidence of learning
Providing feedback that moves learners forward
Teacher
Clarifying, sharing and understanding learning intentions
Peer
Activating students as learning
resources for one another
Activating students as owners of their own learning
Learner

18. Additional resources Working with Peers Discussion Board – Canvas
Blog – Kidblog –
Providing Feedback
Rubrics –
Project Checklists -
Turnitin –
One Note Shared Class Notebooks – Teachers can create written, verbal and video feedback