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ALL STUDENTS RESPOND: ALL STUDENTS RESPOND: DIGITAL FORMATIVE DIGITAL FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS ASSESSMENT TOOLS Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.. Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.
Welcome to my class!! Hope you are looking for some different, fun formative assessment tools for your classroom. Research the tools provided and try them out. I have provided many, so hopefully, you will find ones that compliment your teaching style and will be fun for your students. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me! Do not stress over my class. I am here to help you build your teaching toolbox. I hope you enjoy learning while working with the tools!! Thank you for taking my class!! Connie Butcher
Formative Assessment – What it Is, Why you Should Use It, and How to Make it Happen
"The kids love it. I thought of it as a good data-collection tool, but my high school - Susan Clark Russo, Math teacher kids think it's a game." What is the difference What is the difference between formative and between formative and summative assessment? summative assessment?
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT THE GOAL OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IS TO MONITOR STUDENT LEARNING TO PROVIDE ONGOING FEEDBACK THAT CAN BE USED BY INSTRUCTORS TO IMPROVE THEIR TEACHING AND STUDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR LEARNING. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT THE GOAL OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TO EVALUATE STUDENT LEARNING AT THE END OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT BY COMPARING IT AGAINST SOME STANDARD OR BENCHMARK.
Today, digital tools available in smartphones and tablets make implementing formative assessment as easy and effective as ever. SUCCESS IS NO ACCIDENT. IT IS HARD WORK.
MANY TYPES OF DIGITAL FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS EXIST!!
Digital polls and quizzes are great for quick check-ins, offering real-time, whole-class feedback. Backchannels offer students the chance to ask questions and chat in real time during other activities like lectures, discussions, or even Socratic seminars. Discussion forums help students create a lively and productive exchange of ideas. Digital tools use a combination of these features -- the best ones offer teachers the most control, with custom setups, detailed feedback, and moderation options. Click on icons below to take you to each tool's website.
Digital polls and Quizzes Teachers can collect data and gather responses. Encourages interaction with the class by using game-like quizzes. Teachers can create a feedback poll or ask questions. Data gathered and visualized from your audience in real-time. Gameshow-style boards for test reviews.
Instant insight into levels of understanding through real- time questioning, result aggregation, and visualization. Back Channels and Discussion Boards Allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real-time. Enable a rubric-based grading widget right in the browser. Real time audience participation, online brainstorming and classroom feedback. Students use live stream to make comments and ask questions.
Powerful study tools for individual devices. Collaboration Allows students to collaborate and keep track of all ideas while creating easy mind maps. Intuitive structures for online discussion designed to promote higher level thinking. Used as a mind-map to help students think and learn visually. Play and create video trivia games
Assessment Tools Lets teachers collect real- time data without the need for student devices. Deliver instant assessments for personalised learning on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Students lead to information by using computer's or mobile device's camera. Online bulletin board in which "sticky notes" can be posted. Platform for real- time formative assessments.
Good teachers in every subject will adjust their teaching based upon what students know at each point. Good formative assessment removes the embarrassment of public hand raising and gives teachers feedback that impacts how they're teaching at that moment.... Instant feedback.
How can you use formative assessment in your classroom? With so many tools available, teachers should easily be able to find one (or many) that work for them and their style of teaching.
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TASK ONE After looking over the tools, choose two from each section and and create a formative assessment from each for your content.
TASK TWO After completing task one, explain why you think formative assessment is essential in your classroom and how you plan on using the tools in the future.
TASK THREE Create a presentation with PowerPoint, Google Slides, or other tool with the links to your formative assessments and e-mail it to me when you are complete. (Let me know if you need extra time.) :)