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Explore authentic assessment using digital strategies in Math and Statistics, and the benefits of Goobric app. Unpack ideas, consider pros and cons, discuss tools, and incorporate feedback for an effective assessment process.
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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
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
Our journey ... from to
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
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