Technology Enriched Formative Assessments
This document discusses formative assessment and technology tools that can be used to support it. Formative assessment involves using evidence gathered during instruction to modify teaching and help students learn. It provides feedback to students and teachers. The document outlines the formative assessment process and compares it to summative assessment. It then discusses research-based strategies for formative assessment and how instructional technologies can support them by engaging students, providing immediate feedback, and informing decision making. Specific technology tools are presented in the areas of student response systems, feedback tools, and capturing student thinking. Tools mentioned include Active Prompt, Google Forms, Kahoot, Padlet, TodaysMeet, Twitter, Answer Garden, Linoit, Classkick
Technology Enriched Formative Assessments
- 2. Goals for Today! Background and Philosophy1 2 3 What is Formative Assessment? Tech Tools for Formative Assessment - Student Response Systems - Feedback Tools - Capturing Students’ Thinking
- 3. Assessment for Learning Research-based Assessment Strategies + Appropriate Instructional Technologies = Engaged Students
- 4. Assessment for Learning Research-based Assessment Strategies + Appropriate Instructional Technologies = Immediate Feedback
- 5. Research-based Assessment Strategies + Appropriate Instructional Technologies = Informed Decision Making Assessment for Learning
- 7. “All those activities undertaken by teachers, and/or by students, which provide information to be used as feedback to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged. - - Dylan Williams
- 8. Formative Assessment Process Clarify Intended Learning Elicit Evidence Act On Evidence Interpret Evidence
- 13. Formative Assessment Tech Tools like… Criteria: Types of Tools: • A process • Used by teachers and students • During instruction • Provides actionable feedback • Used to adjust teaching and learning 1. Student response systems 2. Feedback tools 3. Tools to capture student thinking
- 15. Active Prompt • Good for visual prompts • Tech Requirement • Teacher device • Student devices http://activeprompt.org
- 16. Active Prompt Examples • http://activeprompt.org/poll/ECJTL • http://activeprompt.org/poll/JBTNH • http://activeprompt.org/poll/ZKDVF
- 17. Other Student Response Systems Google FormsKahoot Padlet
- 18. Feedback Tools
- 19. Gathering Feedback • Student Response Systems • Backchannels ✦ TodaysMeet ✦ Twitter hashtags • Boards ✦ Answer Garden ✦ Linoit/ Padlet
- 20. Providing Actionable Feedback Classkick- wwww.getclasskick.com • Free iPad App • As students work on iPad,teachers can see their live work and give instant private feedback. Review by Dan Meyer * Support Tutorials on Literacy Website
- 21. Quizlet Activities • Flashcards: Energy • Scatter: White level Prefixes •Space Race: 4th Grade Math Vocabulary
- 23. Screencasting Resources • Schoology App/or Web • Free Web-based screenr.com • Doing a lot of screen casting use- Camtasia ($99) • ShowMe (free & has in-App purchases) • Educreations (free & has in-App purchases) • Notability (My favorite. Current cost $5.99)
- 24. Goals for Today! Background and Philosophy1 2 3 What is Formative Assessment? Tech Tools for Formative Assessment - Student Response Systems - Feedback Tools - Capturing Students’ Thinking