Formative Assessment – Check Into It!
Hi everyone!
Hope your school year is off to a great start.
One of my professional goals is to understand and implement formative
assessment in my classroom. The purpose
behind formative assessment is to work smarter not harder, have students take
more control of their own learning, and to broaden horizons on how assessment
can be used to foster growth for all students.
Many of us are doing many formative assessments every day and using this
information to make instructional decisions to best help our students. There are also a variety of traditional and
non-tradition tools that can be used to carry out this process.
Teachers
have access to a wide range of technology based assessment tools. Here are a few that I have used:
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Today’s Meet https://todaysmeet.com/
This tool allows one to create a backchannel during
class to pose questions and get feedback on topics talked about in class.
This tool allows one to create quick multiple
choice, true and false, and short answer questions. Teachers get valuable real time and
spreadsheet data to help individualize instruction and students get instant
feedback on their work. Exit ticket and
game options also available.
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Plickers https://www.plickers.com/
Great for the class that may not have access to
technology. Plickers is short for paper
clickers. Students get cards with QR
codes on them. To choose a selection they simply rotate the card to choose
A,B,C, or D. The teacher uses a mobile
device to scan student selections to gain valuable student response data.
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Padlet https://padlet.com
Allows you to create a wall that your students can
post questions and samples to and teachers can curate student posts.
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Kahoot https://getkahoot.com/
Is a great quiz game style tool that allows you to
interact with your students and have them participate in meaning formative
assessments in a fun way – can create own quizzes or access robust public pre-made
quizzes.
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Formative https://goformative.com/
This is a new one that I have recently found and
have used. Can even import pdfs of
quizzes in and annotate questions to including written response which allows to
see student work.
I have found
these tools to be very useful on their own or coupled with mini-white boards,
checklists and other non-technology based formative assessment practices. Formative assessment has powerful repercussions
in the classroom. I hope this article
reminded you of a few tools that are out there or maybe introduced you to a new
one. Please let me know if there are any
I forgot or if you have any questions.
Contact me at d.vendramin@rcsd.ca
or follow me on twitter @vendi55. Past
articles can be found at http://teachertechtalkwithdean.blogspot.ca/
