Formative Assessment

Formative Assessment & Technology

Joan Gore & Janet Corder

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What is Formative Assessment?

Gives teachers information to drive instruction
Provides ongoing feedback
Helps students identify their strengths and weaknesses

Formative Assessment Tools

Let's Get Acquainted - Go Formative!

Let's Get Acquainted!

Open www.goformative.com

Enter the Quick Code your teacher gives you in the top, right of the screen and click Go.

Click Continue Without Logging In at the bottom of the screen.

Enter your first and last name and click Begin.

Answer the questions.

Click Submit.

Kahoot!

Kahoot

Are you ready to have some fun?

On your device or laptop, open kahoot.it.
Enter the Pin number projected on the screen and click Enter.
Type in your name and click Join Game.
Wait for the teacher to begin the game.

Good Luck!

Click here to download a Kahoot tutorial.

Quizizz

Quizizz is very similar to Kahoot, except the questions appear on the students' devices.

Let's try it out!

On your device or laptop, open quizizz.com.
Click Join a Game.
Enter the Game Code the teacher provides and click Go.
Type in your name and click Join Game.
Wait for the teacher to begin the game.

Good Luck!

Socrative

How well do you know the great state of Texas?

Go to m.socrative.com.

The room number is football.

Wait for the teacher to start the quiz!

Socrative also has an App for most devices!

Use Socrative to visualize the responses of your students! Step-by-step directions and question ideas can be found in this post from Socrative.

NearPod

Are you ready to learn something new?

Open www.nearpod.com.

Click on the Join Session button.

Type in the Pin Number the teacher gives you.

Wait for the teacher to begin.

Nearpod also has an App for most devices!

That Quiz

Let's take a quick quiz over geometric shapes! Ready, set, go....Click here to begin.

For directions on how to effectively use That Quiz, check outMathy Cathy's Blog post.

EdPuzzle

Open EdPuzzle.com.

Click Login.

Select Student.

If you do not have an account, select Sign Up at the bottom of the screen. (no email required)

Click Add Class.

Type in the Code - dwnpVm.

Click Join the Class.

Choose the Blue Start Button under the video.

Click the Play button to begin the assignment.

TypeForm

What do you know about animals?

Click here to complete a form in TypeForm.

Example of a TypeForm assessment.

Typeform Video Tutorial

Typeform Directions

Poll Everywhere

You've probably used Poll Everywhere in a workshop or with your students, but have you seen the results posted in a word cloud? Get your phone out and discover this neat feature!

Read more about using word clouds in Poll Everywherehere.

Edueto

Edueto is a free tool to create online assessments that can be accessed on any device. .

The following templates are available:

Multiple choice quiz
Fill in the blank
Matching
Writing
Sorting items into categories
Equations
Picture tagging
Sequencing items

Teachers can setup classes and track student data or just send out a link for a quick quiz.

Click here to take a quick matching quiz.

Padlet

We want to know...

Open http://padlet.com/wall/newtool.

Double click on the wall and answer the question.

Thanks for sharing!

15 Graphic Organizer Backgrounds for Padlet and iPad by Tech Chef 4 U (Lisa Johnson)

Formative Assessment Tools Using 1 Computer or Device

Stick Pick

The Stick Pick App ($2.99) is a powerful tool that displays “question stems” that are uniquely tied to each learner’s cognitive or English language ability level.

Plickers

Don't have enough devices for all students? Then Plickersmight be the tool for you!

You only need the Plickers app downloaded on one IOS or Android device to scan the student responses. Let's try it out!

Flipquiz

Flipquiz is a Jeopardy-style game that is great for reviewing information. Divide your class into two teams and start playing! Flipquiz is ideal for interactive whiteboards, but it will work with a computer and a projector.

Let's test our knowledge on the Fine Arts!

Flippity

Flippity allows users to create an online Jeopardy-style game show quiz.

Click here for easy directions on how to create a Flippity Game Show Quiz. You can post a picture in the game board by copying the image URL and pasting it in the appropriate cell.

Click here to take a Flippity Quiz.

Flippity also has a flashcard module that uses Google Spreadsheets to build the cards.