Apps and Tools for Making Thinking and Effective Feedback Visible

Learn how to enhance learning by using apps and tools for documenting student thinking, structuring ideas and information; and reflecting on that which is made visible. Using digital tools for various types of assessment, data gathering and feedback to inform pedagogy.

Workshop Outcomes

Learn how to create and use a variety of different thinking and assessment tools.
Examine which assessment tools work best in which contexts, to achieve which learning outcomes.
Design a series of assessments for implementation in your classroom which demonstrates sound pedagogical application of the tools explored.

Apps and Tools for Making Thinking and Effective Feedback Visible [Thur Session]

Lorinda's Session

Apps and Tools for Making Thinking and Effective Feedback Visible

Kimberley's Session

*It is important for attendees to be aware of the Education Directorate's Cloud Computing Policy and 3rd Party App Permissions (refer to https://www.education.act.gov.au/publications_and_policies/policies). This workshop introduces a number of 3rd Party Apps which integrate with G Suite.

If you are unsure what this means to you, please chat to leadership at your school in consultation with the documentation linked under 'Extras' on this site. If you have any questions please speak with someone from Digital Strategy, Services and Transformation (DSST).

CHALLENGE: SOCRATIVE BASELINE ASSESSMENT

Sign up for Socrative using your G Suite account (Log in with Google)
Use the Short Answer to initiate a baseline assessment
Share your assessment in Classroom

CHALLENGE: MAKE STUDENT THINKING VISIBLE WITH DRAWINGS

Combine Google Drawings Graphic Organizers and Visible Thinking Routines bit.ly/thinkingmadevisible

Visit bit.ly/thinkingmadevisible and explore the Thinking Routines
Check out the Drawings templates below.
Use a template from Lindsay Wesner’s awesome template selection to create Drawings Thinking Routines for your students to use next week

CHALLENGE: Create a screencast for use in class

Go to the chrome webstore and get the Screencastify extension
Jump into our collaborative doc and add your name next to one of the apps or tools we have learned about (or add your own app or tool!!)
Record a screencast which briefly explains how to use this tool (your audience is someone with moderate-good tech skills)
Add your video to a new slide in our collaborative slide deck
Remember to add the name of the app or tool as your heading
Celebrate because we now have an awesome collection of simple screencasts that you can use! Woohoo!

CHALLENGE: Assessments that mark themselves? Yes please!

Create a new Google form
In your settings, make this a quiz
Add your questions
Remember to complete your answer key!

CHALLENGE: Reflect on what you are learning in Flipgrid

Go to https://flipgrid.com/
Join our grid using the flipcode: actplterm2
Share one idea you have for how you will use an app or tool in your class next week
Watch other people’s videos
Sign up for Flipgrid using your G Suite account (Log in with Google)
Create your first Grid
Create your first Topic with an assessment reflection activity

BEST TOOL FOR THE JOB?

ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: Be a learning architect

Design a series of assessments for implementation in your classroom which demonstrates sound pedagogical application of the tools explored.

HELP GUIDES

SOCRATIVE: https://help.socrative.com/getting-started

GOOGLE FORMS: https://gsuite.google.com/learning-center/products/forms/get-started/#!/

FLIPGRID: https://help.flipgrid.com/hc/en-us

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