In this week's collaborative mentoring session, we looked at ways that formative and summative assessments could be done in a digital way to streamline your workflow.

We examined some Formative Assessment ideas through the use of Google Forms. Using Forms, a topic pre-test was created where student responses could be easily collated, marking could occur within the form, and data was easy to extract through the linking of the Form to a Google Sheet. You could also do something similar in Microsoft Forms. We then had a quick look at the Quizlet, where you can generate flash card activities and other online quizzes.

It was then time to turn to Summative Assessments. Again using Google Forms, we gave a demonstration of an "Escape Room" style task. Student responses to research questions would help them progress through the form and eventually to the escape point. This could be designed by the teacher for student to complete, or worked together on steps as a class so students could produce their own Escape Rooms and then share them for other students to complete.

There was a demonstration of how Microsoft Sway could turn an existing assignment description for a research poster task into a digital task with set areas that students had to complete. It demonstrated not having to reinvent the task from scratch, but using an existing resource and fitting it to a new framework that includes digital capabilities and much more dynamic ways for students to present their work and demonstrate their knowledge and understanding.

Lastly we had a quick look over how Adobe Express could be used to make a digital poster and record a short video demonstrating understanding, while we also looked at how to produce a video in Canva, and discussed the power of video student submissions and teacher feedback.

Following on from the last collaborative mentoring session, we looked at the nuts and bolts of using Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom to distribute assignments to students, then give feedback on the work once the student turns in the task. Demonstrations were given on creating a task, importing and creating a rubric, then options for marking the task and giving feedback to students that is both useful and meaningful.

This week saw us invite DCO's to produce a short video about small successes they had had in their role this term or in the year to date. Below are the collection of videos produced that DCO's from other releases have allowed us to share.