Assessment without Tears

Assessment without Tears

Kim Adair ( kadair@philasd.org )

Session Description:

We all need to assess our students, but it doesn’t have to be a hassle. There are fun ways to assess your students without having to “pull teeth” or “dance a jig” to motivate students. Learn about Kahoot, Socrative and more.

  • Three ways to create
  • Can add videos and images
  • Can make your Kahoot public or private
  • There are thousands of already created Kahoots to search and play
  • Can duplicate and modify an already created Kahoot

  • There are four ways to assess your students
  • Can align quizzes to standards
  • Can mix short answer, true/false and multiple choice in one quizz
  • Can do student paced - immediate feedback, student paced - student navigation or teacher paced
  • Gives you a room name to give students that is changeable
  • Scores your quiz and gives it to you in Drive or Excel

  • Create your own quiz or choose from hundreds of already created quizzes
  • Create memes to show for correct and incorrect answers
  • Can modify already created Quizizzes
  • Can play live as a class or give as homework to do on own
  • Can jumble the question order for students
  • Can be shared on Google Classroom
  • Get a report in Excel or to print

  • Can be self paced or whole group
  • Can be shared on Google Classroom
  • Can poll, quiz and add open ended questions
  • Students can draw, view a video or listen to audio
  • Students join with a code which takes over their device
  • Many free lessons, but limited unless you buy the license

  • Many different types of cards to print for free
  • Use the one set of cards for multiple classes
  • Best to be mounted on cardstock
  • Must be projected from a iOS/Android device
  • Only multiple choice questions
  • Great for younger grades

  • Give up to 4 quizzes per month to as many students as you want, FREE
  • Print the sheets right from your email
  • Students bubble in answers to quiz
  • You scan paper with app to grade for you
  • Works on iOS and Android

  • Use videos as part of the assessment
  • You can trim the video to use only a part of it
  • Can import your classes from Classroom so you don’t have to set up classes
  • You can add open ended and multiple choice questions during the video to check for understanding
  • Allows for comments to be made during the video

  • Can share through Google Classroom or give the code to your students
  • Can assign assessments to whole class or specific groups
  • Will grade for you
  • Can create assessments according to standards
  • Will give you results according to standards mastered
  • Gives you a Demo class to explore
  • Lots of already created assessments to use

Activexpressions (Promethean Only) or Smart Response (SMART Only)

  • Student Response System
  • Questions can be given in a variety of ways
  • Full class participation
  • Feels like a cell phone
  • Can print results or view it in Excel
  • Make sure the first question is asking the student’s name