This is a slideshow on using Formative Assessments in the class

1. Technology
Enriched
FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENTS
Shelley Frey
Instructional Technology Specialist

2. Goals for Today!
Background and Philosophy1
2
3
What is Formative Assessment?
Tech Tools for Formative Assessment
- Student Response Systems
- Feedback Tools
- Capturing Students’ Thinking

3. Assessment for Learning
Research-based
Assessment
Strategies
+ Appropriate
Instructional
Technologies
= Engaged Students

4. Assessment for Learning
Research-based
Assessment
Strategies
+ Appropriate
Instructional
Technologies
= Immediate
Feedback

5. Research-based
Assessment
Strategies
+ Appropriate
Instructional
Technologies
= Informed Decision Making
Assessment for Learning

6. What is formative
assessment?

7. “All those activities undertaken
by teachers, and/or by students,
which provide information to be
used as feedback to modify the
teaching and learning activities
in which they are engaged.
- - Dylan Williams

8. Formative Assessment Process
Clarify Intended
Learning
Elicit
Evidence
Act On
Evidence
Interpret
Evidence

9. Formative
Assessment

10. Summative
Assessment

11. Why use formative
assessment?
Why?

13. Formative Assessment Tech Tools
like…
Criteria: Types of Tools:
• A process
• Used by teachers and
students
• During instruction
• Provides actionable
feedback
• Used to adjust teaching and
learning
1. Student response systems
2. Feedback tools
3. Tools to capture student
thinking

14. Student Response Systems

15. Active Prompt
• Good for visual prompts
• Tech Requirement
• Teacher device
• Student devices
http://activeprompt.org

16. Active Prompt Examples
• http://activeprompt.org/poll/ECJTL
• http://activeprompt.org/poll/JBTNH
• http://activeprompt.org/poll/ZKDVF

17. Other Student Response Systems
Google FormsKahoot Padlet

18. Feedback Tools

19. Gathering Feedback
• Student Response Systems
• Backchannels
✦ TodaysMeet
✦ Twitter hashtags
• Boards
✦ Answer Garden
✦ Linoit/ Padlet

20. Providing Actionable Feedback
Classkick- wwww.getclasskick.com
• Free iPad App
• As students work on iPad,teachers can see their
live work and give instant private feedback.
Review by Dan Meyer
* Support Tutorials on Literacy Website

21. Quizlet
Activities
• Flashcards: Energy
• Scatter: White level Prefixes
•Space Race: 4th Grade Math
Vocabulary

22. Capturing
Student
Thinking

23. Screencasting Resources
• Schoology App/or Web
• Free Web-based screenr.com
• Doing a lot of screen casting use- Camtasia ($99)
• ShowMe (free & has in-App purchases)
• Educreations (free & has in-App purchases)
• Notability (My favorite. Current cost $5.99)

24. Goals for Today!
Background and Philosophy1
2
3
What is Formative Assessment?
Tech Tools for Formative Assessment
- Student Response Systems
- Feedback Tools
- Capturing Students’ Thinking

25. THANK YOU!
Contact Us:
Sjfrey@Rsd7.Net
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