Tools for Assessments
What is an assessment?
According to EdGlossary, "the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill acquisition of students from preschool through college and adulthood." This may be standardized testing that find out the strengths and weaknesses of a student for their age range. There are also different types of assessments:
Pre-assessment: Before the lesson - Pre
Formative assessment: During the lesson - Formation of knowledge
Summative assessment: After the lesson - Summary/Sum
Because this is the year 2014 (almost 2015!), standardized testing is slowly getting weeded out. Some cool ways of assessing the learning from students are:
According to EdGlossary, "the term assessment refers to the wide variety of methods that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, and skill acquisition of students from preschool through college and adulthood." This may be standardized testing that find out the strengths and weaknesses of a student for their age range. There are also different types of assessments:
Pre-assessment: Before the lesson - Pre
Formative assessment: During the lesson - Formation of knowledge
Summative assessment: After the lesson - Summary/Sum
Because this is the year 2014 (almost 2015!), standardized testing is slowly getting weeded out. Some cool ways of assessing the learning from students are:
SmartestK12GedditGeddit is an online learning site that checks students' understanding on the topic or at any point during the day. By posting small quizzes or short questions for the students, they can check in with the assessment tool. The students don't feel embarrassed for saying they don't understand, only the teacher knows how each student is doing and can discreetly go over and provide help.
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SmartestK12 can be used for any age classroom. Each student creates an account so their answers can be instantly sent to their teacher.
The teacher would first create or upload the assignment. Then, the teacher is able to assign the task anywhere there is internet access. By sharing the access code, their response can immediately be sent to his or her teacher for assessment. The teacher is able to share the results of the test to her students. The test can also be presented as a slideshow, so the questions and answers can be evaluated one-by-one. |
GoSoapBox
This web-based clicker tool is used by educators to keep students engaged and gail real-time insight into student comprehension. GoSoapBox is used in large university lectures with the Social Q&A, polling, and the confusion barometer. This keeps the vast amount of students engaged in the lecture hall. GoSoapBox is also used in smaller college courses with the quizzes and classroom discussion tool. K-12 classrooms use this app as well for the anonymity feature. GoSoapBox encourages participation and interaction and keeps the class engaged in learning.
Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based classroom response system that asks short-timed thought provoking questions. Students are able to take control of their own learning. This is any easy to use in-class technology app that is inclusive for every student and is high engaging. By engaging the room of students to focus their attention to the front, everyone can actively participate in the game.
Kahoot! is a fun interactive game that provides a fast-paced assessment that includes every student.
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Polleverywhere
Polleverywhere is a real-time polling system that students can use their phone in the classroom to answer the prompted question. This can be used for the Monday mornings to refresh the student's learning last week. Or a refresher after a lesson. This app can test the students mind without them even knowing. Every student can get involved anonymously so they don't have to feel embarrassed about their answer. This is also a useful tool for teachers to get an idea of what the students really learned and what needs to be touched on again.
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Overall, these resources for tracking learning are fun techniques that can be used at any time in any classroom. Other fun ways to test the students are:
Text in answers: Students can see positive or negative affirmation on their learning; anonymous answers create honesty in the classroom; teachers can immediately create word clouds from the students' responses; the teacher can also have clear sense where the class is going; the teacher can also multitask by seeing the answers on the app while passing out papers.
Tablets: sense of anonymity during sensitive topics such as sex-education, abuse, or a topic they aren't confident in, pre-assessment: what they know before the lesson, assessment for learning, has everyone involved in the conversation not just the talkative students.
Assessments may not be knowledge of subject but rather their idea of the correct answer -
Text in answers: Students can see positive or negative affirmation on their learning; anonymous answers create honesty in the classroom; teachers can immediately create word clouds from the students' responses; the teacher can also have clear sense where the class is going; the teacher can also multitask by seeing the answers on the app while passing out papers.
Tablets: sense of anonymity during sensitive topics such as sex-education, abuse, or a topic they aren't confident in, pre-assessment: what they know before the lesson, assessment for learning, has everyone involved in the conversation not just the talkative students.
Assessments may not be knowledge of subject but rather their idea of the correct answer -
- excludes cheating… own opinion
- address and redirect
- open ended
- check for understanding