Write a reflective blog post based on Formative Assessment and technology. How do you see yourself rolling out some of these tools in your class? How can you share with course team members? What are some uses for these tools outside of Formative Assessment?
I think that all of these tools have great potential to replace some of the more "old-fashioned" formative assessment I already do. I routinely give notes quizzes, through which students can assess the quality of their notes, and instead of doing this on a copied sheet of paper, I could do this using Google Forms (grading with Flubaroo). I'm curious to see how the grading portion of this works, since I'm not sure Flubaroo will mark it correct or incorrect if they put words (like the rivers) in a different order. However, I think it has potential for some quick, informal "do you know this?" checks, both in class and out of class.
I also really like Padlet--it seems like a great way to build a class understanding of a question or concept, or to do a "bumper-sticker" type sharing (which I created here) that I might have done on butcher-block paper or just on note-book paper and pass around.
Socrative is really neat and could also be used for quick knowledge checks. I like how you can watch the results come in (we could do this in a computer lab as kids complete it on their own computers) or I could leave the activity open and they can respond at home on their own time. All great tools that I look forward to trying this fall.
I think that I could share these with my course team members by trying it out and then sharing a finished product with them--that would give them the confidence that it can and does work! Outside of formative assessment, these tools could be used for test and exam review, and perhaps students could create their own quizzes or walls to share with the class, as an activity. I can see this especially with Padlet.
I shared my Quiz on a Google Form on Google+, but here is the link as well: Hilary's Sample Quiz
My room number for Socrative is: 357636.
I think that all of these tools have great potential to replace some of the more "old-fashioned" formative assessment I already do. I routinely give notes quizzes, through which students can assess the quality of their notes, and instead of doing this on a copied sheet of paper, I could do this using Google Forms (grading with Flubaroo). I'm curious to see how the grading portion of this works, since I'm not sure Flubaroo will mark it correct or incorrect if they put words (like the rivers) in a different order. However, I think it has potential for some quick, informal "do you know this?" checks, both in class and out of class.
I also really like Padlet--it seems like a great way to build a class understanding of a question or concept, or to do a "bumper-sticker" type sharing (which I created here) that I might have done on butcher-block paper or just on note-book paper and pass around.
Socrative is really neat and could also be used for quick knowledge checks. I like how you can watch the results come in (we could do this in a computer lab as kids complete it on their own computers) or I could leave the activity open and they can respond at home on their own time. All great tools that I look forward to trying this fall.
I think that I could share these with my course team members by trying it out and then sharing a finished product with them--that would give them the confidence that it can and does work! Outside of formative assessment, these tools could be used for test and exam review, and perhaps students could create their own quizzes or walls to share with the class, as an activity. I can see this especially with Padlet.
I shared my Quiz on a Google Form on Google+, but here is the link as well: Hilary's Sample Quiz
My room number for Socrative is: 357636.
Great post. I looked at your quiz, I'd fail it for sure, I remember nothing from my HS SS classes other than my teacher always combing his mustache. Sad, but true!
ReplyDeleteFlubaroo might not catch the rivers out of order, but if it's grading everything else, you would just have to scan the couple of questions that don't get "graded". Socrative might have better capabilities on that front. Both tools are constantly evolving, Flubaroo just had a big upgrade this summer and socrative made some good changes last spring.