Data Collection in the Literacy Classroom

1. Technology as a Tool
for Data Collection in
the CCSS Literacy
Classroom
Christina Spiezio
Edison Township Public Schools
#RRWC2014

3. Things are different.

4. How do we make it
all work?

5. Make Life Easier!

6. Google Drive
• Free web-based office suite
• Word, Excel, PPT
• Forms, Drawings

7. Google Drive in the
Classroom
• Organization of Discussion
• Conducting Collaborative Research
• Utilizing Forms to Collect Data
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie
wform?formkey=dHJqU2pvVUdsOEpxaU
xQLTBvNGMxa3c6MQ#gid=0

8. Google Forms

9. Classroom
APPlication

10. Classroom
APPlication

11. Other Uses for Forms
• Reading Workshop
• Writing Workshop
• Homework Check
• Presentation Rubrics
• Weekly Reading Log
• Running Records

12. NoRedInk
• Personalized
assignments and
quizzes
• Grammar and Sentence
Construction
• Interactive technology
• Easily tracks student
progress
• Integrates with Edmodo

13. Accessing NoRedInk

14. Using NoRedInk

15. Personalizing
Assessment

16. Using NoRedInk

17. Using NoRedInk

18. Assignments/Quizzes

19. Data Collection

20. Edmodo• Microblogging platform for teachers and
students in a password protected
environment
• Facebook for Kids and Teachers
• Parents access
• Backpack
• Groups
• There’s an APP! and a CHAT!
#edmodochat Thurs. @ 7
pm

21. Using Edmodo

22. Using Edmodo

23. Edmodo in the
Classroom
• Discuss in Forums
• Submit Attachments
• Create and Grade
Assignments
• Small Groups
• Connect Classrooms
• Share Resources

24. Using Small Groups

25. Writing with Edmodo

26. Quizzes on Edmodo

27. Quizzes on Edmodo

28. Quizzes on Edmodo

29. Student Progress

30. Socrative
• Student Response
Systems using ANY
device!
• Any device that is web-
enabled
• Apps for Smart Phones!

31. Using Socrative
• Multiple Choice
• True/False
• Short Answer
• Exit Slip
• Preplanned Quizzes

32. Socrative in the
Classroom

33. Uses in the
Classroom
• Formative Assessment
• Vocabulary
• Opinion on a character
• Inferences
• Cloze Summaries

34. Other Resources
• Blogs and Wikis
• Blogger, Wikispaces, Edublogs
• Online Polling
• Poll Everywhere, Infuselearning, Exit
Ticket
• Online Reading Checks
• Newsella, Curriculet

35. Resources
http://teachingfortoday.wikispaces.com
http://techyenglish.blogspot.com

36. Make your data
useful!
“The important question is not
how assessment is defined
but whether assessment
information is used…
-Palomba & Banta

37. CSpiezio@gmail.com
@Cspiezio
http://teachingfortoday.wikispaces.com/
Any
Questions?