Digital Formative Assessment Tools (Session #2)

1. Power Tools
for Guiding Instruction
Elementary
Session #2
Athens
City
Schools
Power Up PD
Spring 2015
Alyson Carpenter, Instructional Technology Specialist
alyson.carpenter@acs-k12.org
https://goo.gl/fOMvbT

2. What digital Formative
Assessment strategy(ies) did
you try in your classroom?
What advice might you give
newbies to this tool?
Entry Task- Session #2
http://today.io/10pvb

3. Power Tool: Today’s Meet
*Other options: Padlet, Lino-It, EdModo
Possible Uses:
➔ Lesson Engagement / Interest Builder
➔ Engage ALL Voices in the Room
➔ Encourage Listening to Others
➔ Encourage ALL Viewpoints
➔ Collect Responses for Review & Planning
➔ Summarize Content (limited characters)
➔ Promote Equitable Participation
➔ Clear Up Misconceptions
FA Strategy:
Entry Task / Back Channel

4. Learning Targets
Session #2
I can...
A. reflect on best use of FA for my
grade level and classroom.
B. explore digital formative
assessment tools to use in my
classroom.
C. commit to the consistent
implementation of at least 1 digital
formative assessment tool in my
classroom.

5. Power Tool: Plickers
*Other options: Socrative, Kahoot
Possible Uses:
➔ Gauge Interest and Knowledge Level
➔ Real-Time Student Data Collection
➔ Student Self-Assessment
➔ Quick Pulse of the Class
➔ Polling Students
➔ Review Game
FA Strategy: Clickers
PRIZES…..

6. ABC Brainstorm:
➔ Brainstorm a list of all the things you know and
are learning about Formative Assessment. Try to
add one thing you know for every letter of the
alphabet.
Review / Activating Prior
Knowledge
http://goo.
gl/forms/xIUohgSNXJ

7. Power Tool: Google Forms
*Other options for using Google Forms:
● Teacher Checklists
● Student Self-Assessment Checklists
● Quick Quizzes
● Student Reflection
● Student and Teacher Feedback
●
Possible Uses:
➔ Share Ideas Quickly
➔ Assess Background Knowledge
➔ Assess Depth of Knowledge
➔ Brainstorming
➔ Generating Multiple Ideas or Viewpoints
FA Strategy: ABC Brainstorm

8. Be prepared to “Show What You Know!”
Review

9. Why does FA work?
What we can learn from
the gaming industry:
● Clear Goals
● Clear Feedback on Progress Toward Goal
● Score Tells Exact Distance from Target
● Structured with Multiple Levels
● Becomes Progressively More Challenging
● Challenge Creates Interest
High Impact Instruction

10. For some students, school is like a
boring game with no clear goal,
no score, and always at the same
level of play with nowhere to go
for a greater challenge once they’
ve mastered a level.
Formative Assessment GREATLY increases
student engagement!

11. kahoot.it
Game Time!

12. Power Tool: Kahoot-It!
*Other options: Socrative, Plickers
Possible Uses:
➔ Real-Time Student Data Collection for Teachers
➔ Real-Time Feedback for Students
➔ Student Self-Assessment
➔ Polling Students
➔ Review Game Quiz
➔ Plan for Interventions / Study Sessions
FA Strategy: Gaming

13. Austin’s Butterfly
The Power of Feedback & Reflection

14. Be Specific...
The Power of Feedback & Reflection

15. What strengths should we celebrate?
Where are our opportunities for growth?
(What specific feedback would you give yourself?)
Strengths & Weaknesses
http://padlet.com/alysoncarpenter/acsFA

16. Power Tool: Padlet
*Other options: VoiceThread, Kaizena
Possible Uses:
➔ Teacher to Student Feedback
➔ Student to Student Feedback
➔ Student Reflection
➔ Student Self-Regulation
FA Strategy:
Self-Assessment / Feedback

17. What can we learn from Austin’s
Butterfly?
➔ Form Teams of 2 or 3 (Dynamic Duos or Terrific Trios)
➔ Use the sock puppet app to create a short skit, poem,
dramatization, song, etc. to share how you will use what
you know and are learning about Formative Assessment
for Feedback & Reflection in your Classrooms
➔ Be prepared to share!
Formative Assessment &
Feedback

18. Power Tool: Sock Puppets
*Other options:
Possible Uses:
➔ Individual / Partner Reflection
➔ Two Stars & A Wish
➔ Glows & Grows
➔ Skits / Poems / Songs
FA Strategy:
Reflection & Feedback

19. Reminder…
Strategies You Might Use
● Exit Tickets
● WhiteBoards
● Response Cards
● Clickers
● Thumbs (up, down, wiggly)
● T&T / TTYP-&
● Think-Pair-Share
● Hot Potato
● Graphic Organizers
● Quick-Write
● Jigsaw
● Gallery Walk

20. Reminder…
Power Tools
You Might Use
Want to try one these? I’d
love to partner with you to
try any strategy that looks
like a fit for your classroom!

21. True teachers are those who use
themselves as bridges over which they
invite their students to cross; then,
having facilitated their crossing,
joyfully collapse, encouraging them to
create their own.
~Nikos Kazantzakis

22. Sources:
High Impact Instruction
(Knight)
Advancing Formative
Assessment
(Brookhart & Moss)
Formative Assessment
(William)
Formative Assessment
(Popham)
Leaders of Their Own
Learning (Berger)

23. Additional
Strategies &
Power Tools
Add your favorite
Strategy / Power
Tool to a slide to
share with
colleagues!

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