I always struggle with running formative assessments. I have no problem giving the "test" at the end but checking along the way has always been a challenge. So I decided to try out Thing 18 and see what is out there to help me along the way :-)
I have used Padlet in the past as a bulletin board or introduction board with classes-but never as a formative assessment so it was interesting to me to see that it could, in fact, be used that way.
I then tried AnswerGarden. I sent out a test garden to the librarians in my region asking them for their favorite authors. Demo with librarians
I'm awaiting replies as I type, it looks pretty cool once there are a lot of answers plugged in. The more people with the same answer the larger the words are in the cloud. I like this because it will be helpful to show who has similar likes for projects. I'm hopeful to see how it turns out with librarians before implementing it into one of my classrooms. I have a few ideas of how I could use it with different groups of students that I teach- I'd just like to see what it looks like with answers before testing it with kids. So far I really enjoy the ease of AnswerGarden. I am concerned about viewing it after the time allotment that is plugged in at the beginning. Has anyone had experience with this?
Currently, right now I use Google Forms with my classes when I'm reviewing terms or pieces of information they "should" know. I have found that the new feature of grade importing into Classroom is fantastic and saves a lot of time...It will be even better when Google and Schooltool play well and I can import my grades from Classroom into Schooltool (I'm sure this will be coming before we all know it).
I will be trying out formative as well with my students. I will link them up in Google Classroom to see how it works. I'm hoping to try something new instead of just using Google Forms all of the time.
Of course, I choose to use the student assessment and feedback tools when it is state testing week 😣 But what is the saying " Good things come to those who wait"
I have used Padlet in the past as a bulletin board or introduction board with classes-but never as a formative assessment so it was interesting to me to see that it could, in fact, be used that way.
I then tried AnswerGarden. I sent out a test garden to the librarians in my region asking them for their favorite authors. Demo with librarians
I'm awaiting replies as I type, it looks pretty cool once there are a lot of answers plugged in. The more people with the same answer the larger the words are in the cloud. I like this because it will be helpful to show who has similar likes for projects. I'm hopeful to see how it turns out with librarians before implementing it into one of my classrooms. I have a few ideas of how I could use it with different groups of students that I teach- I'd just like to see what it looks like with answers before testing it with kids. So far I really enjoy the ease of AnswerGarden. I am concerned about viewing it after the time allotment that is plugged in at the beginning. Has anyone had experience with this?
Currently, right now I use Google Forms with my classes when I'm reviewing terms or pieces of information they "should" know. I have found that the new feature of grade importing into Classroom is fantastic and saves a lot of time...It will be even better when Google and Schooltool play well and I can import my grades from Classroom into Schooltool (I'm sure this will be coming before we all know it).
I will be trying out formative as well with my students. I will link them up in Google Classroom to see how it works. I'm hoping to try something new instead of just using Google Forms all of the time.
Of course, I choose to use the student assessment and feedback tools when it is state testing week 😣 But what is the saying " Good things come to those who wait"
Good ideas there, the simpler to implement, the more likely you are to use them!
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