This document discusses formative assessment and using digital tools to engage students. It defines formative assessment as an ongoing process where teachers use evidence from assessments to adjust instruction and students use it to adjust their learning. The document provides examples of digital tools that can be used for formative assessment, such as surveys, observations, exit slips, and collaboration tools. It emphasizes using these tools through a digital learning platform to provide accessibility and communication.
2. Essential Question
How can we use digital tools to inform teaching and
learning and engage students?
3. Learning Progression
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5. Classroom Focus
» NAEP » Readiness surveys
» High-stakes testing » Observations
» Unit Tests/Exams » Exit slip
» Questioning
What is the focus in your classroom?
10. Classroom Focus
Summative Assessments Formative Assessment
Strategies
» NAEP » Readiness surveys
» High-stakes testing » Observations
» Unit Tests/Exams » Exit slip
» Questioning
What is the focus in your classroom?
11. Good teaching includes...
Learning Progressions
Learning Goals and Success Criteria
Descrip3ve Feedback
Self Assessment & Peer Assessment
Collabora3on
Formative Assessment and Next-Generation Assessment Systems: Are We Losing an Opportunity?
Heritage, Margaret. Chief Council of State School Officers. September 2010
14. So what digital tools can we use
for formative assessment?
Learning Self
Learning Goals & Descriptive Assessment
Tool Collaboration
Progressions Success Feedback & Peer
Criteria Assesssment
Quizlet X X
Survey Monkey X X
Wall Wisher X X X
Photo Peach
Google Docs X X X X X
Google Forms X
TwiTer X X X
Edmodo X X X
Math Overviews X X
Wri3ng Prompt Builder X X X
Quiz Builder X X X
Assignment Builder X X X
Progress Zone X X X
*I have built the chart to demonstrate that these tools have the ability to be used in this manner.
The key is HOW you use the tool, not simply that you use is.
16. Assigning Probes to Students
Copy this login code
And assign to students by going to
assignments.discoveryeducation.com
and clicking here
17. How else can we deliver these
tools to students?
By using a digital plaZorm for learning such as a website, blog, or
wikispace which provides:
Accessibility
– 24 hours a day. No need to stop learning because the bell
rung
Communica0on
– Keep parents informed
Saves Instruc0onal Time
– No delay iden3fying student misconcep3ons and learning
gaps
18. Platform recommendations?
Wikis:
‐Free
‐Collabora3ve
‐Easily managed
Where to get one?
– www.pbwiki.com
– www.wetpaint.com
– www.wikispaces.com
19. A 3rd Grade Example
http://mrschutt.wikispaces.com/Weekly+Skill+Strategy
25. Need to know more?
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/professional-development/
26. Closing Thoughts
Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where
you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at
your command, and better tools will be found as you go
along.
-Napoleon Hill, American speaker and motivational writer
28. References
Changing Classroom Practice, Wiliam, Dylan. Educational Leadership. Dec. 07-Jan. 08. Volume 65
Number 4
Checking for Understanding: formative assessment techniques for your classroom. Fisher, Douglas,
and Nancy Frey. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
2007. Print.
Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement.
Marzano, Robert J., Debra Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock. Alexandria, VA: Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001. Print.
Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World. Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. Alexandria, VA:
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2010. Print.
Formative Assessment and Next-Generation Assessment Systems: Are We Losing an Opportunity?
Heritage, Margaret. Chief Council of State School Officers. September 2010
Formative Assessment Strategies for Every Classroom. Brookhart, Susan. (2006).. Assn for
Supervision & Curriculum
Formative Assessment: What do teachers need to know and do? Margaret Heritage. Phi Delta
Kappan. Version 89
Forming Assessment through Technology. Henderson, Jennifer. Alexandira, VA: Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, Education Update. Volume 52 Number 2
29. Formative Assessment
“Formative assessment is not a test.
Rather, it is an ongoing process in
which teachers use test-elicited
evidence to adjust their instruction or
students use it to adjust their learning
tactics.”
Jim Popham
30. Formative Assessment
“Formative assessment is not a test.
Rather, it is an ongoing process in
which teachers use test-elicited
evidence to adjust their instruction or
students use it to adjust their learning
tactics.”
Jim Popham
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