1. Making it Work… in the Classroom
Digital Formative Assessment Tools
Socrative
Kahoot Google Forms
Excel Survey
Answer Garden

2. Welcome Brief discussion of Formative Assessment
Take a tour of some digital Formative Assessment Tools
Kahoot
Socrative
Answer Garden
Excel Survey
Google forms

3. Formative Assessment?
“Assessment that provides feedback to the teacher for the purpose of improving instruction. Also called “assessment FOR learning”
Improving Assessment Practice at the Course and ProgrammaticLevels in Community Colleges: Developing The Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop Steven George Beining Portland State University

4. Why Formative Assessment?
“Today, the formative assessment is widely considered to be one of the more effective instructional strategies used by teachers, and there is a growing body of research to evaluate and assess these strategies.”

5. Formative Assessment - Benefits
Although all formative assessment practices have the potential to increase student learning, assessment for learning in the classroom offers a number of distinct benefits:
The timeliness of results enables teachers to adjust instruction quickly, while learning is in progress.
The students who are assessed are the ones who benefit from the adjustments.
The students can use the results to adjust and improve their own learning.

6. What do you think? http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf

7. Kahoot Free game-based learning platform
A “Kahoot” is a series of questions on a specific topic
3 Modes
Poll
Discussion
Survey

8. https://getkahoot.com/
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9. Answer Garden
Quick digital feedback tool Use for… Brainstorming Quick check of understanding Starting a class discussion

10. https://answergarden.ch/
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11. Socrative Free web-based Formative Assessment Tool Create Quizzes
Ask “Quick Questions’ to check understanding
Create an engaging “Space Race”
See results in real time and save results in your Socrative account

12. Let’s take a look

13. What do you think? http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf

14. Excel Survey http://bit.ly/1Yti2Yd Microsoft 365 Web Application
Easy to use Survey Tool
Responses automatically added to an Excel Spreadsheet

15. Google Forms http://bit.ly/17v496Q
Easy to use Google App (Need a Google or Gmail Account
Used to create quick Surveys and Quizzes
Responses recorded
Use with Flubaroo to quickly grade multiple choice & fill in the blank Assignments

16. What do you think? http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/RR-07-11.pdf

17. How could you work with these tools in the classroom?

18. Information & Resources
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19. Maria Moriarty AlphaPlus mmoriarty@alphaplus.ca
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Maria Moriarty AlphaPlus