formative assessment strategies utilizing technology, nw math conference, 11 october 2014
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Learn about SBAC's definition for formative assessment and tech tools that can be used to gather student data, give feedback, and capture student thinking.TRANSCRIPT
Formative Assessment Strategies
Utilizing Technology
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By Patty StephensSecondary Math Instructional Specialist, Northshore School District
Welcome!
Some Nuts and Bolts…Participant Materials on DropBox •http://goo.gl/KkCvWk Our Parking Lot:•https://todaysmeet.com/FAwithTech
Goals for Today…
• Background and Philosophy
• What is Formative
Assessment?
• Tech Tools for Formative
Assessment
- Student Response Systems
- Feedback Tools
- Capturing Students’ Thinking
Patty likes teaching!
Patty likes teaching!
• 17 years in the classroom– 4 years teaching Junior High– 13 years teaching High School
• Currently the Secondary Math Instructional Specialist for Northshore School District
• National Board Certification – AYA-Math• Assessment Specialist• Passionate about Ed Tech
Two Events that Shaped My Teaching
Assessment Training Institute (ATI)
Sustainable Classroom Grant+
My Philosophy
Use technology to Assess FOR Learning
“How do you know that they know?”
Assessment FOR Learning
= Engaged students!
Research-based
Assessment Strategies
Appropriate
Instructional
Technologies
+
Assessment FOR Learning
= Immediate Feedback
Research-based
Assessment Strategies
Appropriate
Instructional
Technologies
+
Assessment FOR Learning
= Informed Decision Making
Research-based
Assessment Strategies
Appropriate
Instructional
Technologies
+
What is Formative Assessment?
• A deliberate process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides actionable feedback that is used to adjust ongoing teaching and learning strategies to improve students’ attainment of curricular learning targets/goals.
Formative Assessment Process
Clarify IntendedLearning
Elicit Evidence
Act onEvidence
Interpret Evidence
Formative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Why? Why use Formative Assessment?
Why Use Formative Assessment?
Hattie Ranking: Teaching Effects
Source: Visible Learning, Hattie (2009) Diagram: www.visible-learning.org
Formative Assessment Tech Tools
Criteria:• A process• Used by teachers
and students• During instruction• Provides actionable
feedback• Used to adjust
teaching and learning
Types of Tools: 1. Student
response systems
2. Feedback tools3. Tools to capture
student thinking
Student response systems
Socrative
http://m.socrative.com, Room 350750•Uses: Warm-ups, Quizzes, Questioning during instruction, Exit Slips•Tech requirements:
– teacher device – one device per student (computer, iPad or
smartphone)– Web browser or iPad app
Trig Functions of a 3-4-5 Triangle
• Quick Question: –Which trig function would have the
largest value?A. sin AB. cos AC. tan A D. can’t tell
Trig Functions of a 3-4-5 Triangle
• Quiz: Trig Functions for 3-4-5 Triangle• Quiz modes:
– Student Paced – Immediate Feedback– Student Paced – Student Navigation– Teacher Paced
Trig Functions of a 3-4-5 Triangle
• Space Race
Trig Functions of a 3-4-5 Triangle
• Exit Ticket 1. Your name2. How well did you understand today’s
material? 3. What did you learn in today’s class?4. Please answer the teacher’s
question. Suggestions:•Solve a problem.•What did you find challenging today? •What helped you learn today?
Plickers
https://www.plickers.com/ •Good for quick checks for understanding•Multiple choice responses only•Tech requirements:
– one teacher device with camera (iPad or smartphone)
– Printed student cards: 5x8 or 8x11
How Familiar are you with DOK?
A. “DOK? What does that stand for?”
B. …
C. …
D. “I could teach a course on DOK!”
Live View of Patty’s Classroom
ActivePrompt
http://activeprompt.org•Good for visual prompts•Tech requirements:
–Teacher device–Student devices
The Scrambler
• Dan Meyer’s Scrambler–http://vimeo.com/58330400
Position at 2:35
Position at 2:20
Make a guess: What will the red scrambler's position be at the end of the ride?•Poll: http://activeprompt.org/poll/YNWBX
•Responses: http://activeprompt.org/view/MFNEU
Answer to the Scrambler
• View Act 3–http://vimeo.com/58330403
ActivePrompt
More Examples:•How are you feeling?
–http://activeprompt.org/poll/ZBRJG –http://activeprompt.org/poll/AUHV
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•What’s the answer? –http://activeprompt.org/poll/KCMPH
Other Student Response Systems
• Everyslide https://everyslide.com– Collects audience responses while
presenting Powerpoint– Downside: Powerpoints become
static, no video or animation
• Kahoot! https://getkahoot.com/ • Geddit• Google Forms
Feedback toolsFor Providing Actionable and/or Automatic Feedback to Students
Gathering Feedback
• Student Response Systems • Backchannels
–TodaysMeet–Twitter hashtags
• Boards–AnswerGarden –Linoit
Providing Actionable Feedback
Classkick www.getclasskick.com •Free iPad app•As students work on iPad, teachers can see their live work and give instant private feedback•Review by Dan Meyer
Providing Actionable Feedback
Classkick
Providing Automatic Feedback
Hot Potatoes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/• Free for educators• Creates assessments in a variety of
formats• Auto-scoring; Moodle plug-in for data
collection• Drag & Drop: –Polynomial gra
phs
–Trig properties
• Flashcards• Crossword• Quiz
Download these quizzes from Dropbox
Quizlet
http://quizlet.com/
Activities:•Flashcards: Adding/Subtracting Integers•Scatter: Parent Functions•Space Race: Degrees & Radians
Capturing student thinking
Turn and Talk:•What actionable feedback would you give this student?•What adjustments would you make in your instruction based on this work?
Mathcasts
A MathCast is a screen recording that captures a person’s voice and handwriting as s/he explains a mathematical concept or solves a problem.
Student Mathcast:•Area of a Triangle by 5th grader Taylor
Right Triangle Trigonometry
Mathcast: Right Triangle Problem by Mark
Turn and Talk:•What actionable feedback would you give Mark?•What adjustments would you make in your instruction?
Screencasting Resources
Recording software:
• My personal favorite: Camtasia Studio
• Free web-based: Screenr.com
• Smartboard: built-in capability
Whiteboard software:
• Free web-based: https://awwapp.com/
• Free for iPad: Educreations or Doceri
Our Agenda…
• Background and Philosophy
• What is Formative
Assessment?
• Tech Tools for Formative
Assessment
- Student Response Systems
- Feedback Tools
- Capturing Students’ Thinking
Turn & Talk• Which of the tech tools you
saw today might you try? • Do you have another tech tool
you use in your own classroom for formative assessment?
• Can you think of a different way you could use one of these technologies in your classroom?
https://todaysmeet.com/FAwithTech
Contact Info
Patty [email protected]
Contact Info
Patty Stephenson LinkedIn
or @pattystephenson Twitter