Formative+Assessment

=Things 25-28: Technology and Formative Assessment= **Introduction** In any educational setting, there should be a balance of both formative and summative assessments. Phrases we often hear are "assessment for learning" referring to formative assessment and "assessment of learning" to refer to summative assessments. Formative assessments are implemented throughout a unit to make sure students are grasping the material and you are not losing anyone along the way. Formative assessments inform instruction, allowing teachers to adjust their instruction to meet the needs of ALL learners.

Technology is a great resource for creating and implementing Formative Assessments. Many web tools have evolved with the specific purpose of formative assessment and others have been tweaked by teachers for the purpose of formative assessment. This week, we will narrow our focus to a few that have risen to the top-Google Forms and Flubaroo for self-grading quizzes, Socrative, Kahoot, and Padlet*.

*If you are experienced with these tools, you can pick others to explore [|Mike Gorman's 35 Tools for Formative Assessment Blog posts] to further your Formative Assessment experience. Several have come on the market recently that are definitely worth a look- [|Quizizz], [|Recap] (just shared by Emily in her Google Hangout!), [|PlayPosIt (formerly EduCannon)]


 * Examples of Technology and Formative Assessment**

Discovery Exercise
Watch the videos on how to use Flubaroo, Socrative, Kahoot, and Padlet.

Thing 25- Flubaroo and Google Forms
Google Forms gets better every day. For formative assessment, the feature to "go to page based on answer" is great. This can be used with multiple choice questions, if a student answers incorrectly, you can set the quiz up to provide a clue, or redirect them back to try again. If the student answers correctly, you can set the question to go to a positive feedback message. The possibilities are endless.

With flubaroo, you are limited to assessing the objective parts of a quiz. To test it out. Take this ABC quiz. I'm trusting you not to Google the answers. They are out there. Let's see how well you know your ABC's.

Test flubaroo in Action- Take this quiz- [|Do you know your ABC's?]

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 * ‡ Resources Page: ** Flubaroo Help Page

Thing 26- Socrative-
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My favorite activity in Socrative is called the Space Race. Students can race individually or as teams and as they answer questions correctly, their rocketship moves along. This is fun for all ages, don't be too quick to think your older students won't like it. Space Race has to be done with the class present, other quizzes in Socrative can be set to advance at the teacher pace or at the student pace and students do not have to be taking it at the same time. A feature of Socrative that is unique is the ability to share a quiz with colleagues. This can allow teams of teachers to divide and conquer, sharing the work of creating assessments. media type="custom" key="22737284"
 * 1) Login to Socrative as a student- [|www.m.socrative.com]
 * 2) Enter room number WE36 (Maureen Miller's Room).
 * 3) Take the quiz that is waiting for you.

Thing 27- Kahoot
Kahoot is just fun. The music, the colors, just put a smile on your face, unless you find the music annoying, then you'll be frowning. media type="youtube" key="UUgjd8akK2Y" width="560" height="315" Get started with Kahoot- []

Thing 28- Padlet
Padlet is a quick and easy way to check for understanding. Set it up ahead of time and students can just click and post. Suggestion when setting one up, customize your background and set your grid to tile the responses rather than freeform.

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 * How to Create a Padlet**

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 * Add your thoughts on Formative Assessment to this padlet. Be sure to click the pink + button.**

Task 1- Flubaroo and Google Forms[[image:Screen Shot 2016-07-23 at 4.16.01 PM.png width="320" height="188" align="right"]]

 * 1) Create a short quiz (at least 10 questions) using Google Forms.
 * 2) Add the Flubaroo script - from the spreadsheet, click add-ons, enable Flubaro
 * 3) Take your quiz to create an answer key
 * 4) Share your quiz with the D36 Learning 2.0 Group (You should have created a Google + Circle of our group)
 * 5) Once you have a few submissions, run your script. From the spreadsheet, click - add on-->Flubaroo--> Grade Assignment


 * ‡ Resources Page: **Flubaroo Help Page

Task 2- Socrative

 * 1) Create a teacher account with Socrative.
 * 2) Create an exit slip with Socrative (up to 10 questions), your exit slip should focus on questions related to Things 1-28.
 * 3) Share your exit slip with the Learning 2.0 group, be sure to let us know your room number so we can answer your question(s).


 * ‡ Socrative HELP: User Guide **

Task 3- Kahoot

 * 1) Create your own Kahoot or choose from the over 3 Million Kahoots that have already been made.
 * 2) Share your kahoot with friends, family, or classmates, kahoot is in real time, not asynchronous, so you'll have to make a date with one or two friends or classmates.


 * ‡ Kahoot HELP: User Guide **

Task 4- Padlet

 * 1) Create your own Padlet wall (can be for the group, for your class or for personal use).
 * 2) Play around with the settings, change the background[[image:PadletSettings.png width="263" height="377" align="right" caption="Padlet Settings"]]
 * 3) Share your wall with the Learning 2.0 group.

NOTE: Google Chrome Alert! The screenshot to your right was taken and edited with the Chrome Extension "Awesome Screenshot: Capture and Annotate". I highly recommend it. You press the button, take the screenshot and then make your annotations- lines, text, boxes, circles. Fun!

Blog Post- Things 24-28
Write a reflective blog post based on Formative Assessment and technology. How do you see yourself rolling out some of these tools in your class? How can you share with your colleagues? What are some uses for these tools outside of Formative Assessment?

NOTE: Please include links in your blog post to the formative assessments you created. Also, remember to comment on at least 3 different blogs each week.

Stretch Task
More on Formative Assessment- some high tech and some low tech Explore Backchannels- [|Today's Meet]