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.

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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

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?

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

View on YouTube

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

W

•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

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 Stephenspstephens@nsd.org

Contact Info

Patty Stephenson LinkedIn

or @pattystephenson Twitter

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