Upping your Assessment Game with Technology

Upping your Assessment Game with Technology

Jason Neiffer Tech-­‐Savvy  Teacher-­‐in-­‐Residence,  Northwest  Council  for  Computer  Educa=on    

Curriculum  Director,  Montana  Digital  Academy  Doctoral  Candidate,  the  University  of  Montana  

Paperless  Handouts  

h=p://jasonlinks.net/ncceevernote  

Image  by  MarEn  Cisneros  

What is upping your game?

Teaching Must be Evolutionary

Teachers Must Challenge Themselves

Internal Motivation is Best

Assumptions about Assessment

You are Using Well-Designed Assessments

You Believe in Assessment for Learning

You Know that Assessment is High-and-Low Stake

Assessment Should be Woven into Instruction

Tech-Savvy Teacher Assessment Philosophy

Teacher Skill is Critical

Your Tools Must be Purposefully Chosen

Your Time in Finite and Valuable

Strategy One: Build Formative Assessment into

Instruction Using Technology

http://jasonlinks.net/assessmentalber

Assessment Should be Woven into Instruction

http://jasonlinks.net/homebase

http://jasonlinks.net/interactivity

Recommended: http://www.socrative.com

http://m.socrative.com -- Room 406243

PracEce/Scaffolding  Required  to  Make  this  Classroom  PracEce  

Analyze  the  Data  for  Usefulness  

USE  the  Data  to  Improve  InstrucEon  

Don’t  Be  Afraid  to  Abandon  This!  

Strategy Two: Increase your Efficiency in Giving Rich

Feedback Using Technology

http://jasonlinks.net/effectivefeedback

Goal-­‐Referenced  

Tangible  and  Transparent  

AcEonable  

User-­‐Friendly  

Timely  

Ongoing  

Consistent  

Using  Automated,  CorrecEve  Feedback  with  ObjecEve  Assessments  

Moodle  

Blackboard  

BrainHoney  

Desire2Learn  

Using  Text  Replacement  to  Increase  Teacher  Efficiency  

Windows  • Phrase  Express  (TST  Pick)  • ShortKeys  

Mac  • aText  (TST  Pick)  • TextExpander  (TST  Pick)  

Chrome  • PopChrom  (meh)  

Reimagining  Assessment  as  ConversaEon  with  CollaboraEve  WriEng  

http://www.kaizena.com

Google  Drive  

Office  Live  

Moving  Assessment  to  ConversaEon  with  ScreencasEng  

Jing  

Screencast-­‐o-­‐MaEc  

Camtasia  Studio  

Snagit  (TST  Pick)  

Screenflow  (Mac  Only–  TST  Pick)  

Evaluate  your  Current  Assessment  PracEce  

Goal-­‐Referenced  

Tangible  and  Transparent  

AcEonable  

User-­‐Friendly  

Timely  

Ongoing  

Consistent  

Try  One  Tool  that  Ups  Your  Game  in  One  Aspect  of  Rich  Feedback  

Evaluate  and  Repeat  

Jason  Neiffer  Tech-­‐Savvy  Teacher-­‐in-­‐Residence,  NCCE  

Doctoral  Candidate,  the  University  of  Montana  (Go  Griz!)  Curriculum  Director,  Montana  Digital  Academy  

Twi=er:  @techsavvyteach  @ncce_edtech  

Blog:  h=p://blog.ncce.org  

 Contact  for  CollaboraEon  and  Training:  

h=p://www.neiffer.com  h=p://www.ncce.org