A glimpse into the ways you can use apps to assess students

APPS FOR ASSESSMENT

Today’s Objective•Participants will utilize the Apps for Assessment Website and listen to descriptions of apps in order to synthesize new tools to create assessments AS, FOR, and OF learning.

•Success Criteria•Differentiate assessments AS, FOR, and OF learning• Examine Whiteboard Screencasting Apps• Use online clicker systems• Look at PDF annotators• Examine other miscellaneous apps

LEAP Indicators for this session• I.5 – Checks for understanding of content-language objective(s)• I.7 – Provides students with academically-focused descriptive feedback aligned to content-language objectives• I.8 – Promotes student communication and collaboration utilizing appropriate digital and other resources

Welcome!•Please introduce yourself to the group by sharing the following information:•Your name•Where you teach•What grade/subjects you teach•The technology you currently have available•What you hope to get out of today’s session

About the Presenter – Mattea Juengel• AP Calculus AB/Pre-Calculus Teacher at Abraham Lincoln High School• Currently has a Promethean Board and a set of gen 1 iPads designated for AP Calculus AB•Working on a master’s degree in K-12 Instructional Technology through the University of Colorado Denver

Background on Assessment Terminology•Formative v. Summative•Summative•OF• End of Unit Assessment

•Formative• FOR• Diagnostic feedback• Focused on future improvement•AS• Quick feedback• Learning while assessing

The Website•sites.google.com/site/appsforassessment•Compares the following aspects for each app

•Features of each app•How they can be used for assessment at each grade level•App vs. Web 2.0 versions

Whiteboard Screencasting Apps•Screen Chomp•ShowMe•Educreations•https://sites.google.com/site/appsforassessment/home/recommendations

Socrative Demo•Go to http://m.socrative.com/student/#joinRoom•Enter room number 616331•Answer the following question:•Based on the information provided about Screen Chomp, ShowMe, and Educreations, which app sounds like it will work best for your classroom?

Self-Paced Quiz•3 Questions•Can randomize Order•Can set whether to give the correct answer or not•Can show explanations or not

Class Dojo•Great for monitoring student behavior•Even high school student love it! (Great for study hall)•Students can customize their own avatar with a student code•Parents can also monitor student behavior through the site

Markup v. GoodNotes•https://sites.google.com/site/appsforassessment/home/recommendations•GoodNotes has more annotation feature, and can zoom•Markup allows for easy return, has fewer annotation features, and cannot zoom•Great tool for any teacher grading typed papers

TAPit Free Demo• Question 1What is the coordinate point on the graph below?

TAPit Free Demo•Question 2• In order to turn in a paper to a teacher using Markup, what should student do?• A) Turn it in through Dropbox• B) Use Google Drive• C) Email it to the teacher’s markup email address•D) Email it to my teacher’s school email address

TAPit Free Demo•Question 3What feature does GoodNotes have that Markup does not have?

Voicethread•Can annotate PowerPoint or PDF files once already uploaded through the site•Student can comment either with voice comments or written comments using app or web•Useful for extending class activities outside the classroom

Easy Portfolio•http://thepegeekapps.com/portfolio/•Originally created for people in the physical education field•Useful to collect multiple data source for one student, including video•Great for sharing with parents!

Nearpod•Go to nearpod.com/web•Enter the PIN code in the upper left hand side of the screen

PuppetPals HD•https://sites.google.com/site/appsforassessment/home/puppetpals-hd•Create videos with characters you can create or characters from a pre-made bank•Student record their voice while moving characters

Infuse Learning•http://www.infuselearning.com•Web-based clicker system•Has drawing feature

ResourcesScrogran, L. (2013) Info-Learning Tech Workshop. [Course notes]. Retrieved from https://ucdenver.instructure.com/courses/1294

Questions?

Today’s Objective•Participants will utilize the Apps for Assessment Website and listen to descriptions of apps in order to synthesize new tools to create assessments AS, FOR, and OF learning.

• Success Criteria•Differentiate assessments AS, FOR, and OF learning• Examine Whiteboard Screencasting Apps•Use online clicker systems• Look at PDF annotators• Examine other miscellaneous apps

Tinkering Time•Using the website, find a tool you want to use with your class and try it out!