Differentiation and Assessment Made Easier Online

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Mark Wallace

Spanish/French teacher OSMS

Adjunct Professor University of New Haven

• Strategies for Teaching Modern World Languages

• Theories of Second Language Acquisition

I use technology mostly to reach students, to stay current, and to save time

Quick Introductions

Who are you?

Where and what do you teach?

Why do you use technology?(first reasons that come to mind)

Please take a moment to chat with a neighbor

What do you want to take away from this session?

8:35-9:15

Introduction

Pedagogy

Genius Scan

Zip Grade

Vocaroo

9:15-9:20

Break and questions

9:20-10:10

Kidblog

Edmodo

Aurasma and and other augmented reality

Other related educational technology resources (if time)

10:10-10:30 Hands-on time/collaboration/questions/create accounts

10:30-10:35 Wrap-up and reflect

Session agenda(subject to change based on effectiveness of coffee)

But there is hardly enough time for what we already do!

Let’s make the computers do the menial tasks…

…so we can focus on the magic!

Scan student work for assessment

Save time correcting formative assessments and spend more time planning instructional activities

Save time correcting multiple choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank and spend more time on feedback for performance and proficiency tasks

Give students immediate feedback on certain assessment items

Run instant item analysis for student comprehension and item reliability and validity

Keep all student work and feedback in one place (exec. func.)

Use voice recordings to assess orally and simultaneously

How can websites and apps help us assess?

Use immediate data to make grouping and activity decisions on the fly

Modify or support students with various versions of activities and assessments

Create online dialogue journals as a mode of differentiation

Add video and audio supports on assignments

Scan resources as PDF and send to students

How can websites and apps can help us differentiate?

Constructivist learning

Relevance

Differentiation

Meaningful feedback

Multimodal (pictures, audio, video, etc.)

Archive learning for reflection by teachers and students

Organized, searchable, shareable

21st century skills - Consuming and producing information, research, organization and synthesis of ideas

Pedagogy Behind Educational Technology

Dropbox or other cloud storage

Your own teacher website

Zip Grade

Genius Scan or other PDF scanner for the phone or tablet

Vocaroo

Kidblog or other blogging service

Edmodo

Aurasma, QR codes, or augmented reality

Do you currently use…

Genius Scan uses your phone or tablet’s camera to capture PDF scans of documents

Scan documents and post them to the web in seconds

Borrow resources from other teachers instantly

Hand-edit assignments to differentiate, then send via email to students or parents

Print using AirPrint, export to DropBox, Google Drive, etc.

Download from the Apple or Google App Store

Genius Scan – An easy place to start

Pre-assessments and exit slips can help us adapt our teaching, but they are tedious to correct

Zip Grade corrects up to 20 multiple choice papers per minute and analyzes the data

Make informed decisions within seconds of receiving the feedback

With multiple choice corrected, we can focus on the more important language skills

Zip Grade – Fast formative data

Assess students orally by having them record for free online and send to you

Files can be sent via email or copied and pasted as links, html code, or QR codes

Students can be orally assessed simultaneously

Vocaroo – Online voice recorder

Turn to someone near you and share at least one way you could incorporate any of these tools in your instruction.

Let’s think…

Assess students’ writing while creating a portfolio over the year… or more!

Assess students who are overbooked and spend time in the car on the way to practice/lessons/games/etc.

Assess students on a platform that they are used to

Kidblog/Blogging

Embed Vocaroo items to Kidblog

Use “dialogue journals” to help developing students and to stretch high-performing students

High differentiation may include “blogging” vs. “posting”… this embodies different, not more

What is the difference between posting and blogging?

Kidblog/Blogging

1. Posting assignments (No) 2. Journaling, i.e. Today I... (No) 3. Posting links (No) 4. Links with description i.e. This site is about... (No, but getting

closer depending on description) 5. Links with analysis about content being linked (Yes, basic) 6. Reflective writing on practice without links (...If yes, then basic) 7. Links with analysis and synthesis that articulate understanding of

content and potential audience response (Yes) 8. Extended analysis and synthesis over a longer period of time

building on previous posts, links, and comments (Bingo)

Source : Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts..., Will Richardson

Blogging vs. Posting

Create open-ended, fill-in-the-blank, matching, multiple choice and true/false items

All but open-ended are instantly corrected

Randomize questions for academic honesty

Students must give feedback about assessments and assignments before turning them in

Assessment data is kept over the course of the year(s) with no clutter

Paperless assessments mean no photocopying

Edmodo

Use poll questions to allow students to give feedback

Give feedback in the form of grades, written responses, smileys, and badges

Separate students into different groups and assign different assessments or activities, raise the bar for the students who need to be challenged and provide supports for the students who require them

Edmodo

Aurasma and Augmented Reality

How can you use Aurasma to assess or differentiate in your class?

Let’s think…

Physical/digital projects, posters with presentations embedded

Differentiation for advanced students who can make their posters or games more interactive

Use small pictures on differentiated copies of assignments to change/upgrade/support tasks

Aurasma – Assessment and Differentiation

Other Related Educational Technology Topics to Save You Time!

Dropbox and cloud storage for file sharing among colleagues

Twitter as a PLC

YouTube as a teacher resource

Teacher websites with links and materials

Get started with some of the resources we have discussed…

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What did we discuss in this session that you can use in your instruction?

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This presentation is available through a link on my homepage: