Using Technology
To Create, Administer, and Analyze Classroom Assessments
NonTradional Tools for Pre-Assessment
Mini whiteboards:
Recordable apps for the ipads to allow students, to share understanding or turn students in to peer-to-peer teachers/collaborators.
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Ask3: (free) Ask3 turns ipads into recordable whiteboards
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ask3/id572042047
http://www.techsmith.com/ask3.html
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Screen Chomp: Share a great idea (free)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/screenchomp/id442415881?mt=8
http://www.techsmith.com/screenchomp.html
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Doodle Buddy: (free) Paint, draw, scribble, sketch
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy-paint-draw-scribble/id313232441
Teacher Clicker:
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Socrative: (free) Socrative brings smart clickers, student response and ease of managing together to make this awesome tool for teachers. All devices can use. Great Reports (http://www.socrative.com/)
Teacher Clicker:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teacher-clicker-socrative/id477620120?mt=8
Student clicker:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/student-clicker-socrative/id477618130?mt=8
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Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Can work from the web browser or mobile devices.
Twitter:
add a hashtag about your topic and see what all your students come up with on a topic
Online Classroom: Blog
Ask questions: set up blog to where they do not automatically post so you will truly see what each child knows about a concept, then approve them to post, this can also help to form you flexible groups for the unit.
Sticky Notes for Teachers:
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Primary Wall (free) take notes, share what is important, or collaborate with others. post and access on your computer or on mobile. My example: (passcode FAxxxx)
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Padlet (free) use to be wallwisher, gives you a blank page and you can put anything you want on it, easiest for children to use, ask a questions, and get their thoughts and you can give feedbac​k
Inforgraphics for Teachers:
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easel.ly: Create and share vidual ideas online.
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Wordle: Word cloud from the text that is provided. This gives you a visual to see just what your student knows about a concept.
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Mapping:
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Coggle: is a free, web-based and mind mapping site that allows the users to create documents and organize around their thoughts. Students can share in real time if desire for other projects.
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Mind mup: is an easy web-based mapping site that requires no sign up for users, users can save files online, and export them to share with others.
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bubbl.us: Must have a account, can save map you have created. can export or print the map.
Surveys:
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fluid survy forms and questionnaires: get start for free and can import from survey monkey.
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forms on the fly: create quizzes, test, surveys, and asssessement for your website, and it is free