link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X9L9CBN
Overall, I found this part of the unit very useful and showed me that there are many options available for assessment. Below is my analysis if the various testing tools:
As a teacher I am always looking for opportunities to assess my students in genuine ways that gives real time data that can be used as a class on the whole (simultaneous usage) and on an individual students and time basis (Asynchronous) manners. The following choices were provided for us to explore and possibly integrate into our classrooms or jobs. These are my evaluations of the following environments:
- Survey monkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
- I really like this tool and
have used it as student before when completing a previous college course.
I have not used it in the classroom because at times the site is blocked
for the students on their tablets. This is the tool I decided to use for
this course.
- Quipper.com
http://www.quipper.com/ (quiz-based e-learning mobile app for iPhone and Android platforms) - This site is very involved
and has too many components for this course. I do use something similar
to this, Schoology, in my classroom and don’t feel learning about it at
this time would be beneficial.
- Socrative
http://www.socrative.com/ (Provides an easy and user-friendly student response system ) - I have used Socrative before
in my classroom and wanted to learn something new in this course. It is
very easy to use, the students enjoy it and it is easy to use either as a
class warm-up for a new unit or lesson or as an exit ticket for students
to quickly share what they have learned providing an opportunity for
quick data analysis.
-
Zoho Challenge: https://challenge.zoho.com/
- I kept trying to open this
site but kept saying an add-on or that a proxy server was unavailable.
Thus I was not able to dig deeper into this environment.
- Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/
- This is another learning tool
that I have used before. I have made flash card quizlets that students
have had to complete as a part of STAAR testing preparation. Since I know
how to use it decided to go ahead and not use it at this time.
- ClassMarket: http://www.classmarker.com/
- This is an application that I
may look into for further use. I like that it is secure, provided real
time data analysis and shows the author of the test/quiz the number of
attempts, times and other analytics useful when preparing future lessons.
- Blubbr: http://www.blubbr.tv/index.php#.VQhzP-Envo0
- This site looks like a lot of
fun and something that students could engage with. I can see myself using
this a project piece in which students could create Blubbr’s as part of
their assignment for other students to complete after viewing group presentations.
- PollEverywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/
- I have participated in these
quick polls before and have been fun and engaging. I have seen them used in meetings,
teacher workshops, and other professional developments. I do not like
them because they work better on phones and I discourage phone use in my
classroom. Yet they would be great for quick input when students are
board from the at times needed direct instruction lessons.
I loved how user friendly you survey was! I actually had to think about some of the questions! Good job!
ReplyDeleteI really liked the survey. Surveys are great tools to track your audience. I think that you should implement surveys and suggestion questionairres each week.
ReplyDeleteThe survey was quick and to the point. I like the way the choices were phrased in that it made me think about the use of technology in the classroom in a different way. Good job!
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