Data Can Be Fun!

Utilizing Technology to
Engage, Assess and Differentiate
COABE Pre-Conference Session
Sunday, April 10, 2016

IntroductionsAnd you?
Who are you?
What is your context?
Who are your students? Who do you
instruct?
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your..
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Objectives for this session.

Participants will be able to:
Define formative assessment
List 6 online tools to use to engage & assess students and
differentiate lessons
Experiment with online tools
Plan how to use online tools in your classroom

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Overview for Today

Five parts:
1. Learning about Formative Assessment and Formative Assessment Cycle
2. Piloting Digital Tools to gain data
3. Practice using a digital tool to use in your classroom, integrate it into a
lesson plan
4. Sharing our tools, testing with each other
5. Differentiating instruction based on the data / Summary
There will be time for questions and comments at the end of each section

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXRZcJI9yx8

Formative
Assessment
Low stakes
Monitors student
learning
Provides ongoing
feedback
Throughout
semester/course

Summative
Assessment
High stakes
Evaluates student learning
Compares results against
a goal,
score or
benchmark
End of course/unit

- Robert E
Stake

Formative Assessment Cycle

datause.cse.ucla.edu

Formative Assessment is great, but I

have 5 classes of 24+ students, and
63 tested objectives for the semester!

Why Utilize Technology

To Engage, Assess and Differentiate
Common Core Anchor Standard 6: Use technology, including the
Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

Speaks the students language (or does it?!)

Immediate feedback options
Creates an objectivity of observations
Offers a permanency of evidence
Analytics can show patterns within a class, or for an individual

Challenges of Utilizing Technology

Accessibility to technology and/or the internet

Need ground rules for student use of technology
Students who dont know a lot about using technology
It takes time to learn the tool
Some tools have embedded traits that challenge certain
students or populations (cultural aspects of ESL students,
publicly shown responses can embarrass some students,
competitiveness, etc)

Keep in mind..

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Technology Tools to
Assess, Engage and Differentiate

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Smartphones not necessary

Before, during, after a lesson
Different answer choice options
Text wall
Word clouds

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Post questions or comments as we
go...leave your email if you would
like me to answer a question later
Post a reflection question, a
writing prompt, ask students to
summarize an activity
Create transcript

Padlet.com

No account/sign in necessary
Can generate your own URL
Personalize the wall
Exit tickets, check comprehension
Create transcript

GetKahoot.com

Student response system Game

Fun and engaging
Instant feedback
Smartphone or computer
Analytics from answers
Lets Try it: kahoot.it

Google+ Community
the [Private] Facebook of Google
By invite only
Works very well for sharing resources like websites, links

and documents with students

Great way for students to produce and collaborate
Easy to setup and use
Public setting Creates ownership and valued added
Can edit after posting

Google
Forms

Flubaroo: use with

Create self-graded
assessments that can be
scored instantly
Use the add-on Flubaroo
Automatically identify target
students/areas
Must have Google Account

The power of evidence (data!)

What it can do for a student
Edwin: When I have the data, I know where to work
Mariela: I am more than my test scores!
(process, diversity of questions, etc.)

Malcom Gladwell, and 10,000 hours to be successful

VoiceThread
Participate using your voice, video, text or image
Students can record their responses and listen to their
classmates
Use any computer, device, or internet connection
Voice Thread: Social Justice Poetry Slam

What if my students dont have access

to technology in the classroom???

Plickers

Quick checks for understanding

Engages all students
Integrates seamlessly
Gives teacher quick access to student data
Only the teacher needs a phone with a camera
Students need a specially printed QR code

Differentiation

Informed grouping and pairing

Scoffolded practice
Flipped lessons
Activities that distinguish between language and content
Use of different modalities (websites, application games,
targeted practice exercises)

Integrating Technology: The How

Troubleshooting
tips!
Always check it yourself first - sign in as a
student!
Always have a plan B
Check your connections
Be flexible
Use student tech-sperts (they can help you, and
other students)
Find a tech buddy and try out a tool together

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Blog option
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