Question: Tech. Tools for Instant Formative Assessment

Hey! I'm trying to help my teachers find ways to gain instant data about their students' learning. We are a 1-to-1 school as of a few months ago, so each of our students have a laptop. I'm searching tech. tools, but they have to be free. Here's what I've come up with so far:

http://www.polleverywhere.com/ (input from laptop, iPod, iPad, or cell phone)

http://www.socrative.com/quizzes (input from laptop, iPod, iPad, or smart phone)

http://todaysmeet.com/ (input from laptop)

Google Forms (all students have Google accounts)

What else is out there?

Thank you!

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Dana Huff on October 12, 2012 at 1:27pm

I have tried the first, third, and last, and they are great. If your school has SMART Boards, they have a clicker system, but to be honest, the tools you mention do a lot of what the clickers do, and they are much cheaper.

Another tool to consider is a course management system. We use Schoology, and they are awesome. There are polls and quizzes, but it is much more robust than that.

Permalink Reply by Amy on October 16, 2012 at 9:33am

www.edmodo.com- Facebook like website- totally free- totally secure- students have to have a code to join the class. They can post/collaborate and you can create polls for them to take, uploade assignments for them to do, and you can create quizzes (formative assessments) they can complete with immediate feedback on which questions the class did poorly on, individual results, etc.

Amy Cody

Permalink Reply by Janet Brownell on October 16, 2012 at 12:37pm

www.quia.com

The BEST THING SINCE...well...ANYTHING!!

Permalink Reply by Wisdom on October 16, 2012 at 5:16pm

I've signed up for http://collaborizeclassroom.com, a site to engage students in online discussions. I haven't used it much yet, but it looks interesting

Permalink Reply by Kim Davis on October 17, 2012 at 4:25pm

Jennifer,

I have used TodaysMeet many times. The kids are engaged, they love reading what others have written, and you can print a transcript. Be sure to have them sign on using their name so you can track it. If anyone posts anything off topic, they get a piece of paper. This eliminates all the inapp. stuff very quickly! I really like Prezi for collecting information and presenting. They had added alot of new features!

Don't forget Edmodo...it is great for blogs, quizzes, and polls. I don't know if they charge. if they do, kidblog.org has made major advancements in the last couple of years.

I have used socrative in prof. development classes.

Have fun!

Kim

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Herrera on November 6, 2012 at 8:14am

Thanks for all the feedback! We are running our meetings today, and we've included the following:

Google Forms (all our students have Google e-mails)

www.polleverywhere.com

classmarker.com

equizzer.com

m.socrative.com

schoology.com

testmoz.com