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Top Tech Tools for Formative Assessment
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Interactive Lessons and Video
Edulastic
Powerful standards-based assessment tool tracks student progress
Bottom line: An efficient platform for helping teachers assess and track student progress on meeting standards and building understanding along the way.
Nearpod
Interactive slideshow tool engages students, promotes collaboration
Bottom line: This effective tool leverages the capabilities of 1-to-1 environments and offers both teacher- and student-paced learning.
PlayPosit
Interactive video creator has great question variety
Bottom line: This tool strikes a nice balance, offering teachers an easy intro to interactive video mixed with a large set of features that can lead to increasingly sophisticated lesson design.
Edpuzzle
Crop, customize, and remix online video content with interactive tool
Bottom line: As a flipped classroom or student creation tool, there are lots of opportunities for use, but teachers will need to be creative if they want students to engage.
Flipgrid
Pose questions, spark thoughtful video responses with stellar tool
Bottom line: A simple way for students and teachers to create online discussion, as long as your classroom culture is mature enough to use it wisely.
LessonUp
Flexible interactive presentation tool engages kids at school and home
Bottom line: LessonUp is for teachers who like designing unique lessons to reach every learner.
Spiral
Provide instant feedback with collaborative, multimedia assessment tool
Bottom line: Engaging, easy-to-use tool that supports both formative and summative assessment while allowing for student collaboration.
ClassFlow
Robust lesson-creation, presentation tool offers built-in assessment
Bottom line: Lesson planning and delivery platform supports well-designed in-person or virtual facilitation from instruction to assessment
Pear Deck
Interactive slideshows offer a variety of ways to engage and assess
Bottom line: While it has some limits, the useful presentation features provide terrific options for formative assessment from any device.
GoClass
Deliver interactive lessons right to kids' mobile devices and tablets
Bottom line: Support learning in and out of the classroom with this multi-faceted content-delivery tool.
Quizzing, Polling, and Student Response
Classkick
Easy-to-use, real-time monitoring, feedback, and assessment for 1-to-1
Bottom line: It's a great option for teachers who want to go paperless, provide specific feedback, and encourage collaboration among students in 1-to-1 classrooms.
Mentimeter
Call on everybody at once with flexible, interactive presentation tool
Bottom line: This flexible tool supports the creation of dynamic presentations and can help teachers strike a balance between information and interaction.
ASSISTments
Functional (but not flashy) tool helps with assessing math skills
Bottom line: With purposeful planning, it's a simple, solid, and free tool for gathering critical data to support students' academic growth.
Formative
Superb real-time assessment tool a fit for 1-to-1, BYOD classrooms
Bottom line: Cleverly designed for teachers, Formative offers a flexible and attractive solution for gathering a variety of student response types and offering individualized feedback.
Kahoot!
Game-like student-response tool can spark competitive fun
Bottom line: Effortlessly fun quizzing that can lead to productive formative assessment and student reflection if implemented effectively.
Plickers
Useful, low-tech rapid-response tool promotes formative assessment
Bottom line: This can be a useful tool for teachers looking to get quick feedback or snapshots of understanding in technology-limited classrooms.
Sero!
Fresh approach to assessment through concept maps shows promise
Bottom line: This unique formative assessment platform's success will largely depend on teachers to keep content meaningful and relevant.
Slido
Increase student buy-in with interactive polls and Q&A sessions
Bottom line: Engaging classroom response platform offers teachers and students real-time feedback opportunities.
Socrative
Formative and summative assessment merge in snapshot polls and quizzes
Bottom line: Powerful and easy-to-use student-response system has the potential to support responsive teaching.
Gimkit
Game-show group fun and independent study in one engaging tool
Bottom line: Put students in the driver's seat with collaborative setup and gameplay features.
Quizalize
Familiar game show-like quizzes with a few new features
Bottom line: Easy-to-set-up and mostly free way to assign quizzes and check for understanding with a handy but paid option for progress tracking.
GoSoapBox
Audience response tool gives instant feedback despite dated design
Bottom line: It's an easy-to-learn, practical tool for online formative assessment and limited student interaction.
The Answer Pad
Simple, multipurpose assessment tool for the BYOD classroom
Bottom line: A simple but flexible tool for paperless testing and engaging student-response activities in the classroom.
Poll Everywhere
Straightforward student-response tool engages kids with minimal setup
Bottom line: Quick setup and interactive features allow students to engage and teachers to receive and provide immediate feedback.
Discussion
Kaizena
Nifty add-on enables audio and text feedback in Google Docs
Bottom line: If your classroom relies a lot on Google Docs, this might just be the feedback tool you're looking for.
Microsoft Teams
Collaborative platform helps manage multiple groups and projects
Bottom line: It offers a ton of options for integrating learning; the lack of some typical LMS features may make it a better fit for small groups or nontraditional group configurations.
YO Teach!
Backchannel tool offers interactive polls, drawing, messages, and more
Bottom line: Quick setup and multimodal features make this a great fit for a variety of carefully monitored classroom discussions.
Backchannel Chat
Real-time, moderated online discussions can engage and encourage
Bottom line: Backchannel Chat offers a fun and safe way to hold real-time online discussions that might just increase engagement, interest, and even learning.
Parlay
Comprehensive discussion platform develops critical-thinking skills
Bottom line: A great tool in any subject or topic for teachers looking to make discussion a central part of their classroom.
Piazza
Advanced Q&A tool compels collaboration, higher-order thinking
Bottom line: Encourage collaborative, student-centered learning with this useful platform, but make sure it's the right fit for your students.
