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1. Locate 3 online tools that can be used for formative and/or summative assessment in the classroom 2. Write a brief summary of each tool 3. List the pros and cons of each tool 4. Submit your summary and pros and cons list
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  • Pros and Cons
    1. Locate 3 online tools that can be used for formative and/or summative assessment in the classroom
    2. Write a brief summary of each tool
    3. List the pros and cons of each tool
    4. Submit your summary and pros and cons list as a video, paragraph, flipgrid https://flipgrid.com , or any other form that can portray the information

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Pros and Cons

1. Google Sheets
 I use Google Sheets to track exit tickets and literacy foundations assessments. This tool can keep data with numbers especially. It also keeps it organized. I like how it is also customizable. It can be hard to get started if you have not used the tool before. It is similar to Excel.

2. Seesaw
I use Seesaw for activities and for online tests since we are virtual. For first graders it gives tools that are easy to use. I have students who have trouble with typing so it gives more to it. A con for this platform is that you can accept the work but then it puts the tests into the journal for all students to view.

3. Great Minds
I use Great Minds to access students for topic quizzes and for module tests for math. I like how students do not need to login for it. Students can go through and take their time for each question. A con for this platform is that it will not read to students. I have heard where it will read to students but I have not found that function yet.
kelloyd About 5 years ago

Kahoot, Flipgrid and Google form


Kahoot - https://kahoot.com
Summary: This is a website where users can participate in online quizzes like games. Teachers can also use it in class, and students can use it as a concept to review themselves in a flashcard format. It can be used as a quiz game so that it can be used regardless of grade. 
Pros: The fun format makes it easy to induce interest in students and is good for reviewing and organizing each unit. 
Cons: It is difficult to identify individual deficiencies because only simple concepts can be checked.

Flipgrid - https://info.flipgrid.com
Summary: This site allows students to respond to prompts by video rather than text. Teachers can also produce videos. This is great for full unit coverage or overall evaluation.
Pros: Verbal rather than the text allows children to transition to their knowledge in more detail and more certainly than providing information in the text.
Cons It isn't easy to use for younger students. The utilization is high when you are at an age where you can learn technically.

Google forms - https://www.google.com/forms/about
Summary: A tool that allows users to answer questions like a survey. Teachers ask multiple-choice or short-choice questions, and students can answer them in that format. And teachers can make it possible for students to ask questions.
Pros: Teachers can ask for detailed and detailed questions. It is also possible anonymously so that students can reveal their shortcomings.
Cons: Requires expert knowledge of the producer and is too monotonous to attract children's interest
el94 About 5 years ago

Pros and Cons

  1. Canvas Quiz
    • Summary: Canvas’ quiz feature allows you to create an assessment online. I like using this for summative assessments. You can include all features of a pencil/paper assessment: multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, essay, etc. You can create an answer key and also scramble answer choices. The SpeedGrader feature is great for grading, too.
    • Pros/Cons: Creating the exam can be tedious. It takes a decent amount of time. But once it is there, it is SO nice to have Canvas grade anything that isn’t an essay, and grading essays on Canvas is quicker, anyway. If you have an error in your answer key and don’t catch it until students take the quiz/test, you have to manually correct each student’s assessment, which is also kind of annoying. Canvas spits out all kinds of data after the assessment is taken, such as how many students missed each question and so on. 
  2. Socrative.com
    • Summary: Socrative allows you to enter a set of questions (mutiple choice or open ended) for students to answer. Each teacher has a classroom code. Students go to the website, enter your code, and whatever questions you have live will pop up for them. I like to use Socrative as a formative assessment to start or end class. For example, I might have a question about a thematic idea we discussed the previous day. Students enter and submit their ideas as the bell rings. I can review all the answers and display them (with our without names) if I want. 
    • Pros/Cons: This is a quick and easy way to check in with students. It’s really easy to create and make something live “on the fly”, which is great for formative assessment. It would be a little less ideal to use as a summative assessment, as it doesn’t connect to the grading system or anything. It is best used for short, quick check-ins. 
  3. FlipGrid.com
    • Summary: Students can record and post videos of themselves. This would be great for a formative assessment in a remote learning setting. Because it is a video, students have to think on their feet, so I think it would somewhat mimic that organic process of observing students in class to see what they’re understanding/struggling with.
    • Pros/Cons: Some students might feel “awkward” about recording a video of themselves, and might not participate solely for that reason. Perhaps there is a tiny bit of a learning curve, too. Otherwise, it is a great way to authentically check in with students.
waterscourt About 5 years ago

Assessment Tools Pros and Cons

kbeech22 About 5 years ago

Pros & Cons: Google Forms, EdPuzzle, & Loom

Google Forms
  • Formative Assessment (but could also be used as a Summative Assessment if you wanted to?)
  • You can create a series of multiple-choice or response questions for students via Google Forms. The form can be shared with them through a single link. I see myself using this in my classroom to ask students how confident they feel about the current material/whether or not they can explain class content to me. 
  • Pros: Easy to navigate and use, free, can access through a mobile device, data is collected and organized into Google Sheets (which is very convenient for teachers)
  • Cons: there is no time limit, students could ask peers what answers are or copy an answer from the internet
EdPuzzle
  • Formative Assessment
  • Through EdPuzzle, you can create instructional videos for your students and ask students questions at different times throughout the video. You can also insert questions for students to answer on videos that have already been uploaded to YouTube. You can insert notes, multiple-choice questions, or short answer questions and use student responses to get a better understanding of where they are at in their learning.
  • Pros: free, can make it so that students can’t skip ahead in the video, will give you a record of student responses, keeps students engaged
  • Cons: students have to have decent internet at home (internet that doesn’t stall when you trying watching videos) to be able to use edpuzzle
Loom
  • Summative & Formative Assessment
  • Loom is a video messaging tool that allows you to record your camera, microphone, and desktop simultaneously. I think this would be a great tool to have students use for class presentations held virtually. Students could create a slideshow presentation and record themselves presenting through Loom!
  • Pros: free, lets you know when someone views your videos, videos are easy to share, and you can save the videos to your computer in MP4 format
  • Cons: have to have decent wifi to download the Loom videos to your computer in MP4 format, I also read somewhere that the free version maxes out at 198 recordings (which is a lot in my opinion)
wlshelton About 5 years ago

Pros & Cons

Kahoot: Educators can quickly and easily create their own assessments, use a pre-designed template, or choose from a large number of assessment games. Assessments are available for all grade levels and content areas.
Pros: Allows for embedding YouTube videos, material from other sources, and drawings/artwork; 500M questions in their question bank; use fun, interactive games to assess learning.
Cons: Games can cause distractions; upgrades from basic platform costs money.                

Poll Everywhere: This site is designed for remote working. It allows groups to connect in an online setting much like Microsoft TEAMS. There is a distance learning platform that allows teachers to give quizzes and gauge student learning.
Pros: Allows for instant feedback from students in an online meeting; allows attendance-taking; offers free plans to anti-racist organizations.
Cons: Upgrades are expensive; product is not primarily education-based.  

Plickers: Provides a resourceful platform for most core content areas. Teachers can build their classes and gain access to published packs created by teachers around the world. Pre-designed assessments are available for most subjects.
Pros: Dedicated to distance learning; offers curriculum content as well as exams; promotes resource-sharing among educators world-wide.
Cons: Not all subjects and grade levels are available; assessments are basic and not as robust as some of the other tools.
melvinkniffen About 5 years ago

Online Assessment Tools

Kahoot - https://kahoot.com
Summary: This is a website that allows users to create online quizzes in game format.  Teachers can use this as a formative assessment, to see what students already know before a lesson, or see what areas students still need work on at the end of the lesson.  
Pros: Fun format promotes engagement, Easy to see what concepts the class as a whole struggles with, Easy to set up and use
Cons: Easy to lose sight of the learning in the fun, Hard to see individual students struggles, Competitiveness can cause fighting / disrupt classroom unity

Flipgrid - https://info.flipgrid.com
Summary: This is a website where student can create a video response to a prompt, often a video created by the teacher.  This can be used as a formative assessment throughout a unit, or a part of a summative assessment at the end of the unit.  
Pros: More personal than a paper or text submission, Promotes speaking skills, Allows for new ways to show information
Cons: Students have to learn to use the site, Some students may not feel comfortable using it, Requires more technology than other assessment methods

Google forms - https://www.google.com/forms/about/
Summary: This is a tool that allows users to create a survey.  Teachers can use it as a formative assessment, to ask students what areas they need help with, what they are confused about, or what they understand. It can be done anonymously, if students are worried about asking questions or bringing up certain topics in person.  
Pros: Allows for the teacher to see individual needs, Students can ask for help, Easy to set up and use
Cons: Requires some technology expertise for the creator, Very open ended, not secure (in terms of summative assessments)  
radegraw About 5 years ago

Pro/Con

https://kahoot.com/
Kahoot is a well known and easy to access tool for students of varying age levels. Kahoot offers the ability to customize questions with right or wrong answers. The quizzes are whole-group time, competition based and offer a fun method for delivering a formative assessment.
Pro: Kahoot is engaging for students. It offers teachers a chance to review what questions students got right and wrong. The option to customize the questions and response time.
Con: There isn’t a platform for direct feedback, which would help unify things for the educator. The set up of the game can lead to chaos if not controlled due to the competitiveness. 
https://quizizz.com/
Quizizz is very similar to Kahoot! This is another site that can be used to create customizable questions to assess students. However, unlike Kahoot, Quizizz is self-paced for the students. Quizizz offers educators the ability to give students feedback on their questions directly, which makes this much easier for both parties. Quizizz can be used as a formative assessment for students.Pro: The interface is better for students since they have the question/answer on their screen not just symbols. The pacing allows for students to take their time and go at their own appropriate pace. This platform is extremely simple to assign to students and give them feedback. Cons: Students will need to read and understand the questions on their own. There is potential for disengagement from students after they finish since it is self-paced. 
http://forms.google.com/ ;
Google Forms is another excellent resource for assessing students. Teachers can create questions with varying methods of answering such as short answer, paragraph answer, or multiple choice. Google Forms is easily accessible for people, as long as the settings are correct Pro: This platform is self paced, with stored results for data analysis. There is an option for immediate feedback for students when completing the assessment. Cons: This site is not very visually appealing for students, which can mean less engagement for younger students. In order to use this site, students must all be able to read the questions on their own.
sczarnecki About 5 years ago

Summary and links to formative assessment web pages and their pros and cons.

1. https://edulastic.com/
 Edulastic is a Commonsense.org recommended formative assessment tool for K4-12 schools.
Strengths
The strength of Edulastic is its ability to diagnose areas that students are having challenges in while also having enough exercises to provide remedial help to addressing such challenges to the advantage of both teacher and student. Again, it also has the ability to track the progress that students have regarding mastery of the topics. For educators the ability to customize assessment based on academic standards is a plus or one’s ability to find the appropriate assignment from a library of over 20,000 vetted exercises as a last- minute option raises the profile of Edulastic.
Areas of improvement
 One major area for improvement according to views expressed on the Edsurge website is too much emphasis on the Common core since some educators are not too enthused about those standards.
Teachers also suggest a student portal that can help students track their own progress. Another suggestion is to create a Spanish version if possible to help parents who are non- native English speakers.
  2. https://classflow.com/
Classflow is another highly recommended formative website that enables teachers to give assignments and collect them online with the ability to display assignments on the classroom screens Students ability to connect to the Classflow website at home and the site’s ability to generate and compile student scores over time are top draws. Additionally, teachers can apply differentiation when it comes to assigning student exercises. It also scores high on student collaboration, interactivity and presentation tools especially because it helps to project student responses without revealing their identities in order to correct or showcase best practices.
Lapses
Some teachers believe it has fewer options compared to other apps when it comes to drawing shapes and projecting it to the interactive smartboard.
3. https://classkick.com/
Classkick helps the teacher to craft their unique assignments using text, videos and audio links on the platform.
Most importantly when students are working they can be observed by the teacher on the master server and each student can be attended to on individual basis.
The other advantages include students having the choice to produce answers in different formats while feedback can be given instantly from peers and instructor alike.
The main drawback was that it took a while for the students writing to show up on the master server and students had to sign up for every single assignment which was a bit cumbersome.  
Credit
https://classkick.com/
https://classflow.com/
https://edulastic.com/
https://www.edsurge.com/product-reviews/edulastic/educator-reviews https://www.commonsense.org/website/classflow/teacher-reviews https://pumphreysmath.wordpress.com/2014/09/17/classkick-review-thoughts-from-the-first-day/  
kwabena About 5 years ago

Formative and Summative Assessment Tools

rbrandes About 5 years ago

My Pro/Con List

khsmith2 About 5 years ago

Pro/Con

Quizziz
  • Formative Assessment
  • A self-paced quiz platform. Can be asynchronous or synchronous
  • Pros: Great review for students, can be done a the students own pace
  • Cons: Does not read question aloud, students may not have access at home
Google Docs
  • Formative or Summative Assessment
  • Collaborative word document. Students can keep this document as a rough draft which would be a formative assessment. Once the teacher has given feedback, students can submit the final paper for a summative assessment.
  • Pros: Collaborative, great with feedback
  • Cons: Student cannot work on document unless they have internet at home
Seesaw
  • Formative Assessment
  • Online portfolio of student's work
  • Pro: Collaborative, practices all literacy elements
  • Con: Student cannot work on it unless they have internet

hquirk About 5 years ago