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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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    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

Mentimeter: This is an easy to use presentation tool. It comes pre-loaded with education templates for the classroom such as listening skills assessments, icebreakers, formative assessments, post-lecture surveys, and polls. You can create quizzes and tests, manage student expectations, and engage students. It’s free to use and lets you create and host live quizzes either from its templates or from scratch. Pro versions for schools and universities add unlimited question slides per presentation, exports, unlimited quizzes, and support for a few dollars a month.

Pros: It is a fun and entertaining way to brainstorm ideas, instantaneously receive updates from votes people submit through their phones, and displays the information in an innovative and creative way.
Cons: Customer service is bad and they will try to rope you into a yearly subscription  

Poll Everywhere: This is another presentation tool. It gives a snapshot of where students are struggling by creating questions as word clouds, open student responses, or multiple-choice options. The students can answer these questions with their phones, laptops, or tablets. Teachers can get real-time feedback on their question slides without calling on specific individuals to roll out assessment as an integrated part of a larger lecture. This is a great way to give students a voice in steering the direction of live lesson plans.

Pros: It allows the teacher to receive immediate feedback without interruption in the lesson. It gives all students a chance to answer questions and not have to worry about getting called on or speaking out. 
Cons: It's a little buggy

Kahoot: This is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, play and share learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. This tool makes the learning experience more enjoyable for the students. Students can even create their own “kahoots” to share with classmates, creating an interactive experience. Students can plan the assessment games by themselves or as a team, and teachers can add multiple choice or true/false questions to the games. The games are timed and scored, with point scales set up by the teacher. 

Pros: 
Overall this is a great tool to use in education. Children love it, teachers love how easy it is to use, and it keeps the attention of everyone in the room.
Cons: 
Some of the pre-made quizzes contain errors and wrong answers. Teachers need to check these first, which is time consuming.
caleb_case97 About 5 years ago

Assessment tools Pros and Cons

I like to use the following online tools for both formative and summative assessment in my art classes: 

Google Slides: I use google slides with my upper level students to document their process on projects. I give them a template with an artistic thinking design concept put in throughout the template. The students then have to share the google form with me so that I can periodically check on them throughout their project. The students have to document the process of their work in separate slides and some of the phases get graded as they go. For example, they have an Inspiration slide and a Design Phase slide where they come up with the idea for their project and do research and practice pieces before starting. They submit these ideas then I comment in their slides with suggestions before they move on. The students then document by adding photographs of their work each day showing their progression and making comments about their thought process while they work. Again I can comment on these and help them as they go through the project. At the end they submit a reflection of their learning process by answering questions given by me and a picture of their completed project. This is both a formative and summative assessment piece for me. PROS: It is a great way for me to view and review their process while working on a project, especially if I am absent one day or maybe I just didn't get time to work or see that student that day. It is also an informal way for me to communicate with each student. CONS: If you do this for each student - it is a lot of shared google forms you need to keep track of and look through. I each class in folder and review periodically. The other con is students forget often, even if you remind them at the end of the period to document daily. 
The second technology assessment tool I use often as a formative tool is KAHOOT.  The students love the competitive trivia game competition this game provides. It is a great tool to review vocabulary or terms periodically or before big tests. Pros: it is fun and the kids love it. It is easy to use and you can add pictures/photos as part of your questions. And it gives you good data and feedback when you finish so you can see which students are doing well or struggling. OR if you have one question that students struggled with, you know you may need to reteach that item. CONS: sometimes it kicks kids off unexpectedly in the middle of the game, then they lose their spot with points if they jump back on. I am going to say this is more because of a device or wifi issue than the game itself, but it happens often. 
Another tool I use often is Canvas's video upload in assignments or you can also use FlipGrid for this. This is a great summative tool for me because I almost always have my students do a REFLECTION when they complete a larger assignment. In the reflection I ask them to identify where and how they have used the different techniques and strategies that we have implemented throughout the lesson. I like the video feature for both these tools so the students point out specific areas to answer the questions and it also makes them think about their process while and after they have completed a project. PROS: Student's cannot cheat on this, it is them showing me how they did things in their projects. It is a visual response, not a written response. I have asked for written responses in the past and I get very short answers without any specific details. It is easier for students to talk about their work than write about it. CONS: students at first don't like the idea of video themselves. I try to tell them to focus the camera on the project and not them. Another con, students sometimes don't know how to use the camera on their chromebooks correctly, and it is very hard to see and hear. And sometimes Canvas shuts down in the middle of their video and they have to redo it. 

chirpchirp96 About 5 years ago

Pros & Cons

Voicethread could be used as both formative and summative assessment in the classroom. This allows students to create and share conversations through many different forms, such as documents, videos, pictures, etc. It would be great for students because it would allow them to submit their answers in a format that is more conducive to their way of thinking; however, the amount of choices that are given might stress out some of the students.

Google Form could also be used as either formative or summative assessment in the classroom, and it allows the user to create different kinds of questions. Google Form knows that it is often used as a quiz, so it set up the form in a quiz setting, making the grading easier for students. Since it is free, it is a great resource to use, and Google has many extensions that could be added for the experience. Many schools use chromebooks, so for the Google schools, it would be extremely easy to integrate into the classroom. A con would depend on what kind of questions that the teacher chooses to ask. If they are questions that are easy to google, students may do that, instead of working on memorizing the information.

RabbleBroswer would be a great tool for formative assessment in the classroom. It allows its user to share files and learn in a group setting. It is great because it would allow for students to interact with each other in the virtual space, where the teacher watches and gauges their understanding. However, it is only available for iPads, so if the school doesn’t have iPads that would be a problem. Also, the iPads would have to be on the same network or connected with Bluetooth, so with remote learning, this app wouldn’t work. It is free though.
kwarner About 5 years ago

Pros and Cons

1. Socrative 
Socrative is an online assessment tool that allows teachers to create quizzes easily. With this tool teachers can add true/false questions, exit ticket, short answer, etc. It is also one of the top rated assessment applications. 
Pros
  • Provides instant feedback
  • Available on all platforms
Cons
  • Cannot email results to yourself
  • Student cannot comment on peers' answers
2. Google Forms
Google Forms help teachers create assessments, and it automatically grades it for you. Students can answer in multiple choice, short answer, and even in a video response. Google Forms even provides graphs and summaries of missed answers for teachers.
Pros
  • Simple and easy to edit
  • Automatically saves to Google Drive
Cons
  • Cannot add graphics and media
  • Limited templates/layouts/customization 
3. Kahoot
Kahoot provides teachers with the oppurtunity to create assessments in a fun, interactive way. Students take quizzes made by the teacher or found online by participating in a competitive game. Students gain points by clicking on correct responses the fastest.
Pros
  • Motivating
  • Easy way to integrate technology
Cons
  • Students try to get answers the fastest which leads to guessing
  • Hard to track student data
erinmac About 5 years ago

Pro/Con

Google applications:
Google applications allow for instant feedback and allow students and teachers to see it at the same time. It allows for multiple different types of assessments due to the different types such as docs, and slides.
Pros: Free, easy to use, constant editing, all on drive so students can't lose it
Cons: Constant editing, which makes it hard to really gauge where students are because they are constantly able to change it if they talk with others and find they are wrong.

Quizzez.com 
Quizzez allows you to make quizzes for your students to take. You can also use quizzes made by other teachers. You have the ability to play it live or as homework.
Pros: Fun, records scores, can be used in class or online 
Cons: Limited with the kinds of questions you can make, more of a drill and practice

Peardeck
Peardeck is an interactive tool that works on google slides. It allows you to create different types of questions and has multiple features to add drawings or formulas. Has a free and premium version.
Pros: interactive, fun for students, works with google drive, 6 different questions types, see answers immediately
Cons: free version does not let you see who answered what just lets you see all answers, answers can be changed if it's not locked
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sbender About 5 years ago

Formative tool to monitor student ability to explore a topic with peer interaction. PRO: High Engagement CON: Assessment takes more time

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Summative tool that provides insight into student knowledge. PRO: Quick and Easy - Canvas integration CON: Shallow assessment of knowledge

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brendah89 About 5 years ago

PROS & CONS

1. Kahoot (Formative assessments)
Pros: Kahoot is great for student engagement. The teacher can pace the activity as is fit as well as check for understanding and provide clarification throughout. It is a fun, competitive, and engaging activity. 
Cons: It is very informal. Students can become very rowdy with the competitive aspect as well as the music. Students don't always try very hard because it is not taken for a grade. 
2. Pear Deck (Formative assessments)
Pros: Student or instructor paced are available. Students can do a social/emotional check in. The teacher can provide interactive questions that check for understanding and increase engagement. It levels the playing field for virtual and in-person students. It works well with Google Classroom. 
Cons: It doesn't work well with classrooms that use Echo. It Is tedious to try to save the answers. In instructor-paced activities, answers are anonymous, so students can put whatever up on the board. This is potentially a bad idea depending on who is posting what. 
3. Google Drive (Summative or Formative) 
Pros: Teachers and students can use Google Docs for easy feedback. It is a simple way to make Peer Review more accessible and helps it to run much more smoothly. Students and teachers can make comments on certain areas of the text that are easy to read and understand. It is simple to make quizzes, and they grade themselves. 
Cons: Students can "source" questions on quizzes and find the answers. It is often used as a substitute rather than as a way to enhance instruction. 
kelseymcdonald7 About 5 years ago

Tools for Assessment

Google Docs
Google Docs and other google drive resources are good for formative assessments.  It is a web-based tool that is free to use and can connect easily to students' and teachers' google drives.  Along with the ability to make real-time comments on a document as it is being written.
Pros:  Free, Easy to use, connectivity, commenting as the student is editing.
Cons:  Limited space in Google Drives

Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a formative assessment tool that allows teachers to gauge their student's understandings of the material.  The educator can either create or find a Kahoot! quiz and then give it to their students and the students take the quiz as a class going question by question.  Then at the end, the students with the highest scores are displayed and congratulated.
Pros: Students must be engaged, fun music, free, easily accessible, easily creatable
Cons:  Some students don't take it seriously, values quick answers more than right answers.

Edpuzzle
Edpuzzle is a formative assessment tool that tracks students' progress when given a video that the teacher can create or can be from youtube.  Teachers embed questions within the video to keep students on track and paying attention to the video.
Pros:  Student engagement, easily manageable, room for creativity
Cons:  If students don't pay attention their score reflects it, engagement is forced
tysheahan About 5 years ago

PROS/CONS

https://quizizz.com/ ;
Quizziz is an online assessment tool that allows to teachers and students to create and use one another's quizzes. After providing students with a unique access code, a quiz can be presented live as a timed competition or used for homework with a specific deadline.

PROS: 
It is Free, the flexibility of Quizizz is the best feature of this gaming platform. Any teacher can use it for any content area that they teach, Quizizz has a teacher resource section that includes a 1-page get started guide, training presentation, and help center, you do not have to project the question on a board or screen. Each student has access to their own question and answer game play, Teachers can view student reports and view what questions were answers correctly or incorrectly in order to inform instruction or address learning gaps, can be easy added to Google Classroom.

ConsThere is a limit in the types of questions you can ask. It is perfect for facts and recall, but not conducive for more elaborate questioning, When working with technology it is always important to consider the access that schools and individual students have to computers, ipads, or phones. This platform could be a problem when access is limited.

https://edpuzzle.com/
EdPuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers and students to create interactive online videos by embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, audio notes, audio tracks, or comments on a video. 

Pros: Edpuzzle is available on the app store and online, making it easily accessible to students in whatever their situation is, Videos can be taken from YouTube or directly uploaded, Open ended questions or notes can be put into the videos at any point, Students’ viewing of the video can also be tracked 

Cons: Students might not be actually be watching and comprehending the video, Must have internet access – could cause problems for some students, Does not give the option for group video access – just individual  

https://www.socrative.com ;
Socrative is one of the top-rated assessment tools for teachers according to hundreds of online reviews by educators and professional reviewers alike. It’s an interactive digital tool that lets you quiz, grade, and assess on-the-fly; “at the speed of learning.” Teachers can choose from quick questions for instant feedback, class counts to see who’s logged in, or full quizzes for deeper understanding.

 PROS: appropriate for any grade, thousands of quizzes in almost every subject, plenty of user guides and instruction sheets available to help get a teacher started, teachers can see who got the correct answers, keep track of scores and will save time grading, activities can be done collaboratively. 

CONS: A student can crash your class during a different period as long as they know the room number, if you lose internet connection during a test or quiz, your results will not be sent in, not adaptable on all devices, no ways for peers to edit or comment on other students answers.
hannacaudell About 5 years ago