SK Tech Coach Newsletter

Have you ever created a formative assessment as an exit ticket and then let that stack of exit tickets sit on your desk for days? We know we have, everyone is so BUSY!

If the point of your formative assessment was to determine whether the students learned the objective from a given lesson, you need that feedback immediately to determine how you'll move forward with your instruction. If you aren't using that information to drive your planning and instruction, then it just becomes a waste of time.

Technology is a great way to gain immediate data from your formative assessment. It can also make the assessment more exciting and be engaging for your students. If the students are engaged in the assessment process, you get more buy-in, you get an accurate snapshot of their learning, and students become excited about their own learning. As a result, students now understand what they know and what they should focus on.

Over the past several weeks we have shared Google Forms, Formative, FlipGrid, Mentimeter as great formative assessment tools. This week's focus is on Socrative.

Socrative is your classroom app for fun, effective classroom engagement. No matter where or how you teach, Socrative allows you to instantly connect with students as learning happens.

Quickly assess students with prepared activities or on-the-fly questions to get immediate insight into student understanding. Then use auto-populated results to determine the best instructional approach to most effectively drive learning.