Using Formative Assessment and Google to Drive Student Centered Instruction - PowerPoint Presentation

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Using Formative Assessment and Google to Drive Student Centered Instruction

Rebecca M. Lowe

Shawn S.Geary

Franklin City Public SchoolsSlide2

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ways you currently preserve instructional materials from year to year

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ways you currently assess students

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thing you know about Google AppsSlide3

One way to assess students and preserve instructional materials is through

Google Drive

and

Google Forms.

What?!Slide4

What you need:

Google account/login

Curriculum framework

TimeSlide5

Let’s get started!

While viewing your Gmail account, notice a 3x3 square in the upper right corner of your screen. If you click on it, a drop down menu will appear that includes the Drive symbol. Click on this symbol.

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Welcome to Google Drive!

The following slide shows a sample Google Drive folder. All Google accounts include this feature. Most document formats (including Word documents, PowerPoints, and Google-generated documents) can be stored in your Drive. To organize these files, create folders within your Drive.

Think of it like a free flash drive you cannot lose!Slide7

Google DriveSlide8

How does Google Drive relate to my classroom?

Google Drive can be used to organize any documents! As an experienced teacher, you have numerous documents for each stage of instruction. One way to organize these resources in Google Drive is through the creation of units

according to the skill being taught

. The following unit focuses on the reading skill

drawing conclusions

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Each unit must include resources for:

-Direct instruction

-Guided practice

-Formative assessmentSlide10

Direct

InstructionSlide11

What I conclude

Left side of the interactive notebook page

What I read

What I know

Right side of the interactive notebook page

Text Clue Conclusion

I can smell the

scent of popcorn in

the air as I watch the

lions and panthers

pacing back and forth

in their cages. When

will the clowns come

out? Where am I?

My throat is itchy and

sore. I can’t sit still.

My body aches. Why

is it so crowded and

hot in here? Where

am I? Slide12

Guided practice linkSlide13

Flipchart files

are lessons created for

interactive whiteboards

. These lessons can be stored in Google Drive for future use. Slide14

What do these grave stones tell us about the lives their occupants lived?Slide15

Printable formative assessment linkSlide16

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The twin boys were wrestling on their bedroom floor. As they rolled around laughing and tugging at one another, their mother called for them to come eat breakfast. They ignored her and continued wrestling. As they heard their mother climbing the steps to their room, both boys quickly ran for the door. Their mother heard glass shattering and both boys screaming.

The children raced from their school buses to enter S.P. Morton. As they entered the building, administrators were standing on the sidewalk greeting them and introducing themselves. Some teachers were handing out fresh pencils and notebooks. All the students looked precious in their new uniforms. New students were asking where their classrooms were located. Old friends reunited with one another after a long time apart.

Benjamin Franklin used his time wisely. In his lifetime, he invented many useful things that remain in use today. He invented an efficient wood stove, swimming fins, and bifocal glasses. Also, and perhaps most famously, Franklin discovered electricity. After many observations, Franklin decided to fly a kite during a lightning storm to study electricity. In this way, he was able to change the way Americans lived forever.

Beta fish require less care and upkeep than almost any other pet. Unlike most other fish, beta fish can live in small tanks or even large cups.

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herefore, Beta owners do not need to purchase a filter. If a beta fish becomes too cold in its tank, it simply shows its owner by tucking its fins under itself and sinking to the bottom. This is not because it is dying, but because it would appreciate a little heat!

Lowe, 2014Slide17

Lowe, 2014Slide18

So now you know how to store your printable instructional resources in

Google Drive

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But what about your digital resources? Google allows you to not only store printable resources in

Google Drive

, but you can also create digital assessments using

Google Forms

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Say what?!Slide19

How are Google Forms created?

In Drive click the

NEW

button (arrow 1) and hover over the word

more

for the menu (arrow 2) with Google Forms to show and click on

Google Forms

(arrow 3) and a new form will generate.

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Let’s walk through the form that is produced.

Options you can choose for the form.

This is where you name the form.

This is the first question box

In this box, you can chose what type of answer you prefer.

Enter the answer choices for the question.

You can require the student to answer the question.

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Type your question here.

Type each answer choice in a new box

If you check this box the student cannot submit the form until they have answered the question.

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Click this button to add more questions to the assessment.Slide22

When you click the triangle beside the

add item

button there are many options to choose from to add items within the question.Slide23

To add passages or longer text to an assessment, use the

Section header

under the layout column.Slide24
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When you are satisfied with the question and answer choices, click done in the lower left corner.Slide26

If at any time you want to see what the form will look like for students, you can click on

View live form

and a window will appear and show you what the student will see when they take the assessment.

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When you have finished the assessment there are several options. If this is a formative assessment, you may wish to allow students to submit more than one response. Check the appropriate boxes.Slide28

When you have finished creating the assessment you need to click the send form button so students can take the assessment.Slide29

There are many ways to share the assessment with your students.Slide30

Digital assessment linkSlide31

Identify Students and Classes for TrackingSlide32

Passage

Story or

Poem

QuestionsSlide33

Question Stems and StatementsSlide34

Now the students take and submit the assessment

Use flubaroo (add on to Google) to grade and populate a spreadsheet

You can email or show the students their results

Formative = no grade

Summative = gradeSlide35

Google form populates a spreadsheet with all the students answersSlide36

When you are ready to grade the assessment

Click on the add-ons.

Hover over Flubaroo.

Click on Grade assignmentSlide37

There are a few steps to Flubaroo…

Step 1: Lets you identify the items you want scored and the items you don’t want scored.Slide38

Step 2:

-You choose the answer key you want to be used to grade the students work.Slide39

Step 3: Flubaroo grades the students work and you get the following spreadsheet:Slide40
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At A Glance Summary

Total number of points students may earn on the assessment

Average score among all students

Total number of assessments graded

Number of questions that most students answered incorrectlySlide42

Student scores

Grade

sent

Student namesSlide43

Each column represents a question from the assessment. Each row is a student. For the questions a student answered correctly, he or she will have a “1” in those columns. If a student answers a question incorrectly, there will be a “0” in that column. The bottom row of the spreadsheet shows the percentage of all students that answered that question correctly.Slide44

References

Readworks. (2007). Spiders and a balanced diet. Retrieved from

http://www.readworks.org/passages/spiders-and-balanced-diet

Readworks. (2014). A Bad Robot. Retrieved from

http://

www.readworks.org/passages/bad-robotSlide45

Questions?Slide46

Disclaimer

Reference

within this presentation to any specific commercial or non-commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer or otherwise does not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the Virginia Department of Education.Slide47

Contact information

Rebecca Lowe

rlowe@fcpsva.org

Shawn Geary

sgeary@fcpsva.org