ASSESSMENT+TOOLS

ASSESSMENT TOOLBOX

= AUDIO FEEDBACK / SELF-REFLECTION = Let your students make recordings to give feedback or to self-reflect on their work croak.it speakpipe.com recordmp3.org [|audioboo.fm] vocaroo.com

= FEATURED TOOLS =

Try out one or more of these featured tools:

blablameter.com

croak.it

flisti.com

instablogg.com

abcya.com

Rubistar.4teachers

= PORTFOLIOS =

Penzu

Carbonmade

= Mahara =

Maildiary

Evernote

Livebinders

Weebly

Digication

Glogster

Google Sites

+ other Google Apps that can be used as portfolios.

= PORTFOLIOS =

A portfolio is a collection of student work that shows student's efforts, progress and achievements. By using a portfolio students will become autonomous learners who reflect upon their learning practices and acquire self-regulation skills. Portfolios provide students with the opportunity to monitor the quality of their work, to track their progress, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and improve their performance.

**Professor Jon Mueller** created a very useful website about portfolios. Besides the explanations and reasons for using portfolios, Mueller offers a helpful guide on how to create portfolios. He addresses the following questions:

1. **Purpose**: What is the purpose(s) of the portfolio?

2. **Audience**: For what audience(s) will the portfolio be created?

3. **Content**: What samples of student work will be included?

4. **Process**: What processes (e.g. selection of work to be included, reflection on work, conferencing) will be enagaged in during the development of the portfolio?

5. **Management**: How will time and amterials be managed in the development of the portfolio?

6. **Communication**: How and when will the portfolio be shared with pertinent audiences?

7. **Evaluation**: If the portfolio is to be used for evaluation, when and how should it be evaluated?

= RUBRICS = =** Create your own rubrics and find inspiration **= Scholastic Rubistar.4teachers Recipes4success Teachnology iRubric

= POLLING TOOLS = flisti.com

vorbeo.com

polldaddy.com

pollmo.com

polleverywhere.com

siswebs.org

pollcode.com

getpolling.com

= BLOGGING TOOLS = blogger.com wordpress.com teacherblogit.com tumblr.com instablogg.com kidblog.org

= MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS for ASSESSMENT = chogger.com blablameter.com piclits.com answergarden.ch classdojo.com folderboy.com [|strikeapp.com]

= WORD CLOUDS =

Word cloud tools can be used for self-reflection and evaluation.

wordle.net

tagul.com

abcya.com

worditout.com

tagxedo.com

imagechef.com

= ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES = [|**//Intel//® Education**] provides teachers with different **assessment strategies** as well as guidelines for using them in the classroom. They are divided into five main categories:

1) **Strategies for gauging student needs** - used for detecting what students already know and how this knowledge can be connected to new concepts.

2) **Strategies for encouraging self-direction and collaboration** - used for fostering self-regulated learning, peer and self assessing and developing interpersonal skills.

3) **Strategies for monitoring progress** - used for keeping track of student progress and documenting learning growth.

4) **Strategies for checking understanding and encouraging metacognition** - used for encouraging students to reflect on their own learning.

5) **Strategies for demonstrating understanding and skill** - used for showing and sharing what students have created

= EXAMPLES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT =

Assessment in the 21st century classroom requires a balance of formative and summative testing. There are a lot of different techniques and strategies that can be used to assess students. **The West Virginia Department of Education** compiled an excellent list of different examples which teachers can use in different learning contexts and educational environments.

** [|Observations] **

** [|Questioning] **

** [|Discussion] **

** [|Exit/Admit Slips] **

** [|Learning/Response Logs] **

** [|Graphic Organizers] **

** [|Peer/Self Assessments] **

** [|Practice Presentations] **

** [|Visual Representations] **

** [|Kinesthetic Assessments] **

** [|Individual Whiteboards] **

** [|Laundry Day] **

** [|Four Corners] **

** [|Constructive Quizzes] **

** [|Think Pair Share] **

** [|Appointment Clock] **

[|**As I See It**]