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Put specific color on computer to let teacher know you need help

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Find and save recipes, parenting hacks, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

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At any time during the day/lesson students can ask a question on a board, window, paper, etc

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Ask your peer, if they don't know, the peer then addresses the teacher with that question

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design discussions
no-schedule meetings
professional development
collaborate with clients
sales and marketing

replace text-only discussions
interactive lectures
support UDL principles
no-schedule office hours
professional development

student presentations
conversational practice
professional development
rich assessment
safe and accountable

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Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

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Formative assessments-the ongoing checks for understanding that [should] occur during learning in every classroom. Yep, from signaling to sticky notes and everything in between, educators have developed an amazing range of strategies to informally evaluate student progress.

If you're looking for a few new suggestions to add to your teacher toolbox, then be sure to check out the infographic shown below that includes ideas with and without technology.

Thanks to Pam Jimison, author of the WJU EdTech blog, for creating this useful visual and to Edudemic for sharing it!
Infographic of the Week is a series designed to promote the use of infographics and visual literacy in the classroom. Classroom Connection:
The formative assessment process provides information needed to adjust teaching and learning while they are still happening. Use the strategies and/or tools on the infographic to collect evidence of student learning so you can make informed decisions about future instruction.

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Infographic of the Week: Formative Assessment Strategies

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Formative assessments-the ongoing checks for understanding that [should] occur during learning in every classroom. Yep, from signaling to sticky notes and everything in between, educators have developed an amazing range of strategies to informally evaluate student progress.

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Checking for understanding is the foundation of teaching.

Whether you're using formative assessment for data to personalize learning within a unit, or more summative data to refine a curriculum map, the ability to quickly and easily check for understanding is a critical part of what you do. (Which was the idea behind our post last March, "10 Assessments You Can Perform In 90 Seconds Or Less.")

The following infographic Mia MacMeekin offers up 27 additional ways to check for understanding. Some aren't necessarily quick-"Test what you learned in a new situation"-but there are a dozen or more other ideas that are worth adding to your teacher toolbox, many of which aren't content-related, but rather cognitively-related (Locate 3 people who agree with your point of view.)

Good stuff.
Image attribution flickr user deepcwind and miamacmeekin; 27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

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27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

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Checking for understanding is the foundation of teaching. Whether you're using formative assessment for data to personalize learning within a unit, or more summative data to refine a curriculum map, the ability to quickly and easily check for understanding is a critical part of what you do.

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My goal this year is to do a better of job of checking for understanding (or quick, simple formative assessments). Today I created some cards to attach to the student desks that will do just that!

Just download the file below and print on green, yellow, and red card stock. The GREEN is for students who totally understand the concept, YELLOW for students who kind of understand and RED for students who don't understand. To increase the functionality, I also printed the letters A, B, and C on the back in case I want to use them for a quick multiple choice response. (You may want to laminate for durability. I plan on doing it when I get to school, but I wanted to share them with you today.) Then, punch a hole in the top corner and connect the 3 cards with a metal book ring. If you have the typical student desks you could use a string or ribbon to connect the ring to one of the metal bars on the desk. I have permanent lab tables, so I am going to use ribbon to connect them to the base of the gas valves or base of the sink faucets that are on the student lab tables.

Enjoy the FREE printables and let me know how it goes!!

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Checking for Understanding FREE Printable

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My goal this year is to do a better of job of checking for understanding (or quick, simple formative assessments). Today I created some cards to attach to the student desks that will do just that! Just download the file below and print on green, yellow, and red card stock.

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Same concept as cups!

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"Do this" if you understand

"Do this" if you don't, etc.

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Host interactive online meetings | Poll Everywhere

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Write and show the board

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Have a student teach the class a concept or skill!

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Or video using whatever device you have

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Give them a question, have them convince themselves, convince their peer, and then convince a skeptic and walk around the room and listen.

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Ready? Get started right now Already have an account? Log in Students can join from home or even from other schools to make the classroom community even bigger. The backchannel improves meetings, presentations, Socratic seminars and fishbowls, movies and silent activities, reviews and snow days, and more.

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Review student understanding at the class, individual student, or question-level.

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green, "we're good!"

yellow - "could use some help when you are able, struggling a bit"

red - " need help now - totally stuck!"

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Fist = 0, totally lost

Five = they got it