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June 2, 2017:  Mrs. Peitz's students reviewed for their final exam.

Students first used multiple choice questions located on Jennie's Frog website to review individually on the computer.

Students then participated in a game of Trashketball in which they answered questions on individual whiteboards.

If they answered correctly, students used paper basketballs to shoot for points in an empty trash can.

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May 5, 2017:  Mrs. Burkhardt's English 9 students are completing a summative project for A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Their summative project required students to view and compare different dramatic interpretations of the fight scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

After taking notes on comparisons, students wrote a six-paragraph essay defending Shakespeare's original interpretation or one of the modern interpretations of the play.

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May 5, 2017:  Mrs. Warfield's students reviewed plot diagrams.

Students learned about plot diagrams before studying Antigone when Renee explained the events in the tragedy Oedipus.

Students read excerpts from Antigone and diagrammed the plot of Antigone today.

Students used an online plot diagram resource from readwritethink.org to create, save, and upload their plot diagrams to Renee's Frog site.

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May 5, 2017: Mrs. Peitz's students are learning how to code using Scratch.

Students programmed narratives last week and are now learning how to program games.

Jennie started with a simple example of Rock, Paper, Scissors and led students through hands-on exploration of programming the game.

Students then chose a game to program on their own.

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April 26, 2017: Mrs. Warfield's students reviewed elements of drama.

Students reviewed their knowledge of elements of drama using a Quizlet.

Renee went over the 6 elements on the board and required the students to switch between English and Spanish in their review.

They then completed a Quizlet Live in groups that included Spanish and English explanations of the terms.

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April 26, 2017:  Mr. McLaughlin and Renee Warfield's sheltered Government class reviewed for the PARCC exam.

Students completed a practice assessment from Maryland.gov and Quizlet for students to review vocabulary in action.

After completing the practice activities, Renee translated problem terms into Spanish while Matt went over the questions.

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April 12, 2017: Mrs. Burkhardt's students created story boards for Midsummer Night's Dream.

Students had to create a story board of a mini-scene of their choice using Storyboardthat.com.

The story board included direct quotes and three frames.

They then had to explain the blocking in their story board using evidence from the play.

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April 12, 2017: Mrs. Warfield's students are studying Oedipus.

Students identified and explained the conflict Oedipus faces in the play in their bellringer.

Students then used their study guide for the tragedy to complete a Quizizz to review their notes (pictured).

Renee discussed the plot of Oedipus with students (exposition, climax and resolution).

They then went to storyboardthat.com to create their own story boards on the plot of Oedipus.

They are discussing the plot of Oedipus in preparation for reading portions of Antigone.

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March 16, 2017: Matt and Renee co-teach a sheltered government class for ESL students.

They were covering the Constitution (specifically article 3) during today's class.

I suggested a new model for deconstructing the ideas in the constitution and started the Google Doc for them.

This will help students translate and visualize what is included in the Constitution.

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February 28, 2017: Mr. McLaughlin's US History students created Frog pages on the 1920s and 1930s.

Students had to write a group encyclopedia article with citations summarizing the decade. They collaborated on the group article via Google Docs.

Each individual created an article on a specific term from that decade to include on their group's Frog page.

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February 28, 2017: Mrs. Warfield's students started a unit on Of Mice and Men today.

Students were given pictures from the Great Depression.

Students had to describe what was happening in the picture.

After describing their pictures, students were tasked with describing describing characters in the first chapter of the book on paper.

They compared Lennie and George at the end of class using this padlet.

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February 28, 2017:  Mrs. Burkhardt's students started a project exploring Shakespeare's World today.

Students looked at Nori's Frog page for directions (attached).

Groups were then directed to create their own Frog page detailing aspects of Shakespeare's world.

This project is in preparation for reading A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Using supports students will be challenged and empowered to use primary and secondary sources that are at and above grade level to formulate ideas and opinions and build critical reading skills.

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Choose dates for coaching on this google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QZs-mQJJXTqQX-yMW2it97fZ5h_buhSqfh5_myEK0dI/edit

Set up a date and plan for your learning labs.

Learning lab welcome letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uW83dY0FunOld9QOdOvXVdlYRZ5Rf5i_onD8tL2M2YM/edit

Learning lab feedback: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCHrEDyIwfC3L2Cb0OpjhgN_0ag1s4RmjqkZVNeJv-A/edit

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Check out this list of digital tools you can use in your classroom.

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There is no shortage of formative assessment strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative instructional practice in their classrooms. Here is an extensive list of 75 digital tools, apps, and platforms that can help you and your students use formative assessment to elicit evidence of learning. We didn't just add any old tool to this list. Here are the criteria we used for those that made the cut:

Supports formative instructional strategies and ways to activate learners to be resources for themselves and peers

Is free or awful close to it (under $10 per year, where possible)

Allows both students and teachers to take the activator role when possible (sometimes teachers need to get things started)

Before you dig into the tools, I encourage you to spend some time thinking about exactly what you want to accomplish with your students. "How to pick the right digital tool: Start with your learning goal" by Erin Beard can help you wrap your head around goals and guide you in choosing the best tool for the task. "27 easy formative assessment strategies for gathering evidence of student learning" can help you decide what strategies work best for you and your students.

Record audio and video

Create quizzes, polls, and surveys

1. Crowdsignal Lets you create online polls, quizzes, and questions. Students can use smartphones, tablets, and computers to provide their answers, and information can be culled for reports.

2. Edulastic Allows you to make standards-aligned assessments and get instant feedback.

3. FreeOnlineSurveys Helps you create surveys, quizzes, forms, and polls.

4. Gimkit Lets you write real-time quizzes. And it was designed by a high school student!

5. Kahoot! A game-based classroom response system that lets you create quizzes using internet content.

6. MicroPoll Helps you create polls, embed them into websites, and analyze responses.

7. Naiku Lets you write quizzes students can answer using their mobile devices.

8. Obsurvey Designed to make surveys, polls, and questionnaires.

9. Poll Everywhere Lets you create a feedback poll or ask questions and see results in real time. Allows students to respond in various ways. With open-ended questions, you can capture data and spin up tag clouds to aggregate responses.

10. Poll Maker Offers unique features, like allowing multiple answers to one question.

11. ProProfs Helps you make quizzes, polls, and surveys.

12. Quia Lets you create games, quizzes, surveys, and more. Access a database of existing quizzes from other educators.

13. Quizalize Helps you create quizzes and homework.

14. Quizizz Guides you through designing quizzes and lets you include students in the quiz-writing process.

15. Quizlet Lets you make flashcards, tests, quizzes, and study games that are mobile friendly.

16. Survey Hero Designed to build questionnaires and surveys.

17. SurveyMonkey Helpful for online polls and surveys.

18. SurveyPlanet Also helpful for online polls and surveys.

19. Triventy Lets you create quizzes students take in real time using individual devices.

20. Yacapaca Helps you write and assign quizzes.

21. Zoho Survey Allows you to make mobile-friendly surveys and see results in real time.

Brainstorm, mind map, and collaborate

Present, engage, and inspire

Generate word or tag clouds

1. EdWordle Generates word clouds from any entered text to help aggregate responses and facilitate discussion. Word clouds are pictures composed of a cloud of smaller words that form a clue to the topic.

2. Tagxedo Allows you to examine student consensus and facilitate dialogues.

3. Wordables Helps you elicit evidence of learning or determine background knowledge about a topic.

4. WordArt Includes a feature that allows the user to make each word an active link to connect to websites, including YouTube.

Get real-time feedback

Foster family communication

1. Remind Lets you text students and stay in touch with families.

2. Seesaw Helps you improve family communication and makes formative assessment easy, while students can use the platform to document their learning.

3. Voxer Lets you send recordings so families can hear how their students are doing, students can chat about their work, and you can provide feedback.

Strengthen teacher-to-student or student-to-student communication

Keep the conversation going with live chats

1. Backchannel Chat A teacher-moderated version of Twitter.

2. Chatzy Supports live, online chats in a private setting.

Create and store documents or assignments

1. Google Forms A Google Drive app that allows you to create documents students can collaborate on in real time using smartphones, tablets, and laptops.

2. Piazza Lets you upload lectures, assignments, and homework; pose and respond to student questions; and poll students about class content. This tool is better suited for older students as it mimics post-secondary class instructional formats.

Learn more

There are several resources for learning more about formative assessment and responsive instruction strategies. Consider our formative practices workshops, where school and district teams can gain a better understanding of the role formative practice plays in instruction and the four foundational practices to use in the classroom. Or for a quick start, download our eBook "Making it work: How formative assessment can supercharge your practice."

Jump in, try new tools and methods, and have fun!

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75 digital tools and apps teachers can use to support formative assessment in the classroom

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There is no shortage of formative assessment strategies, techniques, and tools available to teachers who use formative instructional practice in their classrooms. Here is an extensive list of 75 digital tools, apps, and platforms that can help you and your students use formative assessment to elicit evidence of learning.

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Your coach is Sarah Lasater.  She lives in Fayetteville, NC and spent her teaching career teaching ninth-grade World History in NC.

Contact info:
slasater.depd@gmail.com
(980) 225-6247

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Use the attached PDF to set a personal goal and a goal aligned to Talbot County's goals for your participation in the DLC.  Your coach will collect artifacts supporting your goal during each visit.