https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp Made with charisma en-us 2018-08-23 17:14:10 UTC 2018-09-04 23:16:04 UTC hello@padlet.com tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275633283 Jeopardy can be used as a review game. The teacher creates questions based on the unit and students work in teams to answer questions and win points. The students practice collaborating with their peers and are motivated by the points. Assessing students' knowledge of the content through a game helps students demonstrate what they know in a low pressure environment. The weakness of jeopardy is the teacher does not get an individual representation of what the student knows because they are working in teams. ]]> 2018-08-27 17:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275633283 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275638436 Teachers can have the class use personal whiteboards in a class review game. The teacher gives a question or problem for the students to answer on their board and then the students raise their boards for the teacher to see their answers. Students that are hard to motivate benefit from an interactive review game. Also every student is participating at the same time therefor no one is singled out. The weakness is students can look ate their neighbor and get the answer.]]> 2018-08-27 18:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275638436 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275639760 A ticket out the door gives the students a chance to demonstrate their understanding of what they learning in the class that day. Teachers can create an essential question relating to the lesson for the student to answer before they leave. Students that need practice or recaps to help them remember benefit from a exit ticket. However, some students might feel too much pressure to work past so they can leave. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275639760 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640178 Doodle it can be used after a lesson as the student or group of students draw what they understand instead of writing it. This appeals to students that do not have strong literacy intelligence. Also art is a great way to engage the students in a fun way and give them the chance to show what they know. The weakness of Doodle it is that this tool can not be used for every subject. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640178 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640281 A final project gives students a chance to show their understanding of the subject in many different outlets. Students can show their understanding by creating a video, an art display, a book, a presentation, and many more. This is ideal for students that do not work well with a testing environment. Students are able to show all that they learning by creating something. The down side to final projects is the time consumption. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640281 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640308 Midterm exam's reinforce and evaluate what students have learned halfway through the course. This allows students to demonstrate what they have learned without having to study an overwhelming amount of content waiting until the end of the course to be tested. It breaks up the information to help the students that get overwhelmed with a large work load. It is important to measure students achievement and knowledge of the subject but on the other hand students can have testing anxiety when in testing environments.]]> 2018-08-27 18:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640308 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640360 End of the unit tests is given to the students at the end of the unit when all of the content has been taught and they are going to move to the next unit. Students are given a series of written questions reflecting the content in the unit. The format of the questions can come in a variety of forms such as multiple choice, true or false, fill in the balk, and short answer. The test is used to see if the students reached the goals of the unit before the teacher moves onto the next unit. The teacher can use the information from the test for the next unit if the unit is related to the previous one. Many students are motivated to practice and reinforce the concepts learned through out the unit to study for a unit test. However, Students with testing anxiety and/or trouble focusing can snuggle with unit tests.]]> 2018-08-27 18:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640360 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640785 Chalk talk is an informal activity that gets the students out of their seat and bouncing off of each others ideas. Chalk talks can be done before or after a lesson to see what the class knows and where to further instruction. This is favorable for the students that need to get out of their seats and interacting with the whole class. The weakness of using a chalk talk is that it is a class effort, the teacher may not be able to gage the level of understanding from each student.  ]]> 2018-08-27 18:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275640785 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275641574 The teacher asks the students how well they understand and the students give a thumbs up, thumbs down, or anything in-between bases on their understanding. The students keep their thumbs against their chest so that the other students can not see their answer. The teacher can then move on if there are all thumbs up or can reteach if there are students that don't understand. This is a great way to see if anyone is struggling without singling them out. Students that are not comfortable asking for help feel more conferrable communicating through this tool. This tool is very quick and easy but is very limited to prove what the students do know.]]> 2018-08-27 18:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275641574 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642076 Standardized tests measure what students are learning across the nation. They are given to the students typically annually. This ensures that students learning is meeting the standards they should be at each level they are at. The weakness is that students with testing anxiety or slow workers struggle to show their knowledge with standardized tests.]]> 2018-08-27 18:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642076 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642254 Quizzes are given within the unit to assess what the students know. Quizzes can come in a verity of forms such as multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blank, and short answer. The data from the students' quizzes can be used to gage what the students are ready to move onto and what the teacher needs to reteach. Quizzes assess a small part of the unit, therefor can be beneficial to students that get overwhelmed with high content tests. The bad thing about quizzes is some students still have testing anxiety. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642254 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642281 Students can check off what they have accomplished and understand during a unit, lesson, or task. Then the student knows where they need to improve and what they need to work towards. This allows the students to take ownership of their progression. Students that loose focus benefit form having a guide to tell them what they are aiming to accomplish. The weakness of this tool is that students might not be honest with their checklist. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642281 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642653 A final portfolio displays all of the students' skills and knowledge learned in the classroom by the end the unit. This can be presented by a variety of work collected throughout the unit. This illuminates pressure for students that have testing anxiety. The students don't need to show all their knowledge based on one test in a high pressure environment. Students that are hard workers in class will be noticed for their work. One downfall to final portfolios is that students do not have a chance to recap or practice what they learned again at the end.]]> 2018-08-27 18:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275642653 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275645480 With a checklist the teacher can keep track of his or her students achievements as the teacher observes the student. This assessment helps the teacher organizes the students progress and understand where to help the student. Analyzing the teacher's checklist, students that are falling behind can then be given more help and students that are ahead can be given appropriate work at their level. The great thing about a teacher check list is the efficiency of it, it can be at any time and takes only a second to record. The weakness to the checklist is also its simplicity, it is not detailed data. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275645480 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275645934 The teacher can assign two roses and a thorn for the students to reflect after a lesson. Students write down and turn in two things they understand and one thing they still have questions about. This way the teacher will know what she need to reteach. The teacher can see who the struggling students are without the rest of the class knowing. This tool can also be used as structure for peer reviews. As a peer review the student can write down two thing their peer did well in their assignment and one thing they need to improve on. This can be beneficial for students that need structure with their notes and students that do not speak up. A down fall to this tool is the writing skills required, therefor this would not be easy for younger grades. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275645934 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275655027 The student writes down three things they learned, two things they found interesting, and one thing they have a question about. This tool can be used after watching a movie, a lesson, or a learning task. This provides structure for students to summaries what they got out of the movie, lesson, or task. Students benefit from the structure of the notes and gives them the chance to recap on their understanding. The teacher can also take up the notes and see how to continue the lesson. There is a lot of writing so the lower grades probably will not use this tool. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275655027 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275655711 Students create a written report on the book they read. The report is a display of all the information pertaining to the book. This is a detailed assessment to show what the student knows and got out of the book. This assessment appeals to students with good literacy skills and students that do not do well in testing environments. However, this is a time consuming assessment and can be difficult for students with low literacy skills.]]> 2018-08-27 18:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275655711 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275656826 Students take a moment to write down what they understand about the subject at the beginning, middle, and end of the lesson. This strategy is great for students that have a hard time remembering content after a lesson. Taking a moment to recap what you know as the lesson progresses can be very helpful to remember what they learned. Also it provides useful notes to see how far one came and a reference point to look back on. However, some students might find this tedious and can be unmotivated. ]]> 2018-08-27 18:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/275656826 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277148790 Venn diagrams are a compare and contrast tool. Students can record what they know falls into one section or the other or both. This helps students that are visual learners to organize the information. This can be formative during the lesson or it can be summative at the end of the unit. However, one thing teachers need to be conscious of is students need to be taught how to use a venn diagram before just being told to use it. ]]> 2018-09-02 14:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277148790 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277357450 Teachers can conference with their students during a lesson to see the student's understanding of the concept. Teachers and students can have one on one conferences where the teacher asks questions about their understanding and can scaffold to help the student. Teachers can also have have group conferences to talk to the students about what they know and what they have questions about. Teachers can take notes to keep track of the student's level based on the conversations and observations. Students that do not speak up in front of the class benefit from this one on one time to talk things through. Also students that are stuck benefit from the scaffolding. However, this assessment is time consuming. ]]> 2018-09-03 20:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277357450 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277358893 Students can turn in a draft of what they have completed for feedback. The student is displaying what they know but are given the chance to get feedback on what they did well and receive help on what they need to improve on. The students' drafts can be peer review or teacher reviewed. The teacher can take note on what students are struggling with and can reteach or reexplain directions. This helps students that do not see their mistakes easily. It makes the students aware of their strengths and weaknesses. The weakness is some students might not put in their full effort if they know they are going to have someone help them fix everything in their paper.]]> 2018-09-03 20:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277358893 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277382337 After a concept in taught to the class the teacher will ask all of the students to show with their hands how well they understand. One finger is the lowest level of understanding and five fingers is the highest level of understanding. This can be used during instruction to gage weather the teacher can move on or needs to explain it again. Students that don't understand at first benefit from having the chance to communicate that to the teacher without having to call attention to their selves. This is the quickest way for the teacher to assess during a lesson but there is no proof that students understand as much as they are communicating with their fingers. ]]> 2018-09-04 00:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277382337 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277515587 Pretests are given at the beginning of the unit to see what the students knows about the unit. This helps the teacher know what to teach. The weakness of pretests is that students can get nervous when they are given a test even though it is not taken as a grade. When students are intimidated by the test format they might not show their full knowledge. The strength of a pretest is in the variety of ways the teacher can use the data to strengthen their teaching from the beginning of the unit. ]]> 2018-09-04 12:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277515587 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277542135 The teacher will brainstorm with the class before he or she begins the lesson. The teacher will ask the class what they know about the subject to understand their prior knowledge. A strength of this tool is students helping students pull all the information they know about the subject together. A class brainstorm itudents that enjoy class discussion from this assessment but students that do not speak up in front of the class do not benefit as much. ]]> 2018-09-04 13:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277542135 tinyelf52 https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277774853 Think, pair, share can be used at the beginning, middle or end of a lesson. The teacher posses a question or problem and the student starts out thinking on their own. Then the students will collaborate with a peer. Last but not least the students then share with the class their answer. This is a great tool to give students a chance to try it first on their own but then get support from a peer. Also, sharing with the class after talking to a peer receives a lot of pressure. This is an ideal tool for students that are not confident in their skills and students that need motivation by intreating with a class activity. A weakness of think, pair, share is that some students might not work well in pairs. ]]> 2018-09-04 22:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tinyelf52/axm8xl58skmp/wish/277774853