Authentic Assessment and Feedback in Distance Learning by BetterLesson https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment Defining some of the big ideas we have discovered as coaches. en-us 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC 2024-10-15 23:25:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png A Coach's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728963 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728963 A Teacher's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728964 "We wanted to focus on more of a student centered-style approach rather than have to worry about grading 9th grade students, knowing that would stress them out and they would probably look up the answers.  I think we realized that students need different ways to show us what they know, some like traditional, others like video. We landed on a choice playlist, where students could pick at the end of the week how they wanted to be assessed. We used DeckToys to create pathways where they could choose routes and options over a 2 week period of time." - Ms. Delacruz]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728964 DeckToys designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728965 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728965 Seesaw Choice Board designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728966 Giving students more than one way to share what they know, and time and space to figure it out can be great!]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728966 Try to breakout synchronous learning into smaller groups! designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728967 Students will have more of a voice, they will have a chance to collaborate, which is one of the things they miss the most right now! The two tutorials below can help with this idea in Zoom and with Google Meet]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728967 Zoom Breakout Tutorials designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728969 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728969 Google Meet Breakouts designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728970 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728970 designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728971 Giving students choice about how they express their learning.]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728971 How to Give Learner Breakout Room Choice in Zoom designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728972

  • Make everyone a co-host as they enter Zoom.
    Do this in the participants window by clicking More by each name and choosing, "Make co-host." You will also have to click yes in the verification window that comes up.


  • Create your rooms manually, adding a room for Commons. This is because co-hosts can't move themselves into a room until they are already in a breakout room.
    Click Breakout Rooms, choose the manual option and make the number of rooms you need, plus one extra.
    Name the first or last room "Commons" and name the other rooms if you want specific topics.


  • Assign all learners to the Commons and open the breakout rooms.


  • Go into the Commons room and explain to them how/where to move.

    • ]]>     2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728972     A Coach's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728974 Listen to a coach's take below. Other ideas include:
    • Focus on the positive! Motivating and encouraging students is key
    • Asking students to complete a rubric as a self assessment when they hand it in
    ]]>     2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728974     A Teacher's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728975 "I started using ClassKick because we have touch screen Chromebooks, and we wanted to have something that would allow us to see student math work in real time. That way, instead of just right.wrong we can give feedback. On some questions, we make it open ended and allow students to see each other's thinking. The audio question types is nice too for explaining." -Mr. Sepak ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728975 Socrative designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728977 A great tool for instant feedback is Socrative. You can set answers as 'correct' and allow students to work through at their own pace, or in real time. You can even make quizzes into a collaborative game. ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728977 Quizizz designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728979 With Quizizz, students can engage on an interactive game at their own pace (unlike let's say Kahoot). As they play they get instant feedback on their answers. There are tons of free Quizizz to be found on the site]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728979 Leveraging Live Video Classes for Feedback designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728980 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728980 Whiteboard.fi to give feedback live and see students' work on virtual whiteboards designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728981 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728981 Formative for live feedback with "show your work" option designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728983 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728983 A Teacher's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728986 "My students check in with me during dedicated small group video calls throughout the week. Mondays is goal-setting video calls, Wednesday is Q+A or Press Conferences as we call it, and Friday's video call is assessment. They know Fridays are where I ask them questions to check their understanding, but they also know it is not a grade, and it is shared with the others in the small group" - Ms. Harris ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728986 A Coach's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728987 "As coaches, we know that communication in distance learning   needs to feel safe and open for students to get feedback and give feedback on their learning progress.  Ensuring that in any task or check for understanding we give has a way for students to communicate with peers or teachers can help ensure that it feels like a safe space to grow and share. Other ideas include:
    • Leveraging peers as the people to give glows and grows on assignments
    • Celebrate examples of student work in videos or emails"
    ]]>     2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728987     Calendaring Expectations designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728988 This teacher calendars out all expectations to give students time to complete tasks, but also is clear about how they will be checking progress.]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728988 Listening to our students at a time they often feel voiceless designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728990 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728990 Comfort designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728992 Students need to be comfortable in front of a camera and recording themselves so activities like FlipGrid are more successful! ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728992 designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728993 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728993 A Coach's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728994 "In Distance Learning, changing the types of assessments we use is also smart. Authentic assessment can include many of the following:
    • Representations such as InfoGraphics
    • Essays or Audio; Interviews or Podcasts
    • Performance tasks
    • Exhibitions and demonstrations via Video
    • Portfolios
    • Journals or Blogs
    • Teacher-created tests
    • Rubrics
    • Self- and peer-evaluation
    Notice that in these, the student is at the center of the experience, and they are less about what students produce, than the actual process of putting them together"
    ]]>     2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728994     A Teacher's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728995 We worked with a teacher that wanted to use ThingLink to have students create InfoGraphics as a part of their synthesis of the learning they were doing on Google Docs and in Google Classroom. This fun, engaging activity was great for them to show her what they learned in a new way. ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728995 Flipgrid to Organize Digital "Science Fair" or "Research Project Fair" designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728997 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728997 Focusing on the Process... designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728998 portfolio of work over time! ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728998 A Coach's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728999 "This Big Idea is all about time.  In a physical classroom, we might rely on assessments that we give over one whole period, or quizzes on specific days.  At a distance, asking that of students is hard.  Instead, you might focus on chunking up assessments into smaller tasks, or looking at the body of their work over a given time to assess progress.  Some additional ideas include:
    • Asking students to do 'student led conferences' to share what they think their progress is like
    • Developing ways for students to be 'meta' about their work, such as with self assessments
    • Creating longer timelines for students to complete tasks"
    ]]>     2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698728999     A Teacher's Take: designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729000 "We use Seesaw to capture student work and give them a shared space. Their reading audio helps us to do fluency checks and give feedback, while taking a picture of their writing and sending it in makes it possible for even young students to write without typing" - Mr. Halvidier ]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729000 Popplet designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729001 Graphic Organizers and shared Google Docs can help students chunk their tasks into more manageable steps. Apps like Popplet can make this fun and collaborative as well.]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729001 Blogging and Journals designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729002 These can be popular ways to promote ongoing learning and reflection, and a great way to incorporate a mix of academic and social emotional writing. Tools like EduBlog, Seesaw, and KidBlog can be great for this!]]> 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729002 Individual Student's Flipgrid to Record Progress Over Time designteam https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729003 2020-08-25 22:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/698729003 https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/702760086 2020-08-27 15:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/designteam/FlexibleAssessment/wish/702760086