Apps and tools for Formative Assessment
Nearpod allows teachers to construct presentations using the Nearpod website and deliver instruction to students by pushing content out to multiple devices at once. The teacher controls the presentation from a master iOS device, while students follow along on a device. To enliven instruction, teachers can also embed multiple choice questions, polls, videos, quizzes, open-ended questions, and web-links in their presentations.
Website: http://www.nearpod.com/web
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nearpod/id523540409?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nearpod/id523540409?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.panareadigital.Nearpod
Quizlet is an excellent study tool for students, where they can access pre-existing study tools designed by others or create their own. Students and teachers can create flashcards, quizzes, memory tasks and activities which increase students' direct experience with the course content, increasing their understanding and retention of material.
Website: https://quizlet.com/
Edmodo app: http://www.edmodo.com/publisher?uid=507204
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quizlet/id546473125?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quizlet/bgofflgeghkhocbociocnckocbjmomjh
This is an amazing formative assessment tool that allows an educator to: Make quizzes, Start a discussion, and/or Create A Survey. If your students like a gaming environment complete with a leaderboard then this will be a hit in the classroom. Content questions can be used and the teacher has access to all results.
Website: http://getkahoot.com/
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1131203560?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1131203560?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.mobitroll.kahoot.android
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.mobitroll.kahoot.android
Imovie can bring your lessons to life through video, sound, and picture. It is a powerful and highly engaging tool for students to share their knowledge and express themselves in the form of digital movies. Students can create how-to videos, video reports, digital story telling and creative video presentations.
Paid Mac program: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id408981434?mt=12&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8&at=10l6SU
eduCanon is an online learning environment to build and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any YouTube, Vimeo, or TeacherTube video content (screencasts, Khan Academy, Minute Physics, TED, NOVA, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students. By time-linking activities that students engage with as the video progresses the content is segmented into digestible components - increasing student engagement and, through our real-time monitoring, informing the next day’s lesson planning.
Website: https://www.playposit.com/
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/educanon-interactive-vide/lnjmoiijkgfmefmkakinejkfjgampbjh
Geddit is a new web-based app for the 1:1 classroom that lets students give instant feedback about their understanding. This information is visible in real-time so that teachers can identify needs as they occur, allowing for quick and easy differentiation. Geddit also includes your favorite quizzing features (multiple choice, short answer etc) to support the student 'check-ins'. Geddit focusses on a feedback process that starts with the student. This model empowers students in the formative assessment process while teaching them skills of metacognition.
Website: http://letsgeddit.com/
Plan and build interactive presentation deck directly from your Google Drive.
Website: https://peardeck.com/
Socrative (beta) is another free online tool that will allow you to create a variety of assessments. Participants can respond to questions using a variety of devices that have a web browser, or using an App for the iPad. (There is even an App for the teacher to control quizzes, however, it is not as robust as accessing via a web browser.)
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.socrative.teacher
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teacher-clicker-socrative/id477620120?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teacher-clicker-socrative/id477620120?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.socrative.com/
Edmodo app: http://www.edmodo.com/publisher/socrative
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/socrative-teacher/ofajgnplnindhnhnconjocimijjifaln?hl=en
EDpuzzle is a new innovative site that lets you take just about any video off the web, edit it down to the portions you want, add audio notes and questions for students, and create virtual classrooms where you can monitor individual student work.
Website: http://edpuzzle.com/
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edpuzzle/id919598209?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edpuzzle/id919598209?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/edpuzzle/aibecpgimejiilcodkhopfpbelohhppf
TodaysMeet is a free online resource, no “App” required, just a web browser. This tool enables you to create a temporary online space to post ideas, respond to questions, interact with others
Website: http://todaysmeet.com/