Activity 8: Assessment part Deux


This activity had a lot to it and at times I thought it had too many steps but after being done, I am glad I did it. There were two items in particular that stood out to me as things I am excited to use this year. I thought the branching part of this assignment was fantastic. I learned a whole lot that I did not know prior. I like the idea of guiding students through a form while using tutorials to help those who might have trouble.. The second item that excites me is Flubaroo. 

The other day my team and I were working on planning out a flexible first 20 day schedule for math. We are going to use google forms to assess and check for student understanding of the standards. We are most excited about Forms' ability to put the data into a easily readable spreadsheet so we can pinpoint those students who need more practice or modeling. That data can also be used to differentiate groups for a given standard or skill. In the past I have become overwhelmed with assessing, checking, adjusting throughout the year. I think all the time it took to check slowed me down significantly. This ability to do the checking for me will improve my efficiency with gathering and using my classroom data. I am looking forward to all the potential forms brings into my classroom.

Both forms I created are on my blog under the language arts tab at the top of the page.