In this article, you will find the top 5 fantastic assessment tools for students and teachers to help invigorate your classroom. So, here is the Five digital tools and Apps recommended by teachers that can be used to Support excellent Formative Assessment in the Classroom.
Kahoot
Kahoot is a real-time game based tool that allows teachers to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys. Students easily join in by visiting the kahoot website and typing a simple code.
Teacher created questions are displayed on the main board, while students select their answers from one four icons displayed on their device. Once the game has ended, the top 5 players will have their names displayed on the main screen. Students really love kahoot. It brings their competitive spirit! Number related Ninja Kahoot tools are available for both students.
Google Form
Google form is an online tool which allows teachers to create surveys, exit tickets, quizzes and choose your own adventure activities,. Questions can be composed in the form of text, paragraph text, multiple choice, check-boxes, choose from a list, and sliding scale.
With the google forms quiz features, multiple choice questions are automatically graded providing immediate feedback to both teacher and student.
PLickers
Plickers (Paper Clickers), is a simple yet powerful real-time assessment tool that allows you to pol your class without the need for student devices. By scanning student cards with the plickers app ( IOS, Android ) teachers get instant feedback on their lesson.
Plickers is a great entry point for any teacher interested in creating a digital classroom that engages students.
Quizizz
Quizizz is a multiplayer, student-paced formative assessment tool, that is fun and engaging. Teachers are able to browse, use and edit thousands of public quizzes or create their own.
The Quizizz editor allows teachers to quickly customize assessment by editing text, adding pictures, or picking questions from previous and public quizzes.
Students are able to join an activity instantly by typing a simple game code. Real-Time data is available and full reports can be exported to an excel spreadsheet.
Socrative
Socrative is an online application that allows the teacher to create a variety of formative assessment. Using a quick code, the student can join activities which come in the form of quizzes, quick questions, space race and exit tickets.
Each activity comes with options of multiple choice, true/false or short answers.
The tool provides real-time results and reports that can be exported as a spreadsheet, pdf or saved directly to google drive.
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