by Jessica Smith | Feb 22, 2016 | Assessment, Innovative Instruction, Web 2.0
Riddle is a FREE web-based tool that allows users to create opinion polls, lists, quizzes, and personality tests. If you’re familiar with Buzzfeed (your students will be), Riddle allows you to create similar quizzes. It’s a fun and simple formative...
by Laura Plotts | Feb 9, 2016 | Assessment, TLT
The following article from eduTOPIA lists five formative assessment tools that you may want to explore http://goo.gl/ZoCSzo . Two of the tools mentioned, Socrative and Kahoot, are tools that TLT have conducted session on in the past and have created step by step...
by Jessica Smith | Jun 29, 2015 | Assessment, instructional technology, Pedagogy, TLT, Web 2.0
If you’ve ever asked your students “are there any questions?” you’ve likely received blank stares and shrugs. Assuming this to mean everyone understands the content, you move on. But what if students aren’t sure how to articulate what...
by Laura Plotts | Jun 9, 2015 | Assessment, Best Practices, instructional technology, TLT
At the 2015 Teaching Professor Conference one of the sessions I attended was Topping Out on Bloom:Technology for Student Projects led by Ike Shibley. I found it to be very helpful when thinking about a technology assignment that encourages students to use...
by Jessica Smith | May 28, 2015 | Assessment, Google Apps, instructional technology, Web 2.0
Let’s be honest. Grading can be a drag. We may love teaching and mentoring students, but when faced with a stack of 100 essays, some of us consider a career change. Providing students with frequent and meaningful feedback takes a lot of time and energy, but...