assessment Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/assessment/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:34:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Game show classroom: Comparing Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live and Gimkit https://ditchthattextbook.com/game-show-classroom-comparing-kahoot-quizizz-quizlet-live-and-quizalize/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=game-show-classroom-comparing-kahoot-quizizz-quizlet-live-and-quizalize https://ditchthattextbook.com/game-show-classroom-comparing-kahoot-quizizz-quizlet-live-and-quizalize/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:57:34 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4229 The best features of game shows can be used to review and teach in the classroom. Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live, and Gimkit can help. See their pros, cons and what makes them different.As a child, I remember one specific thing I always looked forward to on days when I stayed home sick from school — […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/game-show-classroom-comparing-kahoot-quizizz-quizlet-live-and-quizalize/feed/ 153 20 ways to use Go Formative for awesome assessment https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-use-formative-for-awesome-assessment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-ways-to-use-formative-for-awesome-assessment https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-use-formative-for-awesome-assessment/#comments Sat, 02 May 2020 13:35:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3717 Go Formative is your digital home for creating questions, delivering them to students and watching results in real time. Here are 20 great ways to use it.When I return graded homework to students, I sort of cringe on the inside. I’m never sure where all that hard work and meaningful feedback is going to end up. Sometimes […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-use-formative-for-awesome-assessment/feed/ 12 We don’t do tests: Using Gimkit for assessment https://ditchthattextbook.com/we-dont-do-tests-using-gimkit-for-assessment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-dont-do-tests-using-gimkit-for-assessment https://ditchthattextbook.com/we-dont-do-tests-using-gimkit-for-assessment/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:46:18 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=12240 Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that makes assessments feel like fun! How can you use Gimkit in your class? Read on for ideas. This post is written by Omoyemwen Ngei, a grade six teacher at Ellerslie campus, Edmonton Public School District. in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prior to teaching in Canada, she was […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/we-dont-do-tests-using-gimkit-for-assessment/feed/ 3 25 practical ways to use Google Forms in class, school https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-practical-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-class-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-practical-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-class-school https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-practical-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-class-school/#comments Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:54:04 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4611 Google Forms give educators a powerful data collection tool. Check out these 25 ways to harness its power in school. Everyone wants data. Schools want it to track student performance. Companies want it to learn about their customers. We track data in our own personal lives (fitness data, banking data, even social media data). Teachers and students […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-practical-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-class-school/feed/ 39 7 ways to ditch those traditional assessments https://ditchthattextbook.com/7-ways-to-ditch-those-traditional-assessments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-ways-to-ditch-those-traditional-assessments https://ditchthattextbook.com/7-ways-to-ditch-those-traditional-assessments/#comments Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:32:33 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=10666 [callout]This post is written by Scott Nunes, a high school ELA teacher in Modesto, CA. He is a speaker, blogger, and graphic designer. Scott is also the co-host of the TNT EdTech podcast. You can connect with him on Twitter @MrNunesTeach. [/callout] For a couple of years now I have been wondering if there is a […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/7-ways-to-ditch-those-traditional-assessments/feed/ 1 Ditch That Grade! 9 ways to move beyond the grade and on to meaningful learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/ditch-that-grade-9-ways-to-move-beyond-the-grade-and-on-to-meaningful-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ditch-that-grade-9-ways-to-move-beyond-the-grade-and-on-to-meaningful-learning https://ditchthattextbook.com/ditch-that-grade-9-ways-to-move-beyond-the-grade-and-on-to-meaningful-learning/#respond Mon, 20 May 2019 19:10:59 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=10012 [callout]This post is written by Rachael Mann, the founder of #TeachlikeTED and coauthor of The Martians in Your Classroom. She speaks and writes about the future of education and helps teachers rethink the learning spaces of today. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn: @RachaelEdu. [/callout] I know what you are thinking, ditch that […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/ditch-that-grade-9-ways-to-move-beyond-the-grade-and-on-to-meaningful-learning/feed/ 0 10 useful tools for assessment with tech https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-innovative-ways-to-assess-with-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-innovative-ways-to-assess-with-tech https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-innovative-ways-to-assess-with-tech/#comments Thu, 21 May 2015 10:45:05 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3238 We’re down to the final days of the school year at my school, and many students and teachers have turned their thoughts to assessment. Final exams. Final projects. End-of-course assessments. Quick review sessions. Plenty of options exist to gauge student understanding by using tech tools. The assessment process can be engaging for students and more […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-innovative-ways-to-assess-with-tech/feed/ 15 20 features of a great paperless classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-features-of-a-great-paperless-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-features-of-a-great-paperless-classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-features-of-a-great-paperless-classroom/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 13:45:35 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=1446 Going paperless has a lot of benefits. Work time can be more productive. What students produce can be shared widely. And think of the thousands of sheets of paper saved. When I ditched my textbooks several years ago, I moved toward more electronic means of doing almost everything in my classroom. Here are 20 ways […]

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