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Using the iPad to

Assess, Document, & Reect


on Student Learning

An

Wednesdsay Webinar

Michelle Nash and Carolyn Skibba


Burley School, Chicago, Illinois

Logistics
The slides will be available online. Use hashtag #icewebinar for any tweets. We will pause for questions -- and also save
time at the end!

Todays session
Agenda: About us, our school, & our approach to assessment Overview of our Assessment Toolkit Examples of how teachers can use the iPad to engage in authentic, embedded assessment Implementation Tips Discussion

About Us

Carolyn Skibba

Michelle Nash

About Burley

About Burley
575 students

preK-8

About Burley

Literature

Writing

Technology

Learning at Burley

hands-on

Learning at Burley

collaborative

Learning at Burley

literature driven

Learning at Burley

technology rich

Learning at Burley

1:1 iPads - grades 1, 5, & 6 1:2 iPads - grades 2, 3, & 4

Assessment Challenges

Rich, engaging, authentic learning cant be measured by multiple choice tests.

Large class sizes make it challenging to engage in one-on-one conversation with students frequently enough.

Evidence of student thinking during the learning process can be hard to document with traditional tools.

Collecting journals, notecards, post-its, quizzes, projects, etc. can create a logistical challenge!

Some students dont express their best thinking in writing, especially young students and students with special learning needs.

What does the iPad bring to the assessment process?

Assessment on the iPad is:


rich varied multimodal embedded more frequent more personal student-driven collaborative/peer-enhanced efcient shareable

Assessment on the iPad is:


In many ways, the antidote to (and antithesis of) the automated student diagnostics approach to technology-based assessment.

Our Assessment Toolkit


Its not about the apps. However...

Our Assessment Toolkit


Screencasting Apps

Screenchomp (free)

Explain Everything

Educreations (free)

Our Assessment Toolkit


Apps to capture, illustrate, narrate

Drawing Pad

iMovie

Croak.it (free)

SonicPics

Our Assessment Toolkit


Apps to annotate

Notability PaperPort Notes (free)

Our Assessment Toolkit


Places to reect, connect, and share with others

Kidblog (free)

Edmodo (free)

Our Assessment Toolkit

Gathering Evidence:

Reading Strategies

Visualization (grade 1)

Drawing Pad

Visualization (grade 5)

Drawing Pad, Edmodo

Lingering Questions and Thinking

Annotating PDFs

Notability, PaperPort Notes

Video: Annotating in iBooks

Student notes emailed from iBooks

Using the camera to capture snapshots of learning


Camera

Video to assess strategy use

Camera

Narration: A more complete picture

SonicPics

Comprehension/Info Retention during read-aloud: Grade 1

Hear kids talk: Croak.It

1.
Tap.

2.
Talk (30 sec)

3.
E-mail or copy link.

Kids engage in all kinds of literature conversation through out the day. In the past, much of that was lost. Now, we can document and assess that valuable conversation and thinking. Consider using digital artifacts at parent conferences or creating snapshots over time.

Questions

Gathering Evidence:

Mathematical Thinking

Math Stories: Grade 1

Screenchomp

Math Stories: Grade 1

Screenchomp

Math: Screen Recording of Problem Solving

Screenchomp

Math: Screen Recording of Problem Solving

Screenchomp

Math: Sharing screencasts on Edmodo

Educreations, Edmodo

Any time kids can talk through their problem solving process, it reveals their thinking and uncovers opportunities for instruction.
Screencasting apps:

Draw and narrate

Screenchomp (free)

Explain Everything

Educreations (free)

Import a background (chart, map, image, etc.) Export to a free website, or export a stand-alone
le (Explain Everything only)

Questions

That magic tool where kids ll out an online form... ... and you get all their responses in a spreadsheet!

Just In Time Data:

Google Forms

Teacher-created forms allow each student to submit responses instantly to the teacher. Forms can be accessed through a link. The link can be accessed from your classroom home page, a tinyurl, a QR code, Edmodo, or e-mail. Students do not need an account to participate. Its free.

Google Forms: Independent Reading Log

Gathering data to assess independent reading, including variety, frequency, and challenge level of book selection

Google Forms: Independent Reading Log

Tracking Daily Reading

Tracking Daily Reading

Google Forms: Math Pre-Quiz

Gathering data to assess readiness for a new math concept and group students for targeted support

Google Forms: Math Pre-Quiz

With conditional formatting - correct responses are automatically green, incorrect responses are red, etc.

Google Forms: Math Pre-Quiz

With conditional formatting - correct responses are automatically green, incorrect responses are red, etc.

Writing About Reading

Paperless Assessments (Teacher)

Student selfreporting

Book Clubs

Midpoint Inquiry Circle Check

Peer-supported assessment with Google Forms

Questions

Peer-supported Assessment:

Collaboration Tools

Kidblog (free; app is new)

Edmodo (free)

Visualization with Peer Discussion (grade 5)

Drawing Pad, Edmodo

Writing about reading

Kidblog

Kids can provide peers with dialogue, questions, and feedback and build their learning community. Projects like screencasts can be shared easily in Edmodo. Common Core collaboration standards -both tools offer a chance to document collaboration.

Tips for Success


Create a positive culture of online collaboration to mirror the classroom culture. Set clear expectations for content, quantity, and quality. Start with structure, and then gradually release responsibility.

Questions

Documentation and Reection

Audio recording enables students to listen and reect.

Reection prompted by teacher questions

Screenchomp

Gathering reections efciently with Google Forms

Using any app where kids can talk, video record, or type, you can easily gather rich, varied student reections.

Whats next?

e-Portfolios

ArtKive

Evernote

VoiceThread

Implementation Tips

Introduce tools gradually.

Start with structure.

Move toward student choice in how they express understanding.

Build a culture of reection and collaboration.

Set up a clear le management system.


We use a combo of a generic shared e-mail, DropBox, Edmodo, and tools that share directly to the web.

Questions and Discussion

Michelle Nash michellentl@gmail.com Carolyn Skibba skibbaca@mac.com, twitter - @skibtech

ipadsatburley.blogspot.com Also:
Kristin Ziemke
twitter: @1stgradethinks

Katie Muhtaris
twitter: @literacyspark

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