Professional Documents
Culture Documents
By Meghan Borg
Description: All of the recommendations except one found in this document are geared for a 7th
grade science class with the focus on life science. This document can also be accessed via this
link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Zu5D4SV5xQXmtIkeS-
DmGNUjdTsLJtQ2EJL67RSKRU0
Social Media Tool Brief Description Specific description of use
in the classroom including
obstacles to overcome,
concern, anticipated
successes
Answer Garden Answer Garden is a site that This site would be useful for a
https://answergarden.ch/ allows the teacher to ask a quick pre-assessment of what
question of the class and students know about the topic
gathers responses on the or following up on what they
teachers screen when have learned. For example, I
learners put in the code and usually begin the evolution
then input their answers. unit I teach with a 10
Teachers can opt to have Myths/Misconceptions about
respondents use 20 or 40 evolution. Students are given
characters. a statement, have to decide if
it is true or false, and indicate
the response. This site could
provide an alternate avenue
for that. Obstacles to using
this site include the lack of a
friendly user interface and the
fact that it would take longer
to use than just giving each
table a mini whiteboard and
having them jot a response.
Success means that students
who typically do not
contribute a response to a
group of peers may be more
comfortable sharing in an
anonymous setting.
Poll Everywhere Instructors can create a poll This is the type of activity I
https://www.polleverywhere.c with multiple question types would use after my students
om/ including true/false, multiple have completed assigned
choice, or free response. reading to check for
Responses occur on a comprehension. Questions
common screen so that should include all of the
learners can see them essential information covered
chronologically or as a word in the reading selection. An
cloud. Other features are obstacle while using this is
available if the paid version is that instructors do not know
used. Correct answers to which students respond to
questions are not displayed. the question. This does not
allow for specific formative
assessment since the teacher
cannot tell which students are
answering correctly,
incorrectly, or not at all.
Successful use of Poll
Everywhere would expose
inaccurate understandings
when it is clear that a majority
of the class did not interpret
the text correctly.