Using ICT for AfL

Using ICT for AfL

1. ICT Assessment Tools

   • Testmoz
     • Positives
       • 4 types of question
       • Easy to create in minutes
       • Create an easy to access web link
       • View on-line results in real-time
       • Shuffle questions
       • Automatically marks questions
     • Negatives
       • No individual student reports
       • Somtimes unstable and can crash
       • Students can sometimes say that it's crashed and re-start
         • Can inflate result
           • means they have less targets to address
   • Socrative
     • Postitives
       • Download results in excel
       • Download individual student pdf
       • 4 types of questions
       • Exit tickets
       • Fairly easy to create - more difficult if don't use multiple choice
       • View on-line results in real time
       • Teacher or student pace
       • Randomize questions
       • Automatically marks questions
       • Space race - promotes social learning
       • Upload questions from excel
     • Negatives
       • Can be unstable for some students and crash mid assessment
       • Case sensetive - sometimes have to re-mark
       • good to test knowledge but not good for descriptive answers - could depend on what subject you teach
       • no collaboration
   • Kahoot!
     • Positives
       • Use ghost mode to re-enforce a topic - compete against yourself
         • Growth mindset
       • promotes competition - good for boys
       • Discussion can get the less confident to comment on questions
       • create surveys
       • Excel report
         • Individual question results
           • Give student more individualized target
       • Don't realize being assessed
       • Fun
       • Can play on any device with internet connection
       • Graphed answers so you can tell how many got it right immediately and address any misconceptions
     • Negatives
       • Can take a while to write multiple choice questions
       • Can copy the person next to you
       • No individual downloadable results
       • learners can rush answers
       • Can be unstable and sometimes crash
       • Noisy classroom!
       • Maybe not all students will have a device