Formative Assessment--Remixed
The power of Visible Thinking and Effective Questioning
What is the vision we have for our students?
- What is the end we have in mind?
- Vision for student learning.
- What does student thinking look like?
*Graphic from Mercedes-Benz
How do we get there?
- Frame Quality Questions
- Strengthen Student Thinking
- Use Formative Feedback
- Promote Response-ability
- Nurture a Culture of Thinking
*From Thinking Through Quality Questioning: Deepening Student Engagement by Jackie Acree Walsh & Beth Dankert Sattes
Make Thinking Visible
What does visible thinking mean to you?
1. Go to student.infuselearning.com (open in new tab)
2. Room ID: 50853
*iPad Photo Courtesy of Kevin Honeycutt
Step 1: Get your graphics in line
Start with a student drawing, image, picture, graphic, or other piece of visual content. Use tools to edit, enhance, engage, enlighten, encourage, empower....ok out of e's. You get the point.
Skitch
Great For: basic editing, cropping, labeling, highlighting, blurring (think kid's faces or personal info, license plate). Student Project Example: Learned Behavior vs. Inherited Traits (story from in-class coaching)
PicCollage
Great For: Making collages of pictures...like it sounds. Nice variety of templates & very simple to use. Student Example: (My example really... Tucker & the Log) Photo Story
Easelly
Great For: Creating infographics with pretty templates, icons & graphics. Download as jpg or share link. Student Example: Process of book list creation
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Step 2: Add a layer of Awesome
Soundcloud
Incorporate audio into student creation projects. Discuss: accessibility, links & integration.
ThingLink
Add a level of interactivity to photos, drawings, reading passages, assignments and more. Discuss: endless possibilities, Mathy Cathy samples
Aurasma
Augmented Reality anyone? Don't be skeeeeeerd... Let's try it! Discuss: where does this tech transform?
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