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Tag Archives: assessment
How to Use Socrative or Nearpod “On the Fly”
When folks ask me about the impact having 1-to-1 iPads this year has made in my classroom, the very first thing I mention is the iPad’s power in the realm of formative assessment. When folks ask me about my planning … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged app, assessment, formative, iPad, Keynote, nearpod, Socrative
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So Simple – Get Every Kid “To The Board” With Nearpod
I feel silly even posting this – it’s so simple and obvious, surely everyone who has used Nearpod in the mathematics classroom has already thought of this! Today, at 6:45am as I flipped my head upside-down to blow dry my … Continue reading
Thatquiz.org: A Great (iPad-Friendly) Freebie for Skill Practice & Formative Assessment
This gem deserves a standing ovation! Or, at the very least, its own dedicated blog post by yours truly. Every time I have shared thatquiz.org with other teachers they: A) Have never heard of it B) Love it! Thatquiz.org is a simple website … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged assessment, formative, iPad, Keynote, technology, thatquiz.org, thinglink
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An Unintended “Perk”: iPads + Socrative = “The Best Review” For Exams
I shared recently about how the Socrative App / student-response system has encouraged and enabled me to revamp my daily warm-up routine. This increased accountability through 3-question weekly Socrative warm-up quizzes has been an efficient and informative way to complete … Continue reading
How Socrative Changed My Warm-Ups
My beginning-of-class routine has evolved over the course of my career. In the beginning, I simply did a “DO-NOW” which rarely involved mathematical thought at all. It was a daily reminder about having necessary materials out and being “with it” … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Accountability, app, assessment, iPad, Socrative, Warm-Ups
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Socrative and My Students Have a Love/Hate Relationship
I adore this app, and all that it stands for. Instant feedback. Instant color-coded data. Extremely user-friendly interface for the teacher. My students, however, are not so quick to rave about Socrative these days. When Socrative was *only* about data … Continue reading
Revamping a Writing Strategy… for Math!
Several years ago, I attended a workshop with an attention-grabbing opening activity. The presenter posed a simple question, then each of us was to write a response to the question for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, we passed our papers … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged assessment, cooperative learning, formative, mathematics communication, problem solving, writing
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Socrative: Instant Feedback Homework Check
I decided to mix things up – homework had been building up and I wanted instant feedback on how my students were doing. I used Socrative as a tool to instantly “spot check” student work. I chose several problems from … Continue reading
Assessment FOR Learning
My Algebra students have been solving multi-step equations for a few days, and I knew it was time to assess. I designed some interactive paper “foldables” to organize student work for each problem type, as well as model my expectations … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged app, assessment, formative, iPad, Socrative, thatquiz.org
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Empowered
After using thatquiz.org yesterday to “pre-test” my students for an upcoming unit on rational numbers, I knew some basic number theory concepts were lacking. So today, I took my first venture with Socrative, a free app that simulates using “clickers” … Continue reading
