Technology for Classroom Assessment

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Technology for Classroom Assessment

• Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D.
• Reporting Section Chief
• NCDPI

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Disclaimer

• Not official policy
• Not endorsed by the NCAE
• Not working for the instructional technology
  folks
• Not on a vendors payroll

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Back to Basics!

• The shorter the time between miscue and
  intervention, the faster the extinction!
• Translation- immediate feedback is best
• How long between turn in and turn back?
• Do you have a life outside school?

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More Basics

• You know you are teaching, how do you know they
  are learning?
• Madeline Hunter, 6 steps learning?
• How do you check for learning?

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Almost forgot

• If a student doesnt get it, what to do?
• I am not the devil!
• Do pacing guides make sense if nobody is getting
  it?

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Students

• Do they know they did it wrong on the quiz before
  they take the test?
• Can they be reinforced in time?
• Can they say what they mean, not what they think
  their friends will say?

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Technology

• Individual computers can provide this feedback
• ILS packages
• Etc
• 30,000 plus the space and software
• Does it match?

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More?

• Make your own!
• Test only your content
• Several hours
• Check each computer somehow for scores
• Individualized
• Feedback to each student on their level

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Been there, Done That!

• Hyperstudio
• Hypercard
• HTML (with some of Chriss special toys)
• Seriously, you need partners
• Seriously, do you have enough computers?

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Issues

• Development time
• Collecting data
• Hardware
• Setting (space)
• How you teach!

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Solutions

• A system in your room
• Collects responses
• Shows them to you
• Real time
• No interruption

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Is it the future?

• No
• University of Illinois 1988
• Medical School lecture hall
• Sorry only 100,000 system
• Not really computerized

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Next?
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What?

• IBM Palisades
• Hardwired!
• Computerized
• Response system
• You got the room?
• You got the budget?

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E instruction
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What?

• RF
• Lots of buttons
• Integrates with PowerPoint etc
• Test banks
• www.einstruction.com

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Quizdom
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What?

• Infrared device
• USB
• Integrates with PowerPoint etc
• Testbank
• www.quizdom.com

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Activ system
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What?

• RF
• Integrates with whiteboard system
• Saves individual results in presentation
• Exports to Excel
• Testbank? (a vendor says an NC 4th grade reading
  is due out soon)
• www.prometheanworld.com

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So?

• Price is an issue
• Look for easy ability to use
• Time!
• Does it work with the rest of the toys?
• Durability?
• Share?

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Wisdom

• The faster you give feedback, the sooner you fix
  the problem
• The easier to use, the more you use
• Think in terms of systems
• Think in your room

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Me

• Presentation available at
• www.cobitz.com
• Questions about this presentation
  chris_at_cobitz.com