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Formative Assessment using Google Apps Presented by: James Birchfield, IT Specialist, Harwich Public Schools Mark Hurrie, Harwich

Focus in the classroom on daily/weekly formative assessments Every year get the MCAS data, but. . . now what Must be simple! Must be easy to use! Use GoogleDocs Forms to create an online tool – create a multiple choice quiz and kids use it   How to create the assessment: · Build the form Create/New/Forms/create Q and include in notes the relevant standard (later you can sort by the standard) – · include any special instructions – · choose Q type – · after students respond, data can be captured in graph or table. · Students sign in with username, which is also collected as data – students need login – · once the data are gathered, share the results with students and have a conversation about what worked and what didn’t – this conversation is really important because it gets kids invested in the learning process My take-away: Find a teacher who administers a pencil and paper assessment; show her how to turn it into a google form – then use it as an opportunity to present the data in the library/lab. Question for Sandra: do we have student user accts on Google Apps?