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Keeping Up With Johnny: 21st Century Formative Assessment

 Are we keeping up, or are we catching up…

Presenter: Jason Cranford

Teacher, Kings Mountain Middle School 7th Math and Science

No icons, Johnny, just a whiteboard…

Understanding Johnny

•  We must understand that Johnny cannot control:

1. Where he lives 2. His family income 3. What color his skin is 4. Who his parents are… Funny, but true story about the Declaration

of Independence…..

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Honestly, our technology

Now meet Johnny, your student…

Social Media Revolution 2013 •  h'p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUCfFcchw1w  

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Web 2.0

•  Web 1.0 was informational •  Web 2.0 is user input, user-editing and

communication

Forma?ve  Assessment  Process  

•  A  forma?ve  assessment  is  assessment  for  learning  while  a  summa?ve  assessment  is  an  assessment  of  learning.  

•  Forma?ve  assessment  is  to  summa?ve  assessment  what  a  physical  examina?on  is  to  an  autopsy.  

•  Summa?ve  gives  the  student  a  chance  to  prove  mastery;  forma?ve  gives  students  chances  to  improve  on  learning  

*Robert  Eaker,  Dufour  PLC  Conference  

Keys  to  a  Common  Forma?ve  Assessment  Process  

•  To  determine  if  an  assessment  is  forma?ve:  •  Is  it  used  to  iden?fy  students  with  difficul?es?  •  Do  students  receive  addi?onal  ?me  for  learning  when  they  have  difficulty?  

•  Do  students  get  addi?onal  opportuni?es  to  demonstrate  learning?  

•  Do  teachers  use  the  results  to  inform  and  improve  their  individual  and  collec?ve  prac?ce?  

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Some  prac?ces  that  hinder  effec?ve  learning…  

•  Averaging  grades  •  Thoughtless  use  of  zeros  •  How  we  oZen  grade  students’  first  a'empts  •  Not  allowing  students  to  do  make-­‐up  work  •  Giving  too  much  weight  to  assignments  that  involve  parent  par?cipa?on  

•  Out  of  school  suspensions  for  truancy  

Is  It  Good  Enough  For  Tucker??  

•  The  standard  for  “If  we  really  mean  it”  should  be  this:  “Is  it  good  enough  for  my  own  child?”  

•  Where  should  this  occur??  •  Any  school  •  Any  classroom  •  Any  teacher    •  Any  lesson  

Parents  send  their  best-­‐  they  don’t  keep  home  the  best  and  send  the  rest.  

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Web  2.0  Tools  Today  

•  Poll Everywhere: polling site that provides instant feedback

•  Kidblog.com: teacher friendly blog site; used for creative thinking and written expression

•  Google Forms and Self-graders •  Today’s Meet.com: provides immediate

feedback; allows for classroom collaboration

Web  2.0  Tools  Today  

•  Great  Ipad  Apps  (FREE!)  •  Educrea?on:  app  for  the  Ipad;  video  tutorials  students  can  do;    

•  Note  Any?me  •  Blendspace(formerly  Edcanvas)  

•  When  thinking  of  forma?ve  assessment  in  the  middle  school  classroom,  think  of  this:  

Go  watch  a  middle  or  high  school  football  prac?ce  if  you  want  a  snapshot  of  forma?ve  assessment  •  High  school  teams  have  ten  summa?ve  assessments,  and  the  head  coach  is  evaluated  on  the  basis  of  those  ten  assessments  

•  The  coach  prac?ces  the  skills  needed  for  that  week’s  assessment  using  a  “whistle”  

•  *courtesy  of  Robert  Eaker,  Dufour  PLC  Conference  

Football Friday Night

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Goodnight Ipad

•  To be an effective tech leader, you have to be flexible

•  There has to be a fine balance between tech and traditional lessons- you cannot expect to do tech lessons every day

*courtesy of Glenn Gurley, UNC-Charlotte