This year, our district has implemented required formative assessment. As such, teachers are being asked to keep a formative assessment record of how students are doing. In response to this, I have sought the help of Google Drive, specially the FORM function in Google Drive. As a teacher, I need to streamline the process of keeping formative assessment records but also be able to do it in such a way that it does not subtract from my ability to instruct students. As such, I use my iPad to collect data. Then I review the data.
Several of my colleagues have asked about doing this as well. I was scheduled to provide a training to interested parties on using Google Drive and developing a formative assessment tool. Unfortunately, my little boy was sick and I needed to stay home to nurse him back to health. However, one of my colleagues stepped in and provided the training to the group. I am so thankful to my colleague Janet for doing this and showing great leadership.
I also developed a JING to help folks get started. Here is the link - http://screencast.com/t/ouE4pU9uOpvu. In developing a sample form, I created this one to help guide my colleagues: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?pli=1&formkey=dHVlNXFYZElQcmxsaG9rTlZBQ1VLM2c6MQ#gid=0 . Several of my colleagues have taken the jump and developed formative assessment tools to help them. I am pleased that we are moving forward and can only imagine how successful our students will be with our new tools. I was sincerely humbled today when a former colleague contacted me to inquire about how I collected data and I shared with her how I was using google drive to do it.
In using this tool, it must fit your needs and be straightforward. This is why I choose to go ahead and input n student's names so that my list is autopopulated and it is one less thing to have to type in. Additionally, I use the same form to collect other information about behavior, parental contacts, and documenting positive experiences. As we go forward, I hope that we all will continue to learn from each other and maximize our students and their success.
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