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Five Tools for Creating Automatically Scored Formative Assessments Formative, which was recently acquired by Newsela, is a great tool for creating formative assessments that can be automatically scored. I've been using it for the last half-dozen years to create formative assessments that include labeling diagrams, handwriting and drawing, and multiple choice questions. Formative recently added an AI component that can be helpful in creating assessments. You can see a demo of that feature here and a demo of some of Formative's other great features here. Plickers Plickers is another formative assessment platform that I've been using for years. It's a great option for conducting formative assessment activities when not all of your students have laptops or you would simply prefer an assessment activity that doesn't require them to use their laptops, tablets, or phones. My most recent blog post about using Plickers can be read here. A demo of how to get started using the Plickers platform is included in the video that is embedded below.  TeacherMade TeacherMade is a tool that you can use to turn your existing documents (Word, PDF, or Google Doc) into online, self-grading assignments. You can also create activities from scratch in TeacherMade. But perhaps my favorite way to use TeacherMade is to grab a Canva template and turn that into an online, self-grading assignment. How to use Canva templates in TeacherMade is demonstrated in this short video. Google Forms Google Forms is the tool that I've used for more years than anything else to create self-grading assessments. In fact, I was using it for that purpose back when you had to write a spreadsheet script to have Forms responses automatically graded. Fortunately, today it is is very easy to use Google Forms to create automatically graded assessments. Watch this video to learn how to get started and then head here for dozens of more Google Forms tutorials.  Microsoft Forms Microsoft Forms is every bit as good as Google Forms is for creating self-grading assessments. In fact, there are some features of Microsoft Forms that I wish Google Forms had. One of those is the new live presentation mode in Microsoft Forms. Learn more about that feature in this video and then head here for a dozen more Microsoft Forms tutorials.      Great Debates and Taylor Swift EconEdLink is a resource that I've recommended to social studies teachers for many years now. In addition to great economics lesson plans like this one about lemonade stands and this one about owning your first car, EconEdLink provides professional development opportunities throughout the year. Next week EconEdLink is hosting two free webinars for teachers. The first is Taylor Swift Ticket Fiasco Case Study. As the title implies, this webinar will focus on how to use the Taylor Swift ticket saga to teach lessons about supply and demand. That webinar will be on August 7th at 5pm ET. The Great (Economic) Debate Model is other EconEdLink webinar happening next week. This webinar is designed for middle school and high school social studies teachers who seek to provide their students with a model and framework for classroom debates. The webinar is happening on August 8th at 5pm ET. You can learn more about EconEdLink's August PD opportunities right here.   More Recent Articles |
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