Assessment Technology

Gino Mendoza
EDU 225
10/18/2015
Biba

Part 1: Assessment Technology

https://b.socrative.com/teacher/#edit-quiz/18350008
Socrative is used to create a summative assessment/example on how students may use
the site to improve their learning. In the link provided above it shows a quiz that was created to
reflect on a lesson that is generally all about earth. Socrative provides the teacher a room link
that is later provided to the student, so they may reach the destination of were the quiz or test
lies. Ones the student types in the room number they have complete excess to the quiz or test so
they can take it. Through the use of Socrative a quizzes are easily created to have multiple
questions, fill in the blank, and true or false to help reassess a lesson (or assess what was
learned). Socrative makes it a lot easier for teachers to bring lessons to life, as well as use the
previous lesson as a summative assessment. Socrative helps give teachers the data of what the
students scored on the quiz or test, thus helping the teacher establish were the students stand in
the lesson. (I would personally use this information after obtaining it to have a whole new lesson,
to establish what mostly needs work.) Lastly, through the use of this assessment technology
teachers can create summative assessments to either analyze lessons, or create instructional
quizzes that assess how well the students enjoyed the lesson.

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Part 2: blog post
Technology assessment tools like Socrative are very useful because they are easy to use,
and help create a summative assessment in a matter of minutes. A simple lesson can be turned
into a quiz or test in a matter of minutes. It gives the teacher the chance to create an answer sheet
as well, and shortly print or either give students the quiz online. It is good for in class usage with
a pen or pc use at home for the students as a homework assignment. This paper will go in depth
on how simple technology assessment tools and programs can be used in the classroom to create
summative assessments so students learn in a faster and more productive manner.
Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning
Technology can easily be used to create summative or formative assessments to better
challenge the students in a rather positive way. Through the use of programs like Socrative a
teacher can create a quiz or test in a timely fashion. A teacher can easily give out a lesson, or
maybe even an informative video to replace a lesson, then shortly give a quiz or test with these
programs/tools. The program/tool itself grades the assignment by the way it was setup by the
teacher, thus making it easy to use, and flexible in class. A teacher at times can take a very long
time to create a written test or even quiz, but through the use of programs like Socrative it is the
complete opposite. By having the test scored right after the student is finish, it gives teachers a
good understand on what percent of the class found the lesson difficult, or what must be
disgusted after the summative assessment. It simply just helps teachers assess the students after a

lesson, and shortly give them a subject to go over again after a lesson that was followed by a
summative assessment.
Poll Everywhere: Poll Everywhere says, Is a simple application that works well for live
audiences using mobile devices like phones. People participate by visiting a fast mobile-friendly
web page for your event, sending text messages, or using Twitter (pg.1). Poll Everywhere
makes it easy for teachers to create a summative or formative assessment in a matter of minutes
through the use of their website. It gives a teacher the option to give a multiple choice question
and it lets students answer it through the use of technology. Through the use of either a phone or
computer a student can text or write a number of that symbolizes the answer and it scores it on
the site. Once all the students have answered the question, it helps the teacher go over the
question, thus making it more simplistic for the teacher and the student to assess the class
Socrative: Socrative helps teachers give lessons normally, only to later create a
summative assessment in a matter of minutes. Through the use of this tool a teacher can create a
quiz or test that ask questions that were explained in the lesson, so that students can be tested on
how well they listened and learned while in the classroom. Socrative grades the test or quiz
according to the answers given by the teachers, and later scores the whole class with a report or
chart. It makes it extremely easy for a teacher to find what was the hardest portion of the lesson,
and helps the teacher understand what they might have to go over again, so that the class
properly understands the question that was created through the given lesson.
Edmodo: Edmodo is basically a social network that can be used by teachers, students,
and parents to keep in touch. It can be used to invite students and teachers into a group to later
give assignments, polls, or give out announcements to the class. It gives parents the ability to see
what is going on in the classroom, as well as lets students know what to expect as far as lessons

and tests in class. Teachers could easily upload documents, websites, or just plain questions to
answer in a poll. It gives students the ability to sort of communicate to teachers from home on
the weekend, or even have a way to communicate with the class in a fast and easy way. It is just
a neat little website that is similar to taking an online class if used right by the teacher, or like a
mini Facebook that is used at home or at school. Students cannot post links, but they can post
responses and feedback to student assignments or polls in the classroom. Edmodo also gives the
teacher the ability to make quizzes for students to take at home, or even just little notes so
students can go to the document section and download them to later study. It is just a useful tool
that has multiple features to keep in touch with the class, and also be able to work with students
from home or the classroom
Formative and Summative Assessments
The difference between the two that that formative is more of a during a lesson approach, as to
summative is a later approach to a lesson. Summative can be done in the form of a test or quiz
after a lesson, but formative is the opposite. It is simply asking questions and encouraging
students to raise their hand to answer questions, or just be more active in lessons. Teachers can
use technology to add little questions during lessons that are being done on an
overhead/computer to keep the class more attentive to learning through formative assessments.
Summative assessments are simply quizzes or tests that assess what was learned from the lesson
and later scored to understand what needs work in the classroom.

Pros and Cons of using Technology to Facilitate Assessment

The pros that come with using technology is that teachers can work with a vast amount
of students at once. Before technology it was almost impossible for college professors to be able
to grade and work with 1000 students in one year. It is overwhelming and frustrating for the

teachers, so through the use of technology it made it possible. Journal of Learning Design says,
Facilitation and assessment of these tasks was perceived as too complex and time consuming
for a single instructor to complete manually, so a web-based task management technology was
developed. Evaluation of the technology supported collaborative group activities, including peer
assessment, was conducted through questionnaires, student interviews and analysis of the
artefacts of the learning process (2014, pg.120-135). It was practically a nightmare for
instructors to take on such a responsibility, so this is why technology is such a positive impact
when it comes to teaching. Simplicity goes a long way.
International Journal of Instructional Media (2014) says, Disadvantages of online
learning: being disciplined, technological difficulties, lack of face-to-face interaction with
instructor and classmates, more work than face-to-face classes, and time to complete
assignments (pg.19-24). So at times these tools like Edmodo encourages students to be more
interactive with students online, but at times it can cause students to lose that face-to-face
connection with students and teachers. It creates a little less respect for teachers because they
never see them, and tends to encourage cheating at times as well. At times students are stuck on
assignments and they need help as soon as possible, and it is easy to say that it is almost
impossible to get that help at a timely fashion online. At times teachers might be on their
computers ready to answer the questions the students throw at them, but most of the time it lacks
the face-to-face which might lack luster to some students.
Should a teacher only use technology to assess student learning? Why or why not?
Teachers should indeed use technology only to assess student learning. It is a lot faster to
use, and it leaves room for little to no error if done correctly. At times teachers tend to type out
their own quizzes or tests and it is done at such a rush that it leaves room for a lot of error. If a

student takes a quiz or test through the use of technology a teacher can monitor if the student is
cheating, and the tool/program can also grade their work. At times teachers grade assignments
and miss the most important parts of the test or quiz. Because they cannot generalize what is the
most missed test/quiz question given in the summative assessment. When using these tools it
grades them instantly and gives a percentage of what students missed the question, or what
percentage answered it right, thus giving teachers the ability to go over the most missed question.
It is easier and faster to use, and this is why it should only be used, opposed to using other
methods.
What is the importance of assessment technology in connection with the ISTE standards?
Assessment technology must create advancements in creativity and innovation for it to be
properly utilized or even considered in a classroom. A lot of tools/programs provided online
might be a bit useless, so teachers might avoid using them. Programs that are used are usually
helpful and promote productive lessons when using them. Programs like Socrative or Edmodo
help teachers work with students at a faster rate, and eliminate the stress that comes when
dealing with big classes. It gives every individual in the classroom the same amount of
information and attention, hence promoting how productive a class can become. Through the use
of these test and quizzes a teacher can provide summative/formative assessments with fast
grading tools as well, which create little to no room for mistakes. This gives teacher a lot of time
to go over what was missed on the tests or quizzes done by the students, and helped every
student get a general understanding on what was answered wrong.

Concluding Paragraph for Software to Support Assessment

Software and supportive assessments help teachers get a lot done in a small amount of
time. Through the use of these programs it helps eliminate mistakes made by teachers, this
creating more time for teachers to go over the flaws and mistakes that students make on tests or
quizzes. Through the use of these programs and summative/formative assessment it helps
students analyze as a group what was missed, and promote learning from ones mistakes. Students
at times have graded tests they take home, but they never get a chance to analyze them because
no one ever teaches them that it can be done. Through the use of these programs a teacher can
pull up grades data charts that examine what was mostly missed by the majority of the
classroom, and then later analyzed to get a better understand. Here Theory Into Practice explains
how summative and formative assessment software/tools can help students by, providing
students with instant, computer-generated evaluations of the substantive content and expository
quality of writing about what they are learning. Real-time and long-term reports about student
activity and progress give teachers and schools rich information for guiding classroom
instruction and curricular decisions (2009, pg.44-52). Summative and formative assessment
software is the future for grading students affectively, and generating effective percentages for
what students have missed so teachers can affectively go over what is most difficult for students.

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