The Dash & Dot

Come to the library and check out the new Dash and Dot robot we checked out from GWAEA this month!

Formative Assessing? Plickers Please!

Who says each student needs to have a laptop, iPad, or phone in front of them to conduct an online Formative Assessment?  In Mrs.Yerke's 7th Grade Reading class, all you need is a piece of paper, a teacher device, and Plickers Formative Assessment App.  Each student is assigned a number and a matching Plickers card.  Start asking questions and the student decides how to rotate their Plickers card to match the answer they selected.  A quick scan by Mrs.Yerke, and all of her class answers are quickly recorded and organized for her to review.  Fantastic!

 

Let's Review for a Test With Quizlet Live!!!

Next week is the test in Mr. Gasper's 7B Science Classes at Excelsior.  Today, Mr. Gasper reviewed with the students using Quizlet Live.  Students brought their own devices, used iPads, or computers in the classroom to play.  Mr. Gasper created questions on Quizlet which then were used for the review.  Once each student logged in using the game code, they went LIVE!  Quizlet made groupings for the students and once everyone was settled the game began.  Each student in the group had 4 possible answers to the questions being asked with each device having a different set.  Once the question appeared, the group of students had to work together to see which device had the correct answer.  Select the correct one and gain a point for your group, choose wrong and your group goes back to zero.  First group to answer all the questions correctly wins.  Tons of engagement, multiple rounds of Quizlet Live and a lot of collaboration.  Bring on the Test!!!