I've just discovered this really spiffy website, called Formative. With Formative, you can very quickly create quizzes for your students. The website has a very simple, clean look and it's super easy to sign up. If you are a GAFE district or have a google account, that's even better! Just click Sign up with Google and you're in!
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I have been using Formative with my 3rd graders and I really like it! Formative stands out because as the teacher, you can see your students' work in REAL TIME! I can immediately see which students "get it" and which ones do not. I can give guidance at the exact moment that I see they are getting "off track"...that is nearly impossible with other kinds of assessment tools. Unless you are standing behind a student looking over his/her shoulder while they are working, you wouldn't be able to see the EXACT moment that he/she is heading in the wrong direction! But with Formative you can!
The video below shows what I see while my 3rd graders are taking a quiz in Formative.
So far, I've been using Formative for quick Math "check-ups". You can create Multiple Choice, Text Response and Show Your Work (my favorite) type of questions. In the video above, I used the Show Your Work type of question. The cool thing about the Show Your Work question, the students can use the track pad on their computers to "draw" their answer and they can also add text boxes to explain their answers.
Again, if you're a GAFE district, student sign up is super easy.
This video shows what the student sees when taking a Formative quiz. (By the way, this video was made by one of my super spiffy 3rd graders AT HOME...just because he wanted to!) Oh, be still my heart!
The support at Formative is amazing! I signed up and I immediately received an email from Craig Jones welcoming me and letting me know if I had any questions to let him know. He really meant it! I've gotten a few more really friendly emails with tips and how-to videos to watch. I had a question a few days ago, so I emailed my question to Craig and within a few minutes I got an answer! Super spiffy! Check out Formative...it's way cool!
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4/15/2015 11:18:13 am
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!! Thank you so much for everything that you do. We are building this site for you and your students.
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Elise
4/15/2015 11:58:39 am
It says a lot about your website when we've only been using Formative for 3 days and my student was so comfortable with it that he made his own "How-To" video! How cool is that?!
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