ISTE:1c- Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
- Edpuzzle is an interactive video assessment tool that lets users create and edit new and existing videos as a way to assess specific learning objectives. Edpuzzle lets you embed questions and voice-overs to a video (either created by the user or from YouTube), and the student can answer formative assessment questions as they watch the video. Edpuzzle’s goal is to engage and assess students’ knowledge as they learn new concepts.
- There are three plans available:
- Basic- The basic plan is free for teachers and students. The plan allows access to 5 million videos and lets the user create and save twenty videos to their account.
- Pro Teacher- This plan costs $11.50 per month and offers unlimited video storage.
- School & Districts- Price is available upon request. This feature allows all teachers within a school or district to have access to the Pro Teacher option.
- This app is attended for students of all ages.
- The app is compatible with most devices and is available on Google Play and in the Apple App Store.
- Review- The review I have linked comes from Common Sense Media, which has been working since 2003 to review products, websites, and entertainment to help parents and teachers keep children safe in a digital world.
- IXL is a learning platform that creates formative assessments based on age-appropriate state standards. The IXL curriculum can be used to teach or supplement lessons in math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish.
- There are three plans available:
- Families- This plan is perfect for homeschooling families or those that want to boost their child’s performance in a subject. This plan offers three different sub-plans ranging from $9.95-19.95.
- Classroom- This plan, priced upon request, offers access to the IXL curriculum as well as analytics for each student. Teachers can differentiate the lessons each student receives based on the learner’s needs.
- Schools & Districts- This plan, also priced upon request, offers the IXL Classroom features to all teachers in a school or district.
- This app is attended for K-12 students.
- This app is available online and through the Google Play and Apple App Store.
- Review- This review also comes from Common Sense Media. I chose to use a review from them again because their website is my go-to for making decisions about age-appropriate content for my classroom.
App 3- Quizizz
- Quizizz is a game-based learning platform that has students answer questions against their classmates and the clock in order to earn points. This product works as a great exit ticket to assess the students’ knowledge of a particular subject. Users can create their own Quizizz games or use one created by other users. This game can be played live in the classroom or asynchronously.
- It was hard to find a pricing plan on their website. However, from what I can tell there is a free plan and a pro plan available for $5 a month for teachers. The pro plan offers ad-free gameplay, along with tools for asynchronous learning.
- This app is attended for students of all ages.
- This app is available online and through the Google Play and Apple App Store.
- Review- The review comes from The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM. This organization advocates for the arts and provides PD resources to help educators integrate art and STEAM into their classrooms.
I have used all three of these apps in my classroom, and in my opinion, IXL is the best app for formative assessment and feedback. IXL has been a great resource in my classroom this year. With a membership, each teacher has access to the K-12 curriculum. In English Language Arts, which is the subject I teach, the IXL curriculum has lessons in reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar and mechanics. Each lesson connects to a state standard, and I love that I can use the program to supplement the objective that I am teaching my students in the class. This year I have a Vietnamese student who speaks very little English, I have used IXL to differentiate lessons and assess his content knowledge. I would recommend this app because it is easy to use and provides analytics to help gauge student understanding.
My co-teacher and I use both Edpuzzle and Quizizz and both are great resources for check for understanding and reviews. Edpuzzles can be used for self-pace and require student to take initiative in their own learning. For my special education student is especially useful because they can watch videos as instruction is being presented. Quizizz has been used our classroom for all of our test reviews so far this year. We use this app to provide classroom competition and a chance to earn bonus points on the upcoming test.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Edpuzzle, but I am definitely going to look into it. I am always looking for other ways to present/review information with my students. I have used IXL this year. I completely agree it is a great assessment tool to see if students are understanding a concept. This is the first time my school has bought it for science. In the 8th grade we are using it now for Math, English, and Science.I have also never used Quizizz, but it sounds a lot like kahoot or quizlet which the kids enjoy.
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