Knikole Taylor: Formative Assessments

In the 10th episode of Season 3, Jake is joined by Knikole Taylor
to talk about formative assessments. Tune in to hear Jake and
Knikole discuss the use of Pear Deck, Nearpod, Jamboard, Padlet,
Mentimeter, Formative, and Classkick!


Show Notes: jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-51


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Soapbox Moment: Teachers >
Bowlers


Seth Godin’s quote about bowling taken from this episode of
his Akimbo podcast



Today’s Guest: Knikole Taylor


Bio: Knikole Taylor serves as the Instructional Technology
Coordinator for Life School.   Through personalized support,
Mrs. Taylor works with teachers and teacher leaders to craft
professional goals to extend their scope of instruction and meet
the needs of all learners.

Contact Info: Twitter: @knikole
Email: info@knikoletaylor.com
Website: knikoletaylor.com



 #EduDuctTape Question: How can I
formatively assess my students?


Pear Deck - “It doesn’t feel like an assessment.”

Available SEL Templates



Nearpod

Jamboard

students respond with or without name on a jam.

Knikole recommends:

Putting 1 question per frame

Using post-it colors strategically (red = I don’t get
it, yellow = I’m not so sure, green = I’m ready to share)

Discussing digital citizenship when using Jamboard


We discussed the lack of a revision history on
Jamboard. However, it has rolled out in the time since
the interview was recorded! See Alice Keeler's
article about the Revision History in Jamboard
here.





Padlet - “you can do so many different things!”

Students can respond with text, videos, audio, images,
drawings, screencasts, links.... just about anything!

The big issue is the limitations of their free plan. For
a new user, you'll only get 3 active "walls," but you can
archive, delete, or clear them.

Individual Pricing or School Pricing



Mentimeter - lots of different options (polls, quizzes, word
clouds, Q&A, etc)

The big issue here is that their free plan only allows 2
question slides and 5 quiz slides per presentation.

Here is their education Pricing



Formative - great for data and tracking of standards-based
mastery

Their paid plan adds in student growth tracking



Classkick

Students can add Audio

Teachers can jump into student slides

Students can help each other





The Celebration of the Adjacent Possible!


Kathy Hulbert - Actively Learn - see her video or respond to
her here



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