Technology for Classroom Technology for Classroom AssessmentAssessment

Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D.Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D.

Reporting Section ChiefReporting Section Chief

NCDPINCDPI

DisclaimerDisclaimer

• Not official policy

• Not endorsed by the NCAE

• Not working for the instructional technology folks

• Not on a vendor’s payroll

Back to Basics!Back to Basics!

• The shorter the time between miscue and intervention, the faster the extinction!

• Translation- immediate feedback is best

• How long between turn in and turn back?

• Do you have a life outside school?

More BasicsMore Basics

• You know you are teaching, how do you know they are learning?

• Madeline Hunter, 6 steps – learning?

• How do you check for learning?

Almost forgotAlmost forgot

• If a student doesn’t get it, what to do?

• I am not the devil!

• Do pacing guides make sense if nobody is getting it?

StudentsStudents

• Do they know they did it wrong on the quiz before they take the test?

• Can they be reinforced in time?

• Can they say what they mean, not what they think their friends will say?

TechnologyTechnology

• Individual computers can provide this feedback

• ILS packages

• Etc

• $30,000 plus the space and software

• Does it match?

More?More?

• Make your own!

• Test only your content

• Several hours

• Check each computer somehow for scores

• Individualized

• Feedback to each student on their level

Been there, Done That!Been there, Done That!

• Hyperstudio

• Hypercard

• HTML (with some of Chris’s special toys)

• Seriously, you need partners

• Seriously, do you have enough computers?

IssuesIssues

• Development time

• Collecting data

• Hardware

• Setting (space)

• How you teach!

SolutionsSolutions

• A system in your room

• Collects responses

• Shows them to you

• Real time

• No interruption

Is it the future?Is it the future?

• No

• University of Illinois 1988

• Medical School lecture hall

• Sorry only $100,000 system

• Not really computerized

Next?Next?

What?What?

• IBM Palisades– Hardwired!– Computerized– Response system

• You got the room?

• You got the budget?

E instructionE instruction

What?What?

• RF

• Lots of buttons

• Integrates with PowerPoint etc

• Test banks

• www.einstruction.com

QuizdomQuizdom

What?What?

• Infrared device

• USB

• Integrates with PowerPoint etc

• Testbank

• www.quizdom.com

Activ systemActiv system

What?What?

• RF

• Integrates with whiteboard system

• Saves individual results in presentation

• Exports to Excel

• Testbank? (a vendor says an NC 4th grade reading is due out soon)

• www.prometheanworld.com

So?So?

• Price is an issue

• Look for easy ability to use– Time!

• Does it work with the rest of the toys?

• Durability?

• Share?

WisdomWisdom

• The faster you give feedback, the sooner you fix the problem

• The easier to use, the more you use

• Think in terms of systems

• Think in your room

MeMe

• Presentation available at:– www.cobitz.com

• Questions about this presentation: chris@cobitz.com