E-Resources+-+Evaluate+your+teaching

"About ten years ago the computer scoring of essays made a major breakthrough and we now can measure content. One of the things we did is we took the [automated] feedback from the computers and we took the feedback that teachers wrote on the essays, gave it to kids, gave it to teachers – blind – and said which do you prefer? It was overwhelming: they preferred the computer feedback – it was much more content rich; it was more specific; there was more of it, and it also told them where to go next. The reason that computer games are so successful with kids is that they make the criteria for success very clear before they start: you know when you’re staring a game what you have to do, and you also know your prior achievement. One of those things we’re not particularly good at in the classroom: we have had this view that if you wait until the end we’ll test you and we’ll tell you how well you’ve done. [|(Hattie 2011)]


 * Online Resource ||  || Application ||
 * || Weebly - Blogs ||  ||
 * [[image:Weebly.GIF width="267" height="89" link="http://education.weebly.com"]] || * Easy to add pages to a weebly
 * Records date of each blog.
 * Students can add other elements to their blog like photographs.
 * Easy to give feedback.
 * Personal

[|ONLINE EXAMPLE] || * This blog has meant the students are reflecting on their progress every two weeks and evaluating how they are progressing.
 * Check easily whether they have done the work required and if they are having difficulty.
 * Feedback on your teaching - if they are engaged with the topic, what areas you need to cover with some students. ||
 * || Classmarker ||  ||
 * [[image:class_marker.GIF link="http://www.classmarker.com"]] || * //ClassMarker// online testing website, is a professional, easy to use, online quiz maker that marks your tests and quizzes for you.
 * Create secure online exams to your exact requirements using multiple choice, short answer, essay and more question types.
 * Easy to use, free for up to 100 tests taken per month.

[|ONLINE EXAMPLE] || * Review student knowledge of a topic in a quick and easy way. ||
 * || Hot Potato ||  ||
 * [[image:hot1-2fplpol.jpg width="190" height="126" link="http://hotpot.uvic.ca/"]] || * Will give you individual student results. || * A quick check of teaching of a skill. ||
 * || Polls Everywhere ||  ||
 * [[image:Polls_Capture.PNG width="238" height="169" link="http://www.polleverywhere.com/"]] || * Will give you overall class response. || * Check for student opinion. ||
 * || Survey Monkey ||  ||
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