Successful Strategies for Online Learning and Assessment

1. Participate in this session by going to: steinman.me/ssola
Successful Strategies for Online
Learning and Assessment
Andrew Steinman
Educational Technology Consultant

2. About Andrew Steinman
‣ Educational Technology Consultant
‣MSU Graduate (x2) and MAET Instructor
‣Amateur Cat Trainer
andrew@steinman.me @steinman

3. Intro Activity / Padlet Demo
‣ Help communicate your expectations, hopes, and
dreams for today’s session by generating a
humorous or poignant meme using Meme
Generator or Meme Creator
‣ Share your meme on this Padlet board: http://
padlet.com/steinman/mt48r4sxchb8
‣ Be sure to include your name and grade level/
subject with your Padlet post

4. More on Padlet
‣Website: http://padlet.com
‣Highlights:
‣No account required
‣ Unique response opportunities
‣ Share text, images, links, and video
‣Organize responses is different ways
‣Padlet Tutorial

5. Session Overview
‣What is going on with online assessments in
Michigan
‣How we can use online tools to be teach and
assess out students
‣ Individual exploration activity (IEA)
‣ Sharing out of IEA’s
‣Question and answer session

6. Michigan Assessments
What the ____ is going on? Fill
in-the
blank

7. Fill
in-the
blank
What the ____ is going on?
‣2009-10 School Year
‣Michigan adopts Common Core State Standards
‣ Full implementation by 2014-15 school year
‣Michigan joins Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
‣ Pilot testing to occur in Spring 2013
‣ Full implementation by Spring 2015
Common Core Standards Fact Sheet - FAQ

8. Fill
in-the
blank
What the ____ is going on?
‣2013-14 School Year
‣Michigan bans funding for Common Core State
Standards
‣ This also means a ban on funding any CCSS-aligned
assessments
‣Michigan later reinstates funding for CCSS
‣ RFP sent out for Common Core assessment
‣ SBAC recommended by MDE
Report on Options for Assessments Aligned with the
Common Core State Standards

9. Fill
in-the
blank
What the ____ is going on?
‣2014-15 School Year
‣Michigan state budget requires MDE to create
new online MEAP
‣Only for one year
‣ Request is made for a new RFP
‣Common Core State Standards will still be
assessed
DAS Assessment and Accountability Web Site

10. What do we know about the New MEAP?
Not much…
…but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare for it!

11. What we know about the New MEAP
‣Online (with paper/pencil option)
‣ Assess CCSS
‣More information coming on Nov. 6…
Communications from BAA

12. What we can infer about the New MEAP
‣Online (with paper/pencil option)
‣ Students will need technology knowledge, skills, and
experience to be successful on these assessments
‣ Assess CCSS
‣ There will be a strong consideration around the
cognitive rigor of assessment items
‣ Students will need to demonstrate research, writing,
and problem solving skills
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels

13. What we can do now to prepare students
Provide students with online learning and assessment
experiences that will prepare them for… life.

14. Experience a Next Generation
Assessment
‣Next Generation Assessment Preview Options:
‣ Smarter Balanced Assessment Preview
‣ Click “Sign In”, Select grade level and content
area, then Select the test you want to explore
‣ PARCC Assessment Preview
‣ Click on “Sample Items” tab at the top, then
Select the sample item set of your choosing
Explore more examples using NGAP Short
Username: ngap Password: ngap

15. Next Generation Assessments Question /
Poll Everywhere Demo
‣ Explore one of the sample next generation
assessments
‣Go to PollEv.com/steinman
‣ Respond to the following:
‣ List off the qualities you notice about these next
generation assessments and items.

16. More on Poll Everywhere
‣Website: http://polleverywhere.com
‣Highlights:
‣ Free for up to 40 active participants
‣ Accessible on nearly any device
‣ Some question types require an internet-enabled device
‣ Can use images as MC answer choices
‣ Can ask MC, free response, or clickable image questions
‣Great for polling a class with a variety of devices
‣Poll Everywhere Tutorial

17. Typing Skills / Socrative Demo
‣DOK levels 3 & 4 require
writing and/or typing of
responses
‣What are some ways that we
can help students practice
their typing skills?
‣ Share your ideas using by going
to http://m.socrative.com and
enter room number: steinman

18. More on Socrative
‣Website: http://socrative.com
‣Highlights:
‣Completely free (for now)
‣No participant limit (that I know of)
‣ Can instantly ask MC, T/F, or short answer questions
‣ SA questions can be graded automatically
‣ Can create and share quizzes
‣Great for formative assessments and prompting discussions
‣Socrative Tutorial

19. Accessibility / InfuseLearning Demo
‣ Accessibility is always a consideration when
teaching, especially online
‣Go to InfuseLearning.com
‣ Click on Student Login
‣ Enter Room ID: 24230 and your name
‣ Respond by sharing your confidence with
providing accessible instruction and assessment
in your classroom

20. More on InfuseLearning
‣Website: http://infuselearning.com
‣Highlights:
‣My favorite formative assessment tool
‣ Free and accessible on any internet-enabled device
‣ Includes a variety of question types
‣ Built in text-to-speech with multiple languages
‣Great for any type of formative assessment, planned or
impromptu
‣InfuseLearning Tutorial

21. Just for Fun / Kahoot! Demo
‣Go to kahoot.it
‣ Enter the access code on the screen
‣ Assess your understanding of the topic chosen
by Andrew

22. More on Kahoot!
‣Website (Teacher): http://getkahoot.com
‣Website (Student): http://kahoot.it
‣Highlights:
‣Game-based approach to assessment
‣ Simplistic interface
‣ Easy to use for all students
‣ Public library of assessments
‣Kahoot! Tutorial

23. Getting Started with Online Learning

24. ATNAPFTS
‣ All Teachers Need A Place To Put Their Stuff
‣Considerations for your online presence:
‣ Use it everyday
‣Do not create a document dumping ground
‣ Use a common (set of) tool(s) within grade levels
‣ Possibly use a URL Shortener
Ron Houtman's blog post on ATNAPFTS

25. Where you can put your stuff
‣ Moodle
‣ (Nearly) endless possibilities, large learning curve
‣Google Classroom
‣ Easy to use and integrates with Google Apps, very new
‣ Edmodo
‣ Easy to use, limited features and freemium model
‣Weebly (Education)
‣ Easy to setup and use, limited two-way interaction
Don't Get Stuck with the Wrong Learning Management
System

26. Recommendation for ATNAPFTS
‣Google Classroom
‣ Easy to use
‣ Integrates with Google Apps
‣New and growing
‣ You can grow along with it
‣ See the latest updates
Introduction to Google Classroom - Presentation

27. Where do you put your stuff? /
GoSoapbox Demo
‣Go to app.gosoapbox.com
‣ Enter access code: steinman
‣ Using GoSoapbox, share where you put your
stuff online and why you chose this option
‣ If you do not currently have a place for your
stuff, share what you are considering and why
you are thinking of this option
Build Great Classroom Websites with Weebly for
Education

28. More on GoSoapbox
‣Website: http://gosoapbox.com
‣Highlights:
‣ Free for up to 30 active participants
‣ Accessible on any internet-enabled device
‣ Includes barometer, (instant) polling, discussions,
quizzes, and social Q&A
‣Great for back channel discussions and formative
assessments
‣GoSoapbox Tutorial

29. Individual Exploration Time
‣ Utilizing the content from this session (and
beyond), create an online learning or assessment
plan that you could use with your students.
“Learn today, use tomorrow”

30. So Now What?
‣What will you take back to your building after
this session and how will it be used to improve
the education of all students in the district?
‣ Share it out on Twitter using #SNOWW
How To Get More Out Of Your PLN Using Twitter

31. Questions?

32. Please provide feedback by going to:
http://steinman.me/feedback
Andrew Steinman
Educational Technology Consultant
andrew@steinman.me @steinman

33. More on Google Forms
‣Website: http://drive.google.com
‣Highlights:
‣ Part of Google Apps for Education
‣ Accessible on nearly any device
‣ Can include images and YouTube videos
‣ Can ask selected response and open-ended questions
‣ Can automatically grade using Flubaroo
‣Google Forms Tutorial