This document summarizes a presentation on integrating technology to assess and enrich student learning using various apps and tools. It discusses the purpose of using technology for formative and summative assessment as well as enrichment. Several apps are then presented, including Flowboard, Haiku Deck, Nearpod, PicCollage, Tackk, Zondle, and Zooburst. For each app, examples of student work are shown, and tips and tricks are provided, such as positives and negatives of each app as well as helpful hints for using them effectively.

1. Assess, Present, Enrich:
Go APE in the Classroom
AASSA 2014

2. “Assess, Present and Enrich-
Go APE in the Classroom”
AASSA 2014
1. Purpose
To integrate technology to assess and enrich student learning
2. Theoretical Underpinnings
Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment and Enrichment
3. In a Nutshell
Student examples of the apps/tool
4. “Suite” Solutions
Haiku Deck, Flowboard, Tackk, PicCollage, Zooburst, Nearpod and Zondle,
5. Tips and Tricks
What to do and what not to do…
6. In Action
This is how we/the students do it

3. Purpose
Why we use it
To integrate technology to
assess and enrich student learning

4. Theoretical Underpinnings
Where We Got the Idea
Formative
Assessment
Enrichment
Summative
Assessment

5. In a Nutshell
How it works
Student examples of the apps:
At the end of each “Suite” Solution I will give you
QR codes or links to actual student work.

6. “Suite” Solutions
Tools we use
Flowboard Haiku Deck NearPod Pic Collage
Zondle ZooburstTackk

7. Tips & Tricks
• I asked my students for feedback on
the tools we use in class.
• At the end of each tool that is
presented, I will give you:
 Positives
 Negatives
 Helpful hints

8. In Action
Flowboard
Presentation software designed for an
always connected, always mobile audience.

9. In Action: Flowboard
This is how we do it
Flowboard Guide
http://goo.gl/mZFeUt
Flowboard YouTube Tutorials
http://goo.gl/38w9Ds

10. In a Nutshell: Flowboard
How it works
Flowboard-FS Flowboard-GP

11. Tips & Tricks: Flowboard
Negatives:
• There are not a lot of icons or decorations
that you can use to add to your presentation.
• Not a lot of text color options.
• Sometimes it is hard to move the images or
the textbox.
• You cannot crop the images and make them
smaller or larger. You have to use the zoom.
• Sometimes it is hard to upload the
presentation.
Positives:
• It is a relatively easy app.
• There are a lot of commands and other things
you can do to make it a good presentation.
• There are some good images that the app
provides but you can also use images from
Google, if you want.
• It gives you a link you can send to a teacher or
upload on Edmodo.
Helpful Hints:
• When you take a picture, make sure you use a picture that does not need to be cropped.
• Try to create background behind the text box so the text is easier to read.

12. In Action
Haiku Deck
We make telling your story
simple, beautiful, and fun.

13. In a Nutshell: Haiku Deck
How it works
Haiku Deck-MK Haiku Deck-SS Haiku Deck-RD Haiku Deck-VF

14. In Action: Haiku Deck
This is how we do it
goo.gl/HgL1jq
Here is a link for a online tutorial that
I found on SchoolTube that covers any
of the questions you might have:

15. Tips & Tricks: Haiku Deck
Negatives:
• You cannot add text boxes.
• They have free fonts but if you want more
than just a few choices, you need to buy the
other fonts.
• Sometimes the picture will come out blurry
because the picture is too big.
• You cannot include much text on the slide
and it covers the picture. *See helpful hints
on how to solve this problem.
• It does glitch sometimes.
Positives:
• It is vey easy to use and you do not need a lot of
skill to do a presentation.
• This app is great for short presentations.
• If you cannot use a desktop computer and you
want a simple version of PowerPoint for your
iPad, it is a good app to use.
• There is a good variety of decorations for your
presentation.
Helpful Hints:
• If you use the URL option, when you hit the update button, it will show the most recent changes. This may also
work for the other options but we have only used URLs in my class.
• If you have a lot of text, you can use the notes. Some of the student samples used this technique.

16. In Action
Nearpod
Easily create interactive multimedia presentations
to engage your audience.

17. In Action: Nearpod
This is how we do it
YOU WILL NEED A CODE TO ENTER THE NEARPOD SESSION!
I CANNOT GIVE YOU THE CODE UNTIL THE DAY OF THE PRESENTATION.
NEARPOD DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO GIVE IT AHEAD OF TIME.
The best way to experience Nearpod is for you to
join a Nearpod session that I did with the students
at the beginning of the year.

18. Tips & Tricks: Nearpod
Teacher’s viewpoint
Negatives
• Cannot upload large video files on the free
version.
• When using the free version, there is a limited
number of presentations you can have for free
so it is hard to keep/save them.
• Takes awhile to set up.
• Teacher cannot see the questions that the
students are being asked.
Positives
• You can see what students are doing.
• Depending on the subject, the students feel
more comfortable writing privately rather than
sharing with their classmates.
• It creates reports with the results of your
Nearpod presentation.
• You can tell when a student leaves the group
and is off task.
• Students really like them.
• Instant results that help guide your teaching.
Helpful Hints:
• Keep all your Nearpods in a PPT version and convert it every time you want to use it.
• Find a video clipper to make your video clips shorter or buy the full version.
• When students are doing the drawing, if they click on the pencil, they will see the question.

19. In Action
PicCollage
Create amazing collages using your photos,
fun stickers, text with cool fonts and frames

20. In Action: PicCollage
This is how we do it
YouTube Tutorials
http://goo.gl/GJya3m

21. In a Nutshell: PicCollage
How it works
PicCollage-RD PicCollage-VF PicCollage-MR PicCollage-AL

22. Tips & Tricks: PicCollage
Negatives:
• Limited space
• When you share it with another
program/people/Edmodo, the font comes out
a little blurry.
• You can only do the work in portrait mode.
• When sharing with another program/
Edmodo/someone it sometimes crops out
part of the picture.
• It does not give a link to share with people.
Positives:
• If you make the right choices, your work will
look very neat.
• There are many options (text color, background,
stickers, text background, etc.).
• It is really easy to use.
• You can play around with the pictures.
• It has a lot of features.
• It gives you the freedom to move things around
and put pictures and text the way you want it to
appear.
Helpful Hints:
• Do not try to crop an image in the app.
• Crop the picture in the photo app and then paste it into PicCollage.

23. In Action
Tackk
Note:
Tackk is not available as an app on the iPad,
you can only access it on the web.
However, you can create a Tackk on your iPad if you are using a browser.

24. In Action:Tackk
This is how we do it
YouTube Tutorials
http://goo.gl/zMEHaf

25. In a Nutshell: Tackk
How it works
Tackk example-LuA Tackk example-LiATackk example-AC

26. Tips & Tricks: Tackk
Negatives
• If you are not on a desktop, it can
be difficult.
• It may not save your username.
• The picture can only be adjusted
two different ways.
• Some problems uploading
pictures.
• Not able to shrink the pictures to
fit in the box.
Positives
• It has many different colors and
things you can use.
• It has a big area of space where
you can add pictures and text.
• Very easy and fun to work with
and you can include a lot of
things.
• Variety of palettes.

27. In Action
Zondle
CREATE, PLAY AND SHARE GAMES
TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING
any subject, any level, any language, anywhere

28. Tips & Tricks: Zondle
Negatives
• Not very interesting games
– The desktop version has a lot more games to
choose from while the iPad does not.
• The questions are almost the same all the
time.
– This is if you are doing the multiple choice.
Depending on how many questions you enter,
they may get repeated questions.
• You have to chose from three boxes to
have a chance at playing the game. If you
do not chose the right square, you have to
answer another question.
– This is a positive for teachers so they
are not just playing the game the
entire time. 
Positives
• It is a cool game that helps you learn.
• You have fun
• You want to get the right answer so you
can play the games.
• Fun way to review information.

29. In Action
ZooBurst
http://zooburst.media.s3.amazonaws.com/documentation/ZooBurst-Quickstart_Guide.pdf
A digital storytelling tool
that lets anyone easily create his or her own
augmented reality 3D pop-up books.

30. In Action: Zooburst
This is how we do it
YouTube Tutorial
http://goo.gl/eEMTcB
Quick Start Guide
http://goo.gl/bic74m

31. In a Nutshell: Zooburst
How it works
Zooburst example-OR Zooburst example-DA Zooburst example-TS
http://goo.gl/CWchFg http://goo.gl/7xKYTy http://goo.gl/y55zZm

32. Tips & Tricks: Zooburst
Negatives:
• Hard to work with sometimes.
• It is possible to lose your work if you are not careful.
Save your work often.
• To erase a character it may ask you delete the whole
page. Be careful. Click on the character again and try
pressing delete to make sure it is only the character.
• It shows that you can change the horizon color but on
the free version it does not work unless you know the
trick listed below in Helpful Hints.
Positives:
• You can present in a new and interesting way.
• Having an online pop-up book is a pretty cool idea.
• Overall it is very easy to navigate.
• You can use pictures from Google and Zooburst.
• You choose a lot of different color combinations for the
horizon, sky, ground and book pages.
• Their cartoon characters and objects do not have a
background color so they blend in better.
Helpful Hints:
• If you have pictures in the background, it is better when it looks like one picture and not several different pictures.
• Double check to make sure you click on the character (if you want him to talk) because it may not work or it may show
the text box for the wrong character.
• You are able to change the horizon colors and the text colors if you view this book using the legacy book viewer from
2012 and not the other version.