Formative Assessment: Ditch The Worksheets

I came across this article from +Edutopia written by +Vicki Davis and had to feature it here.  She talks about her experiences with really understanding where your students are at with their learning progress and how so many times our "teacher instinct' isn't as tuned in as we would like to think.

Vicki presents some ways for collecting formative assessment of your students through the use of very simple tech tools.  According to the SAMR model, tech should be used to assist and transform learning.  When utilizing electronic formative assessments like this, not only are you just substituting a standard pop-quiz, but with the instant feedback from the programs you are adding modification to your tech use, providing the students with enriched learning and more engagement; better mastery.

Review this article (link below) and try at least one of these for a unit or a small lesson in a classroom that you would feel the most comfortable in learning a new product.