Assessment

When most people hear the word assessment and they think of testing students. In today's schools students are tested left and right, so finding away to assess them without giving them a test is a must for teachers. Using polls methods are a way of doing this in the classroom. Here are a couple articles that talk about using Google Forms and Polls Everywhere.

Ideas for Google Forms @http://edte.ch/blog/2012/01/21/74-interesting-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-the-classroom/ This article gives many ideas of how to use Google Forms. There are 74 different ideas presented on this website. As a future teacher I like the idea that assessment for students does not also have to be in a test or quiz format. Using this is a quick and easy way for your you to see where your students are at. I could post a couple of questions for my students for them to answer and then see what i need to go more in-depth in class to help them understand the material.

Ideas for Polls Everywhere @http://digitalteach.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/using-poll-everywhere-in-the-classroom/ This website is great at explaining how to use Polls Everywhere. It brings up the point that using the polls everywhere is cheaper and quicker than using the clicker system. I have been in many classrooms where the teachers have had problems using that system and it ruined there lesson plan for the day. Polls Everywhere seems pretty fool proof. There is also a video showing a teacher actually using Polls Everywhere in a real classroom.

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In Class Sample for Google Forms

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENpcjRsczVYeFo4ZUx4VU9pSHBYUEE6MQ#gid=0

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How to Use Polls Everywhere
 * 1) Open Polls Everywhere []
 * 2) Then create an account or sign in (It’s Free)
 * 3) Then click on Create New Poll
 * 4) Then decide what type of question you want to askFor multiple choice question type your question in the box.
 * 5) Then after the question type you answers in the box with a comma after each choice.
 * 6) For an open ended question just type you question in the box
 * 7) Then press continue
 * 8) Then if you want you can change the background of you poll
 * 9) Students can then text their responses in or go to the website pollev.com and type in the code
 * 10) To stop the poll click on the button Stop Poll
 * 11) Then to embed your poll on the Wiki click on the share and publish
 * 12) Then click on blog or webpage
 * 13) Scroll down to the box that say copy and past
 * 14) Then copy the code
 * 15) Go to you Wiki
 * 16) Go to the page you want to embed your poll on
 * 17) Click the widget button
 * 18) Then go other
 * 19) Paste the code in the box
 * 20) Then click save

How to Use Google Forms
 * 1) Open Google [|www.google.com]
 * 2) The Click on Sign in
 * 3) Once you have signed in click on more
 * 4) Then go down to even more and click on that
 * 5) Then you will click on Docs
 * 6) Then click on CREATE
 * 7) Then click on forms
 * 8) Then you can type you questions and pick the question type. You can also type in a title and directions for your form.
 * 9) Once you have typed all you questions click down
 * 10) Then you can pick a theme by clicking on the theme button in the upper left hand corner.
 * 11) Then once you have found a theme you like click on the apply button.
 * 12) Then to view the finish form click on the code on the bottom of the page
 * 13) Then you have a completed Google Form
 * 14) Then to embed you form on your Wiki you click on forms then click on embed form to a website
 * 15) Then copy the codes
 * 16) Then go to your Wiki page and open the page you want your form on
 * 17) Click on Edit
 * 18) Click on widget
 * 19) Click on other
 * 20) And paste the code
 * 21) Then click save