Clickers and Other Digital Assessment Tools


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Digital Age Assessment 
Writing for Tech & Learning, Harry Grover Tuttle describes five effective tech tools for measuring student progress, including (Part 1): clickers, online quizzes,  Web-based surveys, digital logs and spreadsheets. Part 2 describes tools that provide formative assessment feedback: wikis, online course management, iMovies, podcasts, and online rubrics.

In Search of Answers, Teachers Turn to Clickers
Dan Bobkoff of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered program describes how clickers measure student learning and foster deeper engagement. Includes a seven-minute podcast.

Writing the Book on Clickers
Derek Bruff of Vanderbilt University - author of the new book Teaching with Classroom Response Systems - answers questions about the latest developments in the best uses of clickers. See also his comprehensive Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”) site with numerous resources and examples of effective integration of clickers to engage and assess students.

Implementing Electronic Portfolios: Benefits, Challenges, and Suggestions
Barbara Meyer and Nancy Latham describe the use of e-folios in assessing students in four teacher education programs, and provide five rules for successful implementation.

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posted by Karen Franker, Editor @ 3/8/2009