How Do I Know My Kids Are Learning Remotely? (Part 2) | Tom Daccord | 5 Min Read

How Do I Know My Kids Are Learning Remotely? (Part 2) | Tom Daccord | 5 Min Read

This is the second of a two-part series on embedded formative assessment in remote learning environments.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been impractical for teachers to monitor students remotely during fact-based tests and quizzes. Students can cheat quite easily and, as a result, many teachers have decided to abandon fact-based summative assessments and rethink their approach to assessment. Fortunately, teachers can leverage tech-aided, embedded formative assessment to gather valuable student information for assessment purposes. In tech-aided, embedded formative assessment, assessment is interwoven with common teaching and learning practices to uncover student learning. 

Part I of this series outlined how teachers can leverage Nearpod to capture and record student participation during a slide presentation via embedded quizzes, surveys, interactive videos, whiteboards, post-it boards, and more. Part I also explained how a teacher can leverage Google Docs to review student note-taking (or essay/report writing) at any time during or after class and even initiate an online conversation with the student about the document. Finally, the article points out that teachers can turn to TeacherMade to add interactive content to their handouts so that student responses can be seen, analyzed, and graded. 

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Tom Daccord

Tom Daccord is an international education technology speaker in English, Spanish, and French and the author of AI Tools & Uses: A Practical Guide for Teachers. He is a former independent school teacher in Canada, France, Switzerland, and the United States and currently resides in Medellin, Colombia. Over the past 25 years, he has worked with more than 10,000 educators in schools and educational organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.