By completing this online discussion, students should be able to:

• understand the different levels at which student evaluations can be done and how technology can be applied
• have an overview of how technology-based analytics can support teacher data-driven decision making
• be aware of technology tools to support online quizzes and interactive lesson checks (like exit tickets)
• understand (in anticipation of a Research Methods class) that data can be obtained from many sources and in many forms, but the end goal is improving instructional decisions based on evidence beyond personal opinions and common practices.
• consider how data can be misleading, or incomplete and how this can give the appearance of accuracy rather than substantive scholarly evidence on which to base decisions.

Activity Guide:

View this Quizlet study Deck on DDDM and consider exploring the Quizlet “Learn” option that uses artificial intelligence from world-wide data to help customize a study plan, given a specific test date timeframe.

Take this 1-item  Survey of Toxic Zero grading.

Take this 1-item Survey on Penalty Grading.

Using the CT State Dept of Ed EdSight Portal, check for the State’s overall chronic absenteeism rate and compare it with 1 or more local school’s chronic absenteeism rate. Consider how impactful teaching can be for children who are often not even present in the classroom.

1. Create an exit ticket quiz for any lesson plan you might have, using one of these common (free) online tools (Choose one you have not used before to optimize this learning opportunity) and administer it to your lab peers (if time allows).
   1. Kahoot! (requires sign up, can be done with Google– then login will ask you to upgrade for fee, click “continue for free”)
      1. then take a Kahoot! quiz (no sign up required)
   2. Blooket
   3. GoFormative
   4. Socrative
      1. Socrative teacher (requires sign up, can be done with Google)
      2. Socrative student (can be anonymous, only requires room name)
   5. Google Forms (requires a google account)
   6. Polleverywhere (requires sign up for “participating” or “presenting”) participants can be linked to class roster or not.
   7. Quizlet (requires sign up, can be done through Google, Quizlet “Live” is the interactiv)
   8. Quizizz (requires sign up and pick a school, can be done through Google)
   9. [Free for UConn students] Qualtrics survey tool (requires IRB CITI training and netID)
   10. Mentimeter (this tool builds interactive presentations with built-in quizes)

In your own gradebook, determine how various quantitative scores can be “weighted” using formulas such as those included in the sample gradebook resource.