As an elementary Computer Lab teacher, I have never really given tests. I have created projects where students have to follow directions in Word, and output demonstrates their command of certain tools. I have used my new favorite website http://www.mygreatmaps.com/ to have students label, color, and add a legend to maps of topics they are studying (13 Colonies, the world). Students have taken BrainPop quizzes. Because I don't grade, they are not a big part of my curriculum.
I am currently working with an 8th Grade English Language Arts class at a Middle School in my district. The classroom teacher asked me to make up a quiz on topics we had covered so far. The class had been talking about judging websites, proper citation of research resources, efficient google searches, and correct outlining format. So, I signed up for a 30 day subscription to Quia.com. While I did not take the time to create a class (120 students for one quiz didn't seem efficient), I did create the quiz and administer it. The quiz feature was very easy to use and flexible, allowing a lot of different types of questions. Essay questions were allowed, and the 'dashboard' for the teacher allowed grading the essay questions either by question or by student. Your students can take the quiz online, and it will be automatically graded (other than essay response questions) and recorded in the grade book! The online grade book feature looked phenomenal! Here is the quiz I administered!
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3055057.html
I plan to take advantage of the other activities you can create in Quia before my subscription runs out!
I think "my great maps" site http://www.mygreatmaps.com may work great on an interative whiteboard. I'm glad to see you are checking out Quia.
ReplyDeleteGlad you tried Quia Terry! It's a tool I use extensively as you know. Happy you had a good experience using it!
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