I've been a little overwhelmed with grading and planning that I've put my tech aspirations on the back burner for the past couple weeks. I'm looking forward to having time again to start using the advice and equipment that I've been given so far to start recording some learning activities for my students.
One thing that I also need to consider is how to improve assessments. With labs becoming more and more important in class, giving students quick written feedback on their work is a challenge. This is easily done verbally but the written analysis for me takes a lot of time, and is far from immediate. I would like to lessen the amount of quick check your work grading and focus more on the in depth written feedback so that students are getting both. I believe technology can help me here as well.
Tools that I'm aware of to help:
I've heard about using google forms and docs to help assess learning but I need to spend more time learning how to use this tool.
Another means of online assessment is a program called WebAssign which has various helpful resources for AP Chem and currently supports the book we are using in class. I would love a chance to demo this software with my AP Chem class this semester to see if it would give them the opportunity to get more immediate feedback as they are learning. It is also an expensive investment ($10.50 per student so with the ~61 that I have we're talking $630 per year) so I would need to explore to see if it is really worthwhile.
Is there anything else out there I should try?
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