Using Nearpod,

Flipgrid, and
Formative as
Assessment Tools
Let’s get
started!
 What should I expect?
Today, we will cover:

1. Using Nearpod as a formative assessment tool

2. Using Flipgrid as a formative assessment tool

3. Using Formative as a summative assessment tool

What’s the
difference?
Formative Assessment Types
A formative ● In-class
assessment, also known discussions
as an informal ● Collected work
assessment, is data ● Quizizz, Kahoots,
gathered throughout or Blookets
lessons to form/change ● Weekly quizzes
instruction on the way ● Group work
to the final exam.
What’s the
difference?
Summative Assessment Types
A summative ● Final exams
assessment, also known ● Final projects
as an formal ● Final essays
assessment, is the ● Standardized tests
final exam. It ○ IABs
provides the data we ○ ICAs
collect to prove we ○ CAASPP
taught students what
they need to know.
 01
FORMATIVE
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Flipgrid & Nearpod
Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a video
discussion platform
that helps educators
see and hear from
every student in class
and foster a fun and
supportive social
learning environment.

- Microsoft.com
Flipgrid Classroom Ideas
 Let’s get
logged in!
 How do I use Flipgrid?
1. Create a group
2. Edit your join code
a. Change it to your last name
3. Create a new topic
a. Mess around with the settings
4. Hit the three dots in the corner
a. Mess around with the options
Please
find a partner or a
group to work on for
this next part :)
Lesson Plan with Flipgrid
Your challenge is to: If you need more
● Create a lesson using
examples…
Flipgrid as a formative
assessment tool

You can:

● Use a lesson you already

did and enhance it with
Flipgrid, or
● Look at a future lesson and
add Flipgrid to it, or
● Make an entirely new lesson

Please share it with me when you’re done!

Break
Nearpod

Nearpod is a website
and app-based digital
tool that lets
teachers create
slide-based learning
resources that are
interactive for
students to engage
with and learn from.

- TechLearning.com
Nearpod Classroom Ideas
 Let’s get
logged in!
 How do I use Nearpod?
1. Look around the Nearpod Library
2. Try assigning a lesson as
student-paced
a. Look through the slides first
3. Create a lesson
a. Mess around with different
slides/fonts/etc
b. You can’t break it :)
Please
find a partner or a
group to work on for
this next part :)
Lesson Plan with Nearpod
Your challenge is to: If you need more
● Create a lesson using
examples…
Nearpod as a formative
assessment tool

You can:

● Use a lesson you already

did and enhance it with
Nearpod, or
● Look at a future lesson and
add Nearpod to it, or
● Make an entirely new lesson

Please share it with me when you’re done!

 02
SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Illuminate
What’s the
difference?
Formative Assessment Types
A formative ● In-class
assessment, also known discussions
as an informal ● Collected work
assessment, is data ● Quizizz, Kahoots,
gathered throughout or Blookets
lessons to form/change ● Weekly quizzes
instruction on the way ● Group work
to the final exam.
What’s the
difference?
Summative Assessment Types
A summative ● Final exams
assessment, also known ● Final projects
as an formal ● Final essays
assessment, is the ● Standardized tests
final exam. It ○ IABs
provides the data we ○ ICAs
collect to prove we ○ CAASPP
taught students what
they need to know.
Formative

Formative is a web- and

app-based interactive
student response and
assessment tool that's
compatible with almost
any device. Upon sign-up,
teachers can add classes
via class code, QR code,
or URL or through
integrations like Clever
or Google Classroom.

- CommonSense.org
Formative Classroom Ideas
 Let’s get
logged in!
 How do I use Formative?
1. Look around the Formative website
2. Try creating a test question
a. Mess around with different
slides/fonts/etc
b. Add headers
c. You can’t break it :)
3. Connect Google Classroom or Clever
a. Under the “assign” tab
Please
find a partner or a
group to work on for
this next part :)
Test Creation w/ Formative
Your challenge is to: If you need more
● Create a test using
examples…
Formative as summative
assessment tool

You can:

● Use a test you already gave

and enhance it with
Formative, or
● Look at a future test and
add Formative to it, or
● Make an entirely new test

Please share it with me when you’re done!

 03
CREATING
ACCOUNTABILITY
GROUPS
What is an ● Accountability groups do
accountability just that… hold each
other accountable
group? ● With the group you are
currently sitting with,
make a plan to:
1. Use the Flipgrid
lesson you created
2. Use the Nearpod
lesson you created
3. Use Formative to
build an assessment

● You will share your

This will be all of you
progress on a Google Doc
when you’re done :)
This will also
be e-mailed to
you at the end
of this session!
 Thanks!
If you have any questions, you
can email me at:
allison_mcdonell@sangerusd.net
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