Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

Formative Assessment, Effective Feedback and EDTech Tools - Part 2 Date: 31st May 2022 Welcome to the second blog post exploring the various edtech tools that can be used to create innovative formative assessments online. The previous post explored formative assessments and the importance of feedback. This post will share various tools and how these can be used to create assessments online. Also we will be looking at how to give feedback using these tools online. Let begin by explore each tool individually: Some of the tools that I explored included WordArt, Yacapaga, Vocaro,WeVideo, Formative , Seesaw, Socrative, NearPod & Quizalize. Each of these has a different set of features that makes it different from the other. My review of each would be based on the following features: Ease of use - interface (login/logoff) Accessibility Availability on multiple devices (mobiles, desktops, laptops)  Interactivity Feedback features Data Analysis Graphics Simple to challenging tasks  Differe

Formative Assessment, Effective Feedback and EDTech Tools - Part 1 Date: 27th May 2022/Friday Welcome to another interesting new blog post about formative assessments in schools, followed by effective feedback and the role of edtech tools in creating innovative formative assessments. We will begin by refreshing and exploring a little more about formative assessments. Then we will discuss effective ways of giving feedback to students. This will be followed by exploring a few edtech that are freely available that can be used to create innovative and personalized formative assessments. So what are formative assessments? why are they important? how are they different from summative assessments? when should we take formative assessments? what should the teachers do after formative assessments? Formative assessments are basically ongoing and taken at regular intervals during the school year. These can be taken once the unit is completed or even in the midst to checking for understanding. The