Try This Easy-Peasy Way to Administer and Document Oral Administration of Tests
Keeping up with student modifications can be a daunting task. This tip from a savvy BMS teacher is an innovative way to offer students oral administration and document whether or not the student accepted or rejected the modification at the same time.
1. Record the questions and answers for your quiz/test/assignment on Vocaroo.com
2. Get and copy the link for your recording.
3. Create a Google form.
4. On the Google form, insert a question like, "Do you want to listen to the audio for this assignment? Yes or no?" Mark this question as "required," and add the link to your Vocaroo recording.
5. Post your test/quiz/assignment to your Google Classroom so the kids can do the work.
Amazing! Modification and documentation in a single spreadsheet containing the following information:
- who did and did not use the audio
- documentation that you offered audio and whether it was accepted or refused
- the students' answers and scores
Teaching Bias Detection & Fake News
This week I had the pleasure of working with Mrs. Spikes sixth grade reading classes on detecting bias. If you're teaching your secondary students information literacy, here are some digital resources.- A Discovery Education video that explains bias
- A three-minute podcast interview of a journalist who explains how her job of debunking fake news has changed in just the last three years.
- A great infographic on why people create fake news
- An interactive quiz on detecting forms of bias
- An explanation of the CRAAP test to test reliability
- An interactive quiz to analyze news stories and classify them as fake or real
Halloween Magnetic Poetry
