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4. A focus on formative assessment has been chosen as a school-wide goal. How do you assist teachers in meeting that goal in all grade levels and curriculum areas?

Model and introduce following tools: Wikis Google Docs and other Google Apps Discussion Boards - students to students Blogs - students answer statements or questions .Surveys - can use grouping. Classscape can be used formatively. Student response systems. Active board companion slates Twitter Back Channeling Ning Learning Management System tools Chat Prescriptive software Facebook Flip cameras Cartoons—Comic Life, GoAnimate VoiceThread—oral formative assessment Podcasting

All formative assessment sessions should use the above tools as to model expectations. All sessions should utilize technology in a seamless way. Technology should never be "inserted" later. Students able to give feedback to each other. Privacy and anonymity allows more discussion flow

We need to model formative assessment as technology facilitators in our own professional development sessions.

Make sure to include your own formative assessment and evaluative follow-up so that ongoing and relative PD can continue.