I chose the Exit Ticket strategy due to the nature of the material I teach and the diverse nature of students enrolled in the program I teach. As an Electrical Apprenticeship Instructor I have students enrolled for ten week sessions of highly theoretical material. Students come from being physically on the tools at work to being mentally challenged at the desk.
Although there is a course outline, and set tests that need to be given, the delivery method is instructor driven. This sounded great at the beginning being able to teach however you want! But not to be satisfied with merely going over the same material time and time again, I found myself often introducing new material on a test runs, then using student marks and feedback to determine how effective it actually was. Simply going by marks alone is in my opinion not the best method of evaluation.
I use the web based programs Socrative and Survey Monkey to deliver a lot of quizzes and tests in class. I use them as an informal way to get quick feedback on both answers and participation during class. If you’re not answering questions, I know instantly. I can also see at a glance if questions are being answered correctly. If not, we go back and solve those problems on the board as a class. No one knows at the time who has the incorrect answer as it is usually anonyms also! No one is afraid of being pointed out during class for making mistakes.
The last questions I use on all my quizzes are focused on getting personal feedback from students on the day’s lesson. I typically use questions that have only yes no answers or ratings of 1-10. By making the questions easy to answer I get great volumes of feedback, though not comprehensive. I feel that by combining this method along with grades obtained I can easily get a good feel of how the day’s lesson was received.
CLASSMATES WORK I LIKED!
Anthea van der Merwe used a pictograph, “The Critical Incident Questionnaire” was a vibrant use of colour and design. Users could not help buy read through what she had compiled!
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/19398608-critical-incident-questionnaire-conflict-copy
Jody Shimoda’s “One-minute Padlet: getting instructional feedback” was very similar tool as the ones I use in class but a bit more graphical. I agree that the user gets perhaps detached from the lesson by the graphics. I will look into trying to incorporate it one day as yet another tool in my box!
https://10weeksofteaching.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/one-minute-padlet.pdf
Kenneth Eng used an interesting concept, but again not sure if would be very effective if not watched closely.
Teachers would not know when students are texting for class or for personal reasons. Seems a bit too tempting for me! I like to be in control during class as my time is REALLY limited!
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/19200120-3260-infographic
Rosemarie Payne’s pictograph was of interest to me as we presently have this happening now at work. I see how it can be valuable for new hires, but personally I don’t want to be watched by my peers any more, unless they want to pay to have a chair in my class!
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/19114368-peer-observation
My personal favourite programs to use in class for quizzes AND exit tickets!
I have put a lot of time and energy into the use of both to make them work for my class. Students use their smart phones in my class as a tool to get and give answers. There is no time to send text messages or play games on them!
https://www.socrative.com/ https://www.surveymonkey.com
Although there is a course outline, and set tests that need to be given, the delivery method is instructor driven. This sounded great at the beginning being able to teach however you want! But not to be satisfied with merely going over the same material time and time again, I found myself often introducing new material on a test runs, then using student marks and feedback to determine how effective it actually was. Simply going by marks alone is in my opinion not the best method of evaluation.
I use the web based programs Socrative and Survey Monkey to deliver a lot of quizzes and tests in class. I use them as an informal way to get quick feedback on both answers and participation during class. If you’re not answering questions, I know instantly. I can also see at a glance if questions are being answered correctly. If not, we go back and solve those problems on the board as a class. No one knows at the time who has the incorrect answer as it is usually anonyms also! No one is afraid of being pointed out during class for making mistakes.
The last questions I use on all my quizzes are focused on getting personal feedback from students on the day’s lesson. I typically use questions that have only yes no answers or ratings of 1-10. By making the questions easy to answer I get great volumes of feedback, though not comprehensive. I feel that by combining this method along with grades obtained I can easily get a good feel of how the day’s lesson was received.
CLASSMATES WORK I LIKED!
Anthea van der Merwe used a pictograph, “The Critical Incident Questionnaire” was a vibrant use of colour and design. Users could not help buy read through what she had compiled!
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/19398608-critical-incident-questionnaire-conflict-copy
Jody Shimoda’s “One-minute Padlet: getting instructional feedback” was very similar tool as the ones I use in class but a bit more graphical. I agree that the user gets perhaps detached from the lesson by the graphics. I will look into trying to incorporate it one day as yet another tool in my box!
https://10weeksofteaching.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/one-minute-padlet.pdf
Kenneth Eng used an interesting concept, but again not sure if would be very effective if not watched closely.
Teachers would not know when students are texting for class or for personal reasons. Seems a bit too tempting for me! I like to be in control during class as my time is REALLY limited!
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/19200120-3260-infographic
Rosemarie Payne’s pictograph was of interest to me as we presently have this happening now at work. I see how it can be valuable for new hires, but personally I don’t want to be watched by my peers any more, unless they want to pay to have a chair in my class!
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/19114368-peer-observation
My personal favourite programs to use in class for quizzes AND exit tickets!
I have put a lot of time and energy into the use of both to make them work for my class. Students use their smart phones in my class as a tool to get and give answers. There is no time to send text messages or play games on them!
https://www.socrative.com/ https://www.surveymonkey.com