Grade 1 is Going Digital with Formative Assessment

 Ms. Phelan has been using the Three Ring app in her first grade math class as a formative assessment tool. Threering.com is a great web tool and ipad app that allows teachers to collect and organize student work in a digital format.

During math workshop Ms. Phelan meets with individual students and small groups to facilitate learning. Using the Three Ring app on the ipad she captures evidence of learning in multiple formats. She takes pictures of student work, captures video and audio clips, and also takes digital notes on student progress. After collecting formative data on the ipad, the information is automatically uploaded to her threering.com account. From her computer she can organize, edit, and tag the content she collected and use the information to make instructional decisions. At the end of the math lesson, Ms. Phelan displays her threering.com feed on the smartboard so that students can reflect on their learning by viewing and discussing video clips and images together.  Using the ipad and an app such as Three Ring as a formative assessment tool is a great example of effective technology integration. Check it out! It's free!