RUNNING HEAD: DIGITAL PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS

Digital Progress Monitoring Tools: Top 4

Jennifer Dean

Grand Canyon University: TEC-536

May 11th, 2017

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The Top 4 Progress Monitoring Tools Google Slides Presentation

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Tool 1: Seesaw

Whatisit?

Astudentdrivendigitalportfoliothatconnectsstudentsandparentstoeach

otherandotherclassrooms!

Studentshavetheirindividualportfoliobutarealsoconnectedtotheirclass

account.

Studentscanvieweachother'swork,makecomments,askquestionsandmore.

Teachercanassignassessmentsandassignstandardstotheassessmentsto

progressmonitor.
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SkillsandStandardsandbeinguploadedbystudentsthroughouttheyearto

seeastudentleadprogressionoflearningintheirdigitalportfolio.

Howisitused?

Portfoliosareacommontooltouseforprogressmonitoringstudentgrowth.

Stockhall,Dennis&Rueter(2014)explainthateducationalportfolios

continuetoholdaprominentplaceintheassessmentofchildrenwith

disabilities(p.32).Althoughthisarticleisspecificallytalkingaboutstudents

withdisabilitiesandthebenefitsofusinganeducationalportfolio,thesame

holdstrueforallstudents.Seesawisadigitalversionofaneducational

portfoliotouseforprogressmonitoring.

Studentscompletedifferentactivitiesandputtheminadesignatedfolder.For

Example,amathassessmentactivitywouldbeplacedinamathfolder,a

phonicsassessmentactivitycouldbeplacedinaphonicsfoldersandetc.

Eachactivityhasaspecificlearningstandard(ormultiplestandards)assigned

toit(basedonteacher).

Eachactivityisdated.Teachersandstudentscanlookattheirportfolioin

orderofdatesandseeeachactivity
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Eachactivityispurposeful.Stockhall,Dennis&Rueter(2014)alsoexplainthat

theportfolioisapurposefulcollectionofworkdesignedtorepresentthe

childsefforts,progressandachievements(p.32).

Activity&AssessmentExample

Studentsnameandavatararewitheachactivity.

Theparticularassessmentwasamathactivityandcorrectlyplacedinthe

mathfolder.

Thedateisshowntoseeprogress.

April5th,theactivitywastolabelthecoinsandtheamounttheywere

worth.IntheApril5thexample,thestudentnamedthecoinscorrectlybut

didnothaveallthecorrectvalues.However,April12th,thestudenthadto

countthecountsandchangetheamountofmoneyeachtime.IntheApril12th

example,thestudentdidhavethecorrectvaluesforeachcoinandwasable

tocountontogetthetotalamount.

Theseweretwoseparateactivitiesconductedtoassessstudentscurrentlevel

ofunderstandingandmonitortheprogressastheunitonmoneywastaught.

Thisisjustoneexampleofhowthedigitalportfoliocanshowthegrowthof
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individualstudentsandsupportstudentsinbecoming21stcenturylearners

withdigitalcitizenshipskills!

ResourcesandTutorials

WhatisSeesaw?

ElementaryTutorials

6-12thGradeTutorials

AssessmentTutorials

WebsiteLinktoallTutorials

Tool 2: Imagine Learning

Whatisit?

Individualizedcurriculumwithassessmentsbuiltin.

Documentedgrowthusinganannualgrowthtest.

Progressmonitoringdata,charts,graphsandmore!
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Monitorsoralfluencyandwrittenresponses.

HighlightsActionAreasforindividualstudentsneeds.

Includesinterventionstotargettheindividualstudentneeds.

EnglishLanguageArtsprogramdesignedtohelpstudentsmakeacademic

growth.

Offersaseparatemathprogramaswell.

Howisitused?

ImagineLearningisagamifiedlearningplatformthatassessesstudentsand

teachesthembasedontheirresults.Dichev&Dicheva(2017)explainthat

gamificationofeducationisadevelopingapproachforincreasinglearners

motivationandengagementbyincorporatinggamedesignineducational

environments(p.2).

Studentstakeanannualassessmentwhichlevelstheminthecurriculum.

Studentsplaygamesandparticipateinlessons.Thegamesaretheassessments.

Differentskillsaretaughtandassessedthroughoutthecurriculum.

Teachersareprovidedwithanimmediatereportonprogress.

Itisallweb-based.Studentscanuseitatschoolorathomeanduseavariety

ofdevices.
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ItisbothanAPPandawebsite.

ExamplesandISTEStandards

Examplesofgraphsshowingstudentgrowthandtheactiontoolareas.

ExamplesofActivities/Lessons

ActivityMenutochoosefrom
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ReadingLeveledBookInstructionActivity

Pre-readingactivities

PracticeReading

Duringreadingquestions

Writtenresponse

Afterreadingactivities

ISTEStandards

Standard1:EmpoweredLearner

Standard3:KnowledgeConstructor

Standard5:ComputationalThinker

ResourcesandSupport

AssessmentToolsandResources

SupportandTraining

Webinars

Tool 3: OARS
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Whatisit?

OARSisanonlineassessmenttoolusedformultiplepurposes.

Schooldistrictsuseitfromprogressmonitoringonbenchmarktests(3-4times

peryear).

Testsarecreatedbyteachersandcanbesharedwithotherteachers

throughoutthedistrict.

BasicallyanonlineplatformforProgressMonitoring/BenchmarkTesting

Howisitused?

Teachershaveaclassrostertheyeithercreateorimport.

Teacherscanhavemultiplerostersiftheyteachmultipleclasses.

Teacherscreateatestingwindowandhavestudentstestduringthosetimes.

StudentslogintotheirownOARSTestingAccountandcompletetheassigned

benchmarktest.

Dataisprovidedimmediately.

Teacherscancreateaquickreportlookingatindividualstudentsortheclass

asawhole.

Teacherscanquicklyanalyzeandcomparedatafromeachquarter.
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Resultsarebrokendownby(1)didnotmeet,(2)nearlymet,(3)metand(4)

exceededstandards.Thisiscolorcodedaswell.

Eachstandardisgivenascoreandeachstudent/classisgivenanoverall

score.Benchmarktesting

ActivitiesandExamples

BenchmarkTesting:Math,ELA,Writing,Science,SocialStudiesandmore!

Assessmentsarecreatedandeasilygiventostudentsusingtheonline

platform.ExampleofstudentassessmentquestionsonOARS

DataExample
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Quarter1:only11studentsmetorexceededstandards,butinquarter2,19

studentsmetorexceededstandards.Thisisagreatwaytoreallyseehowthe

datacanbeanalyzedandshowtheprogressofstudentgrowth.

ResourcesandSupport

Settingupatestingwindow

AssessmentinOARS

VideoTutorialsforCustomers
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FAQS

Tool 4: Sumdog

Whatisit?

Agamifiedmathcurriculum&assessmenttool.

Adaptivecurriculumdesignedtoassesswherestudentsareacademicallyand

teachandsupportthemfromthatleveltomovetheirwayup.

APPandwebsite

FREE

MultipleGames

Studentsearncoinsforcorrectpointsandcanbuyitemsfortheiravatar.

Howisitused?
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Thefirsttimestudentslogin,theywillcreateanavatarandplayagame.This

gameassessestheirbasicskillsandadaptsbasedontheiranswers.

Thisassessmentplacesstudentsintoaprogramandbeginsfocusingonspecific

skillsbasedonindividualstudentsneeds.

Studentsplayagainsteachotherandotherstudentsaroundtheworld,but

theirgameisadapted.Forexample,studentswhoarefluentwithadditionand

subtractionareplayingagainststudentswhoarenot,howeverthegameis

adapted.Thestudentswhoarefluentwillhavedifferentproblems,adding

andsubtractingevenhighernumbersandbeginningmultiplication.However,

thestudentwhoislessfluentwillcontinuetogetthatfluencypracticewith

moresimpleproblemslike2+5andetc.However,theyarebothplayingthe

samegame.

Theresultsofstudentsgamesisthenturnedintoareporttoprogressmonitor

studentgrowthandidentifywhatspecificskillsindividualstudentsneedmore

instructionwith.

ExamplesofActivitiesandISTEStandards

MorningWork:Funwaytostarttheday.Givestudents5-10minutestoplay

SumDogwhiletakingattendanceandetc.
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MathCenter:RotatingCenter.Whenstudentsareatthetechnologycenter

givethem10minutesonthisgameandthentheycanrotatetothenextmath

center.

QuarterlyAssessments

Competeincontests-state&countywidecontestsavailableeachmonth!

ISTESTANDARDS

Standard1:Studentsareempoweredlearnerssettingtheirowngoalsto

completedifferentlevels,earncoinsandetc.

Standard2:DigitalCitizen-Studentsarelearninghowtobedigital

citizensbyusingavarietyoftoolsandworkingwithothers.

Standard3:KnowledgeConstructor-Studentsareconstructingtheir

ownknowledgethroughanonlinegamingformat.

ResourcesandSupport

WhatResearchSays!

JunkpileGameExample

Contests

Summary

Progress monitoring is the process of monitoring student growth and achievement and using the

data to alter instruction in a way that allows students to learn and make progress. Technology has
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helped to make the assessments used for progress monitoring more engaging and motivating for

students. In a study done on the effectiveness of Sumdog, it was found that students who spent 1

hour a week using the program were making three times the progress in a certain time frame.

Imagine Learning is another progress monitoring tool that is also a curriculum that has had

similar results with its effectiveness. In addition to being more engaging and motivating using

gamification, there are other tools that are motivating and engaging in different ways. For

example, Seesaw is a student digital portfolio that is not a game. However, it does allow students

to post their work to a global audience and interact/collaborate with each other. This is

motivating and engaging in its own way.

The reason I chose these 4 tools is because they are definitely engaging and motivating, but they

also show the data. It is important that we can easily understand the data from our progress

monitoring tools and use it. The assessment needs to be purposeful, and the data also needs to be

purposeful. Data is only of use if we use it to alter our instruction and meet the needs of our

diverse students. Using these types of digital progress monitoring tools not only motivates and

engages students, but it also gives us more time to use the data to help our students be successful.
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References

Dichev, C., & Dicheva, D. (2017). Gamifying education: what is known, what is believed and

what remains uncertain: a critical review. International Journal Of Educational Technology In

Higher Education, 14(1), 1. doi:10.1186/s41239-017-0042-5

Stockall, N., Dennis, L. R., & Rueter, J. A. (2014). Developing a Progress Monitoring Portfolio

for Children in Early Childhood Special Education Programs. Teaching Exceptional Children,

46(3), 32-40.

Sumdog Effectiveness Study:

http://www.sumdog.com/en/1606_research/attachments/2016%20Sumdog%20Effectiveness%20

Study%20-%20United%20ISD%20v.1.0.pdf