The ?backward design? approach to curriculum development discourages teachers from viewing assessment as something that is done at the end of a unit of instruction. Assessment becomes a critical part of instruction, and this is one area where the Activclassroom works wonders.

As the lesson is delivered in an Activclassroom environment, the teacher will have the opportunity to question students using remote Activote quizzing devices. (link to Activote page) The teacher immediately receives the results of the question and can structure whole-group questions to determine if true understanding had occurred. This not only assesses the student?s understanding in real time but allows those who did not initially understand to learn during the process of assessment. The students get immediate feedback to their response and can learn from their mistake during that ?teachable moment.? The teacher can at anytime re-direct the students back to the original concept as the lesson is not necessarily linear. This tool permits both ?data driven? instruction and student-directed learning.

Activstudio allows for both the teacher and students to look at the results of the questions in many ways. Results can be analyzed live with the students, printed, or exported to a spreadsheet. Promethean?s student response peripherals help teachers to encourage every child in to involve themselves in the lesson. Activote can help to generate discussion, gather opinions/answers from every child not just the one?s with their hand up and provides teachers and students instantaneous assessment of student understanding.

The Activote component takes your Promethean Activclassroom to the next level by turning students into active participants while stimulating whole group feedback.

Benefits

No matter which curriculum subject you teach, the benefits gained from making your assessments truly interactive are considerable.