Collaboration and assessment have always been very important topics for educators, but as the 21st century becomes for technologically inclined, so does our classrooms. I was on the look out for some awesome collaboration and assessment tech tool that could easily be implemented in any teacher’s classroom and I found 3 pretty great ones that id love to share with you guys! I rated each tool on the Triple E Evaluation Rubric and they all scored in the “green light” section, which shows awesome they truly are.

The first tool is an assessment tool called Google Forms. This tool is a survey app that comes with your Google drive. You can create open ended questions, multiple choice questions, even true or false questions. What I love about this tool is that the options are endless in what you can do with it. I’ve used this app in a couple of my lesson plans and it truly enhanced them and integrated tech into the classroom.

Based on the triple e evaluation rubric, this tool scored a 15 out of 18. This is such a good score for such a good tool. I really think this is a great tool to allow students to remain engage in what you are assessing them and I really feel that it can motivate them to begin their learning process. I think that he can help extend their learning by it being so accessible to students at any point in their day. You could make an assignment due later that night so they had the rest of their day to submit it. Overall I really love this tool because it allows multiple choice or open ended questions for any assessment you love to give. 

The second tool is a collaboration tool called Google Hangouts. A lot of schools that are Google schools are already very familiar with this, but for those of you whose schools aren’t you should definitely look into it. This tool allows for students to video chat or start conversations with you or other students. Teachers can use this tool to set up conferences with other schools or professionals in the field of which the class may be studying that specific week. As this is mostly a collaboration tool, it can also be used as an assessment tool. Students can create conversations or video chats with other students about what they’ve learned which allows for students to explain what they understood from the lesson , communicate, and ask questions about the content area. 

Looking at the triple e evaluation rubric, Google Hangouts scored a 18 out of 18. This score truly reflects how awesome of a collaboration to Google Hangouts is. This really hit every single mark on the rubric, it engage to learning, enhance learning, and extended learning, which makes it an amazing tool to implement into any classroom. This really creates so many opportunities for students to learn outside of their average school day it keeps them engaged in what they’re learning in the classroom and it can open so many doors for their future. I 100% recommend this tool to every educator. 

The last tool I found is an awesome assessment tool called Kahoot!. Kahoot! is is a game-based learning tool that asks students multiple choice questions on a big screen, such as a SmartBoard in the classroom. Students use their own mobile devices or laptops to compete either individually or in teams. Students can collaborate with other students by teaming up and competing in review games created by yourself or other teachers. Teachers can also have students create their own Kahoot! games over a certain subject and test other classmates on it. Kahoot! is such a fun affective way to assess just about any age group. Personally I love Kahoot! and loved when my past professors and classmates use them to question us over a certain subject matter. Parents can also use this at home with their young student and monitor the games and allow the student to use this as a studying tool. 

When I rated this tool on the triple e evaluation rubric, it came out with an 18 out of 18. A perfect score really shows how great of a tool this can when used properly buys teachers and students. Not only can you assess student over a certain subject matter, but in your free time as a reward you could even answer a fun quiz over something like Disney movies. This really extends students learning goals and enhances any subject matter that can be taught in schools. I personally love to use Kahoot! and love when I see other teachers using it in their classrooms. Students can really gain so much from this tool which is why I highly recommend teachers implement this at least once in one of their lessons.