Secondary Digital Learning Team
Information and Resources for BISD middle and high schools
Birdville High School: Socrative for Digital Formative Assessment
Socrative is an excellent tool for formative assessment. Birdville High School, History teachers use Socrative to quickly look at test data and re-address any missed concepts. Teachers create short chapter assessments through the Socrative website. To preserve test integrity, the site can generate a quiz by pulling from a bank of questions and scrambling the order, for each test taker. Students then access their quiz through the website or the Socrative App on their smart phone, tablet or laptop. Mrs. Medford’s US History class is using a variety of methods to take their assessments in the image below. Not all of her students have access to a mobile device and some students simply prefer to read their quiz questions on hard copy before submitting their answers. Mrs. Medford solves this problem by printing a small number of quizzes prior to test day. The entire process takes about 10 minutes and Mrs. Medford can see a clear picture of student data that is automatically generated by Socrative.
Spanish: Google Classroom & Duo Lingo
ELA: Digital Photography
Administration: Professional Twitter Account
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Student Tool of the Week!
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Bright Bytes Survey: Coming to a Campus Near You!
The survey window opens October 5th. This survey about technology use will be completed by both students and teachers to give the district valuable information about technology use, needs, and perceptions.
How May We Help You?
PLCs are beginning to analyze beginning of year data from common assessments, and teachers and students are getting familiar with this year's schedule and routines. As you think about your students and your goals for the year, please also think about ways that your Digital Learning Specialist can help you reach those goals.
Would you like help getting kids signed into their new Google accounts?
Want to review sharing folders in Google Drive with your PLC?
Would you like to explore different types of digital formative assessments?
Please contact us with any questions or to schedule a visit. We are here for you!
Secondary Digital Learning Specialists
Michael Hanson @hansonits
michael.hanson@birdvilleschools.net
Haltom High SchoolHaltom Middle School
Richland Middle School
North Ridge Middle School
Rashel Larson @RashelLarson
rashel.larson@birdvilleschools.net
Birdville High SchoolBCTAL
North Richland Middle School
Smithfield Middle School
Tosh McGaughy @ToshMcGaughy
tosh.mcgaughy@birdvilleschools.net
Richland High SchoolShannon High School
North Oaks Middle School
Watauga Middle School