Emerging Trend: Analytic Technology


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I enjoy using technology to enhance lessons and help students gain a deeper understanding of content. Technology can be used in ways to move beyond teacher and student interaction to improve student success. Analytic Technology is one way I would like to improve my technology use in the classroom. This emerging trend allows educators to collect student data in real time to make informed decisions. There are many quiz-game websites available for teachers to use to quickly collect student data in their classroom. These websites promote student engagement and help teachers to identify students who need help. In this blog post, I am going to present some different options I can use in my classroom. Feel free to try these in your classroom and let me know if there are any others you think I should try.


 Kahoot! is a classroom quiz-game website where teachers can create quizzes for their 
students. Teachers can also choose from millions of public pre-made quizzes to use in their classroom. The quiz format is multiple-choice questions that can include picture or videos. Teachers can select a time limit for each question. Quizzes can be used for quick checks, polls, or surveys. Teachers present the quiz on the whiteboard and students can access the choices on their device during the game. Students may answer independently or with a group using team mode. Teachers can download student data after they complete the quiz. Kahoot! is quick to set up and the students enjoy competing against one another. I have used Kahoot! in my classroom with positive results, however, I wanted to look for some other options that would give me more flexibility with the quiz format. Watch the video below to see a Kahoot! walkthrough.



Quizizz is another classroom quiz-game website where teachers can create quizzes for their students. The quiz format is single-select or multi-select multiple-choice questions. Teachers can use it as an in-class quiz game or assign it for homework to allow students to complete it independently on their own time. Teachers can quickly create their own quizzes or pull questions from the quiz database. Teachers can set a time limit and use images for questions. Teachers can allow students to see their scores when they finish a quiz or give the option for students to retake a quiz if needed. Students can access the quiz on their device and they can see questions with responses on their device during the quiz. Teachers can access student data after they complete a quiz. Quizizz engages students using meme-style feedback and student avatars that other game quizzes do not include
ClassEngagementSection illustrationQuizalize is another classroom quiz-game website where teachers can create quizzes for their students. Teachers can also choose to use premade quizzes from the website and students can create their own questions to quiz classmates. Quizzes can be use for pre-assessments, formative assessments, and summative assessments. The quiz format is multiple- or two-choice question sets or single-word responses presented as word scrambles. Students can access the quiz on their device and they can see questions with responses on their device during the quiz. Teachers are able to track student performance as they complete the quiz. Teachers can provide answer explanations to provide students with context to help them with the quiz. Students receive scores base on how quickly and accurately they answer questions. Quizalize provides teachers with 
many options when assessing and assisting student performance. 

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  1. My students and I love using Kahoot in the classroom! I often find myself using Kahoot as a quick formative assessment at the end of a lesson or as a review before taking a quiz or test. I love the competitive side that comes out of my students when trying to get all of the answers correct and make it on the scoreboard... they know that they will likely receive candy if they are in the top 5 performers. I have never heard of the other two technological quiz resources you shared, I will definitely have to check them out! Do you have a favorite of the three you shared?

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    1. I have also had great experiences using Kahoot! in the classroom. My students love playing individually and in teams, and it definitely gets them motivated to review. However, I was looking for some more options when creating and using the quizzes. I found that there are so many quiz-game websites available for the classroom. Kahoot! may be very quick to set up, but Quizizz and Quizalize give the teacher more control over the quiz.

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    2. I can definitely see where you are coming from with looking for other quiz resources where you could have more control of the content. I will have to look into Quizalize and Quizizz! Any way to incorporate technology and keep the student motivated and wanting to learn is a win for me!

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  2. Myself and my fellow teachers have been on a huge Quizizz kick lately. It is so easy to set up and makes grading a breeze. I especially like the timer and leaderboard function but have found it to be a problem in my honors class. The students strive to be the best so they let the timer get the better of them even though they know it only effects their score and not their grade. The first time they took a Quizizz I signed on with a different account and took the quiz ahead of time to give them a difficult score to beat. If I only knew who this would negatively effect some of the students I would never have done it. I have since learned my lesson and turn off the leaderboard and timer. I do enjoy all the other options though. They have recently added a setting that lets you set how many attempts the students get. I find this useful when for when we are doing something difficult that the students might want to get a second try on. I have used Kahoot! before and enjoy that as well but I will have to give quizalize a try. Quizlet is another one that you may want to try. It is geared a little more towards helping the students study but can be a great resource.

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    1. It can be better for some students when they are only competing against themselves. My second graders can also become upset when they are trying to beat a timer. Thank you for sharing your experience with Quizizz. It's great to see all the options that are available with these quiz-game websites. It is interesting to see the changes in websites like Quizlet, which has many more options than it did a few years ago. I will have to give it another try!

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  3. One piece of technology our school is using for data is Illuminate. You cab upload a test or quiz and attach standards not only to the test its self but to the individual questions. Its a good tool for seeing if you are hitting the standards hard enough or if your students got the major concepts you are trying to teach. How often to you encourage students to self assess with the data you get and your students get? I try to do that with my 6th graders but sometimes I get blank looks.

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