Formative Assessment in a technology-based classroom

Despite a significant portion of in-class formative assessments being carried out using traditional solutions, technology-based approaches have begun to make in-roads into the educational environment. In particular, Student Response Systems (SRS) are widely used in secondary and tertiary settings to allow teachers and student to interaction without the overheads normally associated with formative assessment. 

Whereas first generation SRSs used 'clickers' and required considerable investment in hardware, the latest generation of mobile and web-based products offer more functionality at little or no cost. Online systems like Socrative  allow teachers to dip their toes in the technology water, without having to fully commit to what might be a radical change.
Click on the picture above to see an overview of this technology.