Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Tenmark
Tenmark is an online math program to reinforce and practice math understanding and fluency.   Students are able to sign on independently and answer math problems aligned to the common core with hints and tutorials.  Teachers are also able to assign individual or whole group assignments.  Weekly class data is sent.   

Student Engagement: 3
2nd graders are engaged when directed to use the app.

Accessibility/Relevance: 3
Easy to assign work and collect data.  There is an optional upgrade available.

Capabilities/Customization: 3
Customized to individual or group with tutorials and hints to support learning.

Safety: 3
There is a teacher created roster with individual log in and password.

Thinking Skills: 3
Customized to encourage higher order thinking skills.

Elementary Evaluation Tool

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Qualities:





Student Engagement
Avoids app
Uses app but does not make connections to prior learning.
Uses app when directed.
Highly Motivated to use the app.

Accessibility/
Relevance
Not able to use for multiple purposes
Limited availability to use across contents
Purposeful and appropriate
across content areas
Engaging across all content areas


Capabilities/ Customization
No access to camera, video, microphone and other libraries.
Limited use of settings to meet student’s need.
Flexible settings to models strategies, ability to create, structure, or build
Interactive and the ability to change content settings to model strategies and ability to create and build.

Safety
No private access availability
Class Login with personal password
Individual Log in & password.
Individual Log in & password with data available within class roster

Thinking Skills
Limited use of lower order thinking skills.
Mostly lower order thinking skills to understand and remember.
Use of higher order thinking skills including evaluating, analyzing and applying.
Use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating and analyzing.

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