The instant feedback that Qwizdom provides to the teacher and the student is incredible. The ability for a teacher to assess students instantly, during lessons to gauge the effectiveness of instruction, is powerful. Being able to display response graphs of student answers is valuable. As a teacher I can see misconceptions that students may have immediately and correct these issues on the spot. Students enjoy the immediate feedback of knowing whether answers are correct or incorrect. One of my students was so discouraged at the amount of questions she was getting wrong during a lesson, that she decided to stay late for extra help that day. This was a girl that had never stayed late once this year for extra help, but the immediate feedback on the remote signaled her to come in for help, which was great.
As class sizes continue to increase, using Qwizdom allows students to assess their learning in a room where a teacher may not be able to check on every student during a lesson. The reports that are generated by Qwizdom are also extremely valuable. I have been amazed at the amount of data that can be analyzed by this system including, but not limited to, analyzing student performance on individual questions, seeing student progress with certain core curriculum standards, examining student category averages, and printing out student progress reports. I can’t think of a system that is able to collect and sort more data as efficiently as Qwizdom.
There is no doubt that this system has caused my students to be more interested in lessons. Their attention levels in class have improved dramatically, and students are having fun learning! The students enjoy using the keypads as do I. In fact, when I’m not using Qwizdom, I often feel lost, as I have limited knowledge about the effectiveness of my lessons, and am not receiving immediate feedback about my student’s strengths and weaknesses.
The Qwizdom system has done everything that I imagined and more. Even the most boring lessons are now exciting and student focused. The data that the system provides to students and teachers is extremely valuable. The Qwizdom system is the most valuable formative assessment device that I have ever used!