Dipsticks: Efficient ways to check for understanding — from edutopia.org by Todd Finley

Excerpts/some ideas:

Talk Show Panel

  • Have a cast of experts debate the finer points of _______.

Classroom TED Talk

Podcast

  • Play the part of a content expert and discuss content-related issues on a podcast, using the free Easypodcast.

Illustration

  • Draw a picture that illustrates a relationship between terms in the text. Explain in one paragraph your visual representation.

Summary Poem Activity

  • List ten key words from an assigned text.
  • Do a free verse poem with the words you highlighted.
  • Write a summary of the reading based on these words.

Invent the Quiz

  • Write ten higher-order text questions related to the content. Pick two and answer one of them in half a page.

Mind Map

  • Create a mind map that represents a concept using a diagram-making tool (like Gliffy). Provide your teacher/classmates with the link to your mind map.

Exit Slip

  • Have students reflect on lessons learned during class.

 

 

From DSC:
With thanks to Krista Spahr, Senior  Instructional Designer
at Calvin College, for posting this item on Twitter