PlanWise is an innovative Chrome extension designed to seamlessly integrate with Google Docs™, providing educators with targeted formative assessment strategies directly within their lesson planning workflow. By analyzing lesson content, PlanWise identifies key terms and offers relevant practices to enhance student understanding and engagement.
Key Features and Functionality:
- Integrated Lesson Planning: Operates within Google Docs™, allowing teachers to access resources without leaving their planning environment.
- Formative Assessment Strategies: Focuses on six critical practices:
- Using Learning Goals with Students
- Eliciting Student Understanding
- Engaging Students in Peer Feedback
- Engaging Students in Self-Assessment
- Providing Formative Feedback to Students
- Pre-Assessing Student Understanding
- Interactive Content Suggestions: Highlights relevant terms in lesson plans, linking to detailed strategies and resources.
- Customizable Experience: Allows teachers to save preferred strategies, hide others, and manage their personal library of resources.
- Mathematics Misconception Questions: Provides targeted questions to uncover common student misconceptions in mathematics.
Primary Value and User Solutions:
PlanWise addresses the challenge educators face in effectively implementing formative assessment practices by embedding tailored strategies directly into their existing lesson planning process. This integration ensures that teachers can enhance instruction without disrupting their workflow, leading to improved student outcomes. By offering customizable and subject-specific resources, PlanWise empowers educators to make informed decisions that cater to their students' unique learning needs.