Reviewing ICT Applications for Language Assessment

Applications for Language Assessment

 

No	Guidelines for Application Review
1.	Application	quizwhizzer
2.	Application category	Application for Assessment
3.	Relevance	3 Quizwhizzer Interactive Game that brings player activities to the classroom and makes the classroom more interactive and fun. Quizwhizzer has characteristics such as themes, images and music that are entertaining in the learning process. Quiz work can be done live or live in the classroom and can be done with a homework system.
4.	Feedback	3 Users can view and analyze the answers of game participants by viewing the review feature or downloading the results of their answers in excel format. And then, students can get  feedback. For instance, after they do the test, the true answer will be appearing.
5.	Ease of Use	3 Because most of the students are still unfamiliar with how to sign in so teacher must show how to join the class also how to open the test in the first meeting.
6.	Engagement	3 Students use the applications based on the teacher's suggestion. Nevertheless, its display is so colorful and modern. So, it is quite interesting for students who will do the test.
7.	Sharing	4 The application allows both the teacher and students to share their class activities by copying the link students and also can save or edit the study set.
8.	Accessibility & Cost	3 The applications is accessible to any browser. Despite this, Quizlet is a free application with limited features and a paid option.
9.	How to Use/Apply it in ELT?	Users can set and customize question types, scores for each question, rules for player movement and their position on the game board, and quiz makers can run more than one game at a time.
10.	What is the impact of it for ELT?	In the application of learning in the digital media era such as Quiz Whizzer is able to have a great influence to support the interaction that occurs between students and teachers in a learning in the classroom. The role of the teacher as a conveyer of information in the form of material and quizzes will be easier for students to capture and understand if the delivery of the material uses a medium that is also easy for students to understand and accept such as the use of quiz whizzer. The use of quiz whizzer media and the like in a learning can also support students in familiarizing themselves with the use of science and technology that is developing in the world of education.
11.	What are the advantages of it?	-          The game board can be created by the user himself making it easy to customize the type and shape of the game. For example, snakes and ladders games, treasure hunts etc. -          There are many types of questions provided by QuizWhizzer ranging from multiple choice, essay, true or false, drag and drop, ordering etc. -          Users can view and analyze the answers of game participants by viewing the review feature or downloading the results of their answers in excel format. -          Game participants do not need to create an account first so that it can make it easier for teachers to use it for students.
12.	What are the limitations/weaknesses of it?	-          The application needs an online network. -          Not all features are available free of charge
13.	What language skills or components would it be effective for?	The applications can be effective if utilized for the Vocabulary, Grammar, and the writing. Because it provides multiple-choice tests which can be used for improving the students' grammar. So, quizwhizzer can be effective to learn how to read and write correctly.