Graphing Student Data

One of the things that we started in January was having the kids graph their own scores on the iPad.  We had  been doing some of this in notebooks and binders, but having it on the iPads provides a greater incentive for them to keep track of their own scores.  We found a free iPhone app called Dayta.  In this app, you can make up a new graph and name it whatever you want.  So, our primary graphing has been on Reading Counts test scores and 100 Facts Math test scores.  We would like to expand this to more skills, such as fluency, but we started with these two, because they have a very concrete, easy-to-read, score for the kids.  We knew that they could easily find their score and put it in the app.  Whenever the kids complete one of the tests and get their score, they go into the app, select the correct graph, and type their score in.  It only takes a few seconds, and it provides them with a line graph that shows if they are going up or down.  You can also set a goal on there, so the kids know if they have met their goal or not.  Here are a couple pictures of what the app looks like.

The first picture if a screenshot of how they put their score in.  They just tap the large number and type in their score.

The second picture is a screenshot of this student's graph of their Reading Counts scores.  The red line is the "Goal."  In this instance, it is the score required to pass a Reading Counts test.