Flubaroo

• For my technology tool, I signed up to research Flubaroo. Flubaroo is an online tool that allows teachers and students to grade things quickly and accurately. The types of tests that Flubaroo can grade are somewhat limited (Multiple Choice and Fill-in-the-blank). Even though the grading can be fairly limited, Flubaroo allows teachers to save time on the easy aspects of the grading and spend more time on the things that require more attention, like essay questions or short answer. Flubaroo also has many other tools useful to a teacher and students, like showing individualized feedback, showing the different grades through graphs, and the option to email students directly with an answer key. Basically, Flubaroo makes grading easier and less time consuming, a plus for all teachers!
• Flubaroo is great for teachers because it allows them so much more time to do other, more important things. Flubaroo is also useful to students and the classroom in general. Teachers can make practice tests for students to practice for an upcoming exam. Students can stay up to date with their own personal achievement and get individualized feedback from teachers. They can keep up with how they're doing on a certain subject and make sure they know where they stand quickly and simply.
• I found a few different sources that reviewed Flubaroo and its effectiveness. 
• The first review I found was from Edshelf and the reviewer stated that Flubaroo was "easy to use...straight forward...a perfect fit." The reviewer loved that they could use their already favorite tools like google docs, with Flubaroo. One user stated that Flubaroo was a bit hard to set up, but tutorials on Youtube helped out!
• Another review I found was from Teaching Generation Now. This review was more extensive. They stated that they loved Flubaroo because "It is free... It is easy to use... It can be used with many subjects and many ages..." The cons that they came up with for Flubaroo are that it can only grade things that have one correct answer. They also didn't like how you could only use graphs for whole class data and not individual data.
• Another review is by Exploring Learning. This user loved how easy it was to use Flubaroo and that you can use it with Google docs. They believe Flubaroo is "a really useful tool" and it "allows her to see which areas were misunderstood" quite simply
• One drawback to Flubaroo is that you must use it with google forms. It does not work with simple Word documents or Excel.
• There are a few alternatives to using Flubaroo
• Autocrat
• FormMule
• Super Quiz
• Here is a list of educational resources for Flubaroo!
• This is a video for Flubaroo. It shows how to use Flubaroo to grade assignments. This video goes step by step through the Flubaroo add on for google docs.
• This link comes from "ThingLink" and is actually a diagram that shows step by step instructions on how to use Flubaroo in the classroom with grading.
• This link comes from "edcode.org", a website that suggests tools for teachers' use. It explains that Flubaroo enables quick and easy grading!
• Scott Siberson goes over the different features specific to Flubaroo and how it will make grading easier for teachers.
• This link will show you the ins and outs of using Flubaroo in your classroom.