Socrative

You can access Socrative through a website called http://www.socrative.com. This tool is a website that does not need to be downloaded and is open to teachers and students across the world free of charge.

The purpose of Socrative is to make assessment more fun for students, and easier for teachers. It provides an easy way for students to complete quizzes, questioners, and activities anonymously to the class and online. By having students complete these activities through socrative, teachers are forming a quick and accurate form of formal assessment. Teachers get instant results stating who gets the concept and who needs more help. Teachers will also be able to tell the next teaching points for the lesson, or if they need to move on to the next lesson.

Socrative has many different tools to utilize. Teachers can start a quiz to open up to students online. The quiz can me multiple choice, true/false, or fill in the blank. These quizzes can be anonymous or have names on them. The teacher gets immediate feedback as the students submit the quiz. Socrative also has a quick question option allowing teachers to throw in a quick question in the middle of a lesson. Similar to quick question, exit ticket is another option in Socrative. Exit tickets can be used for a ticket out the door for students. They may have to get the correct answer before they leave or perform a certain task. This is a way to assess what students have learned that day. The last activity available for students is called a space race. This activity is a fun competitive game between the class that is a race form.

Socrative can be used in many ways in the classroom. In the high school level, I would use Socrative everyday during lectures for an exit ticket. I would have students answer one questions coming from the lecture to see if they were paying attention, if they were confused at all, or if all students got the point and the class needed to move on. I could also use Socrative in the fourth grade classroom on the iPads. I could create a five question quiz and have students take it during class. This will help me with assessments and understanding interpretation.