Want to incorporate a student response system into your classroom but don’t have clickers. Well here is a website that will allow you to use your smartphone, computer, laptop, etc to do just that. It is called Socrative. This site allows you to ask M/C questions (see student responses on the projection screen as a bar chart) , T/F questions, Short Answer Questions (ask open-ended questions), Quick Quiz (runs a self-paced quiz that is automatically graded and recorded), Exit Ticket (get an end-of-class pulse-check) or Space Race (run a quiz as a game and have student teams compete). You also have the ability to import questions from Excel which will cut down on prep time.
Currently this website is in alpha mode which means the software is free while they are testing. In order to gain access, you will need to click the Try It button in the upper left-hand corner to sign up. The site says they will contact you with additional information. I received my email and instructions on how to use this in about 60 seconds. So the response was very quick. In a matter of minutes I was set up and using the program with ease.
Students can access this site via the computer or their smartphone (download app). The teacher will need to share the room number that was given to them during the registration process. From here, the teacher can create questions and students can respond. At the end of the session, an excel spreadsheet will be emailed to you with the student data that was collected.
I foresee this site being very useful by having your students take those quick formative assessments as a way for you to track their progress. It is a simple way to incorporate technology into the classroom but keep the focus on the curriculum. The more we can assess the better we are able to tell what our students know and don't know. From there, we must analyze our data and reteach where necessary.
http://www.socrative.com/
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