Step 2: Ways you could use Socrative
Socrative is an assessment tool teachers can use in the classroom. It's user friendly and easy for kids to navigate. Because it's an assessment tool, it's primarily used for assessing students (obviously, LOL). Unlike the previous sessions, there are not as many examples to share, but I have included below how I have used Socrative in my classroom
Assessment:
For a lesson on tattling vs. telling, I used Socrative to assess my students at the end as a formative assessment. I quickly created a quiz the morning of my lesson, which included 10 questions. Students could work at their own pace and had to identify whether or not the situation was "tattling" or "telling." Once students finished, their work was graded automatically, and all I had to do was put their grade into the grade book. Below is an example of one of the questions, followed by the results page.
For a lesson on tattling vs. telling, I used Socrative to assess my students at the end as a formative assessment. I quickly created a quiz the morning of my lesson, which included 10 questions. Students could work at their own pace and had to identify whether or not the situation was "tattling" or "telling." Once students finished, their work was graded automatically, and all I had to do was put their grade into the grade book. Below is an example of one of the questions, followed by the results page.
Review:
To review for our social studies test, I created a "quiz" with review questions to prepare students for the test the next day. This works in a similar way as Kahoot, however, I like Socrative better because it's not so much a competition. Many times during Kahoot, students want to answer first and choose the wrong answer by mistake, but Socrative is not a competition, so students can feel more comfortable reading the whole question and answer options before choosing. This also helps the teacher to know what a student actually knows or doesn't know. Instead of letting students work at their own pace, I made this quiz "teacher-paced" so I controlled the pace of each question. Students were not able to go ahead to answer questions before we talked about each one. Here is an example of two of the questions on the quiz.
To review for our social studies test, I created a "quiz" with review questions to prepare students for the test the next day. This works in a similar way as Kahoot, however, I like Socrative better because it's not so much a competition. Many times during Kahoot, students want to answer first and choose the wrong answer by mistake, but Socrative is not a competition, so students can feel more comfortable reading the whole question and answer options before choosing. This also helps the teacher to know what a student actually knows or doesn't know. Instead of letting students work at their own pace, I made this quiz "teacher-paced" so I controlled the pace of each question. Students were not able to go ahead to answer questions before we talked about each one. Here is an example of two of the questions on the quiz.
Entrance/ Exit Ticket:
Teachers can use Socrative as an entrance or exit ticket for future instruction. For a math lesson, I gave a 4-question Socrative quiz at the beginning of class to form three groups based upon how the students did. I had differentiated tasks for each group to complete on telling time. This was easy to do because Socrative provides that immediate feedback, so I quickly had the data I needed to form groups instead of having to grade all 20+ papers ahead of time. Below you will see two example questions, and the results report page. I hid names for privacy purposes, but you can see the results for each student for each question.
Teachers can use Socrative as an entrance or exit ticket for future instruction. For a math lesson, I gave a 4-question Socrative quiz at the beginning of class to form three groups based upon how the students did. I had differentiated tasks for each group to complete on telling time. This was easy to do because Socrative provides that immediate feedback, so I quickly had the data I needed to form groups instead of having to grade all 20+ papers ahead of time. Below you will see two example questions, and the results report page. I hid names for privacy purposes, but you can see the results for each student for each question.
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