{"id":149,"date":"2013-09-18T12:36:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T12:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/?p=149"},"modified":"2013-09-18T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T12:36:49","slug":"socrative-for-feeback-and-to-support-assessment-for-learning-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/2013\/09\/18\/socrative-for-feeback-and-to-support-assessment-for-learning-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Socrative – for feeback and to support assessment for learning in the classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>There are many tools now available specifically to help gather feedback from all pupils in a class – sometimes called classroom response systems, class voting tools or clickers. These let teachers get a quick response at the beginning, during or end of a teaching session. This way the teacher has a wider overview of the undertsanding at any time of the whole class and not just of a few individual pupils.<\/p>\n

Why use response tools?<\/h3>\n

Used as part of an Assessment for Learning strategy a teacher can change the pace or direction of teaching to take account of responses from pupils. Click here for information about Robert Marzano’s research <\/a>about the positive measurable effect on pupil learning of an effective teacher combining the use of an interactive whiteboard with a classroom response system. Click here for an article by Karen L Mahon sharing what her research found were the 12 most effective strategies for using classroom response systems <\/a>to impact on learning.<\/p>\n

What tools are available?<\/h3>\n

In addition to bespoke classroom response systems (such as those designed to integrate with interactive whiteboards like Promethean<\/a> or Smartboard<\/a> which also have a wide range of free to download ready-made resources<\/a>) there is now a wide range of tools which can be used with whatever internet-connected devices may be available in a class, whether computers or mobile devices.<\/p>\n

One which works on any device (whether PC or any internet-connected mobile device or tablet) is Socrative<\/a>. This would work well in classrooms where there is a mixture of devices, perhaps PCs, school tablets or personally owned mobile smartphones. Whatever the combination Socrative will work as a tool to support learning and teaching in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Socrative<\/h3>\n

\"\"Danny Nicholson on his Whiteboard Blog has provided a useful review and guide to using Socrative<\/a> classroom response system which works on any Internet-connected device. Socrative is a free web-based system that lets teachers set up questions for responses by pupils on any device with a web browser (smartphones, tablets, laptops).<\/p>\n

Bradley Lands has described how he uses Socrative in formative assessment in his classroom <\/a>(this includes videos of the use of Socrative).<\/p>\n

Socrative itself has a blog <\/a>with regular posts describing how different users are making use of the tool. In addition is has an online space for users to share resources they have created – once a user has uploaded one resource which they have created they then get access to the resources shared by others for free.<\/p>\n

The 3-minute video below by James Sanders and Aaron Slutskyprovides a quick overview for teachers about using Socrative in the classroom<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Rob Zdrojewski has produced a 53-minute video of his presentation describing step-by-step how Socrative works<\/a> (this link here also provides his notes with examples of the use of Socrative), the different features and explaining how he uses it in the classroom:<\/p>\n

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To use Socrative for the first time go to socrative.com<\/strong><\/a> (from there a teacher can log in to the teacher account from the link at the top, and a pupil can log into the pupil shortcut from the student link at the top too).
\nThere is also a teacher shortcut<\/strong>: t.socrative.com<\/strong><\/a>
\nAnd a pupil shortcut<\/strong>: m.socrative.com<\/strong><\/a> – pupils don’t need to create an account in order to use Socrative, as they simply go to this link and enter the teacher room number provided by the teacher.<\/p>\n

\"\"Gathering Student Feedback with Socrative<\/a> is a presentation by Meredith Martin providing a step-by-step guide for teachers setting up and starting to use Socrative as a tool to gather feedback from learners.<\/p>\n

Information about further tools can also be found by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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