Socrative

Socrative is a student response tool that works on any type of device. It is so much more than an old clicker system, and in my opinion, Socrative has thought of everything! The best part is that it is completely free! Students and teachers have two different experiences in Socrative so let's take a look at the teacher experience. Teachers login into their account either on the teacher app or at www.socrative.com, and create a room. This room is what students will join later. Teachers are given the choice to create a a quiz, an exit ticket, a team game challenge called a Space Race, or teachers can create quick questions as they are teaching. Teachers can choose from multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions. As students take the test, you see the student responses in real time. The best part? You can download student reports of all of their responses or the class responses. If you're a Google Drive user, you can download reports to your Drive. One other great thing about the Socrative Teacher account is that you can create quizzes and use them later, share them for other teachers to use, and find quizzes and questions shared by other teachers around the world.

For students, the process is so simple. Students login as a student using the room number using the student app or the website. No names are used in the free version so it might be a a good idea to make the first question the student name. Then, students immediately start the quiz, answer the question, etc. Teachers can choose the features of the quiz so students might receive feedback on their answers, or using the space race, students can see who is in the lead.

If you are using Socrative for multiple classes, with the free app you would have to clear your room after each period to avoid getting everyone's answers mixed as one class. However, the company recently launched a paid version called Socrative Pro adding additional features. These features allow you to actually add different rooms and assign up to 150 students in each room. This allows you to assign certain content to certain rooms. You can also add other features like timers and have the ability to manage multiple live events at one time.

Socrative allows for any type of quiz or questioning system even on the go. Teachers can choose whether or not to show student responses on the screen or to hide the responses. The free version is definitely worth it, and if you love it then you might find the paid version to be right for you!

For more information take a look at these videos.
Socrative & Socrative PRO Overview from MasteryConnect on Vimeo.