Checking for student understanding can be difficult when you have a class of 20+ students, but with these three programs a teacher can check 100% of student's learning with the click of a button!
KAHOOT
Kahoot is by far the best tool I found last year! Kahoot allows teachers (or students) to create or select an already created Kahoot, which is a game similar to Jeopardy. Instead of having to take score, the students use their mobile devices to play along. The computer keeps track of the score, and the students who answer correctly will receive points based on how fast they selected an answer. At the end of the game the teacher can view which questions were answered correctly by the students, and even more importantly, which questions the students need help in. There wasn't a unit last year my students didn't ask to play Kahoot!
SOCRATIVE
Socrative is a program similar to Kahoot, but takes learning a step further and allows student to interact through text with the teacher. Teachers may set up a digital classroom, invite students to join, and have them participate through their mobile device answering a myriad of questions, from multiple choice to free response and short answer. Socrative also has a blog which provides readers new ideas on how to use Socrative in the classroom!
Plickers
Plickers is a classroom response app that teaches can use very easily without each student having a mobile device. Plickers allow students to respond to multiple choice questions asked by the teacher and allows the teacher to scan the room with a mobile device. Once scanned, the teacher can view the students answers and see where students are succeeding or might need some help.
I hope you are able to use some of these apps in your classroom to track student progress! Please let me know if you have used them in the past, what you think about the programs, or if you have any suggestions.
- Tayler
