Socrative

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=**What is it?**=
 * **Socrative** is a student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets (www.socrative.com).

=**Why Socrative? **= //Here are a few reasons why I think this is a great tool for education//!
 * 1) Assessment questions can include IMAGES. This is a very important feature for many of the core content areas.
 * 2) Short answer questions are gradable!
 * 3) Quizzes can be easily shared and imported from one teacher's account to another. This is GREAT for PLCs working together to create common assessments.
 * 4) Your room number can be customized and can include both text and numbers. This is a static room number so anytime your students access a new assessment in Socrative, they will use the same room number.

=**Accessing Socrative**=
 * Socrative current has two live sites: [|Socrative] and Socrative 2.0 (currently in beta).
 * You are encouraged to register through the beta site as it will remain free to educators once fully launched!
 * Students can join your classroom from any mobile device. //They do not need a specific username and password to log in. They simply visit the Socrative website (or use the mobile app) and enter your room number to participate.//

=** Tool Overview **= Hover over the image embedded below, and click on the hot spots, to explore the various components of Socrative. //The same tools are available in Socrative 2.0 but the interface is much more user friendly and "app-like."// media type="custom" key="22849870"

=** Socrative Tutorials **=
 * For step by step directions for using Socrative, click here.
 * For step by step directions for using Socrative 2.0, click here. (You are encouraged to utilize Socrative 2.0 even though it's in beta).

=**Formative Assessment Ideas**=
 * 1) True or False Questions
 * 2) Multiple Choice Questions
 * 3) Short Response
 * 4) Visual Data (Bar graphs and visual short responses)
 * 5) Exit Ticket
 * 6) Pre-assessment
 * 7) Post-assesment
 * 8) Reflection
 * 9) Collect Background Knowledge
 * 10) Quick Check for Understanding
 * 11) Polling

=More Information=
 * Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) created a terrific guide to backchanneling and informal assessment that features Socrative, TodaysMeet, and Padlet. Click here to view the document. The document contains ideas and tutorials for using each tool.