As we start down our BYOD journey, a question came to mind, now that our students can connect to our WiFi with a device, what can they actually use it for?
What I wanted was a free app or web tool that teachers and students could use that could have an impact on teaching and learning, and provide a good reason for students to use their own devices.
Shamelessly taken from Mike Gunn, Socrative is an excellent way to get quizzes and questions to your students, who can answer in real time on any device. All students need to do is go to www.socrative.com and enter their teachers room code and away they go with the activity their teacher has set. The app can be downloaded on iOS or Android, or just the web browser works well.
Teachers obviously need to do a bit of setting up in creating the quiz, but the amount of feedback (realtime and reports) makes the initial input worth the effort. It can be used in a variety of ways (Student led quiz, with instant feedback, teacher led, group races etc) and is the first, in what I hope will be many, really useful web tools to use with student devices.
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