SOCRATIVE Socrative com is an engaging webbased student

SOCRATIVE Socrative. com is an engaging, web-based student response system By Shanyon Storey ITEC 7445: Summer 2014

SHARED VISION q Socrative is a passionate team of educators and engineers whose goal is to improving education q Socrative was designed based on the Teaching for Understanding framework, Blooms Taxonomy, the Socrative method, and John Seely Browns’ philosophy of play, questioning and imagination

STRATEGIC PLANNING & DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS, & FUNDING q Socrative believes that technology should: 1. Be super simple 2. Enhance engagement 3. Enhance assessment 4. Enhance personalization

IT’S FREE! Go to www. socrative. com and see for your self

TEACHING LEARNING & ASSESSMENT q Socrative is student-centered q Socrative web-based (laptop, i. Pad, smartphone) q Socrative assess in multiple formats including game mode and open ended responses in addition to the traditional multiple-choice, and true/false questions.

TEACHING, LEARNING, & ASSESSMENT CONT. q Socrative is appropriate for students K-12 (and higher) q Teachers can differentiate assessment format, and shuffle question order for increased security q Teachers are able to embed open-ended questions or use exit ticket mode as summary tool

DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS q Works on all web-enabled devices q Teachers can collaborate, share, and modify common assessments with other teachers q Teachers receive immediate feedback q Teachers can make responses public to the class or anonymous by sharing or hiding student names

DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS CONT. Support for teachers include: q Online User Guide, FAQs & Technical Support q Socrative Video Channel on You. Tube q Socrative Garden has teacher resources

LIMITATIONS OF DIGITAL LEARNING q Students will have to take turns using equipment, if there aren’t enough devices for each student q Depends on reliable internet connection q Depends on student participation

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP & RESPONSIBILITY q Class activity is private (not shared openly on the internet) q Teachers can provide test questions in random order for added test security q Socrative can serve as an Assistive Technology tool for students with disabilities

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & PROGRAM EVALUATION q Super easy for teachers to set up (5 minutes or less) q Classes lake less than 30 seconds to load (with 1: 1 devices) q q Socrative Video Channel found on You. Tube Socrative was updated July 12, 2014!

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT q Socrative does not require ongoing training q Learn how others use Socrative via the Socrative Garden Teacher Resources q Share what you learn via the Socrative Garden Teacher Resources q www. socrative. com/garden/

REFLECTION: Give it a try: After you receive the code from your presenter, please use your smartphone to respond to the Ticket Out The Door activity. After you respond to the assessment, please give your feedback.

REMEMBER: Socrative is FREE Socrative is Easy to Set up Socrative is Easy to Use Socrative is Found at www. socrative. com Socrative is Fun!