Rating: 5/5
Socrative
2.0 is a free formative assessment tool that can be accessed through laptops,
tablets, and smartphones. Students can access the tool through the web or
download the app in the App Store, Google Play, and the Chrome Web Store.
Educators create their account and are assigned their unique room code;
students use that code to log in and take formative assessments.
Teachers
have the option of creating a multiple choice true/false, or short answer
question(s). Assessments have their unique SOC number so that teachers can
share a specific assessment and collaborate! Educators have the options of
including an explanation for the correct answer, adding an image to the
question. Socrative 2.0 offers descriptive statistics of each assessments results. Space
Race is a fun way to put students into teams to answer the questions and compete
against one another. Exit Tickets prompt students to rate their grasp of the material, write what they learned in their own words, and educators can ask an additional
question to the student.
The
limitation of this tool is that all students might not have a laptop,
smartphone, or tablet with an Internet
connection. A potential problem might be that students might venture off into
their social networks instead of completing the formative assessment. Socrative
2.0 can be used in an English classroom to check what percentage of the class
did the prior night’s reading.
Gustavo,
ReplyDeleteI remember using Socratic 2.0 in one of my education courses and I found it to be a really helpful and quick tool of assessment. There are so many ways that this app can be used which makes it even more effective.
On another note, you should take a look at my recent review on The Learning Network! We share a lot of the same ideas and I think you'll find the website's feature to have a lot of potential for classroom usages. I would love to hear what you think about it!
We were in the same class! I agree that Socratic 2.0 is a neat assessment tool and we do share similar ideas. I am eager to check out your review on The Learning Network!!
DeleteSocratic 2.0 is a great tool for streamlining the formative assessment process--however it provides you with the potential for really concise and informative information about student learning. Great find!
ReplyDeleteProfessor Jusinski,
DeleteOne of the things that I like most about Socratic 2.0 is the live-streaming of students' responses.