We wanted to use this teaching tip as an opportunity to let you know about a couple of great, free electronic assessment tools that you can use in your classroom.
Poll Everywhere is a tool that allows you to create electronic surveys that can be answered (and the results can be displayed) in real time using laptops, tablets, smartphones, and even phones without smartphone capabilities.
Essentially, you create a survey online in advance of class. During class, you can have your students participate in the survey by either going to a specific URL and choosing their answers, or by texting their answer to a phone number. It’s an incredible tool to use in the classroom, although it does require the capability of displaying the results to the class in some way.
Click here to learn more about Poll Everywhere!
Another great tool is Plickers. With Plickers, you give your students cards with QR codes that represent multiple choice answers that you provide to your students. What’s so great about this is that you can use your smartphone to take a picture of the entire class, and the Plickers app will automatically recognize the codes and aggregate your students’ answers.
Click here to learn more about Plickers!
Special thanks to Marilyn Lydic from the Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanon for telling us about Plickers!
Do you use similar technology in the classroom? Let us know in the comments below!