Integrating
interactive student response systems in t he classroom, provides an engaging and
collaborative opportunity for students and the assessment of their learning. A
few of these student response systems include the following: Kahoot,
Socreative, Poll Everywhere, Quiz Socket, Google Docs, Plickers, Nearpod, and
Clickers. These response systems allow all of the students in the classroom to
engage and participate in the lesson, and for the students to receive instant
feedback on their learning. Kahoot allows you to create your own assessment or
use one of the pre-made assessments. This program is free and can be used on
computers, smart phones, iPads, or other brands of tablets. Kahoot can be used
in the classroom as a pre-assessment or as a post assessment. This response
system saves all of the data collected on your assessments. This means that the
teacher can see the academic growth made throughout a unit by using an assessment
both before and after it is taught, and the academic growth throughout the
whole year. Kahoot can be implemented across all areas of the curriculum taught
in the classroom and for any grade level. Socrative allows groups to work
together as the teacher assigns quizzes to the students. This app can also be
used with all areas of the curriculum in the classroom. Plickers is one student
response system that does not require the use of devises. So if your school is
not a 1:1 school or has a lack of technology devices, then this is a great
response system to use and it still has the same perks of the other ones. The
way that this one does not use devices, is that the students hold up cards that
resemble QR codes. The students will have a card for choices a, b, c, and d.
They will then hold up the card that they believe signifies the correct answer.
The teacher will then use a QR scanner to do a quick scan of the classroom. The
teacher’s device will then record the data taken from each student, to show the
amount of students that picked each answer choice. Poll Everywhere offer several
assessment tool options to cater to any teacher’s needs. These options include
multiple choice, true/false, free response, and a poll option. Teachers can incorporate
this by having a pre/post assessment, seeing the background knowledge that is represented
in the class, and by serving as students’ morning work. The usage of student
response systems in the classroom, creates a more comfortable assessment and
feedback environment for all students, and this is why I think that they should
be used in all classrooms. Those students that tend to be a little shy when
speaking up in the classroom, can greatly benefit from student response systems
being implemented within the instruction. These student response apps and
websites allow students to participate in answering questions within the instruction,
and allow them to not be afraid of being wrong or what other students will
think about their response. These opportunities also allow the students to
become really engaged and interested in the assessment portion of the
instruction. Student response systems can be used with any subject and with any
grade level. They save the data from the assessments and get the students actively
involved in their learning. I will definitely be using these student response systems
in my classroom to assess my students before, during, and after the content is
delivered. My students will be able to be creative when answering free response
or open ended type questions, they will be able to use critical thinking when
taking these types of assessments, and they will be able to collaborate and communicate
with other students while working on group assessment tasks.
This link includes seven student response systems that will work with all devices. So whether your school is an Apple school or a Google school, these should all work great for your classroom! Some of these include Kahoot, Mentimeter, and Poll Everywhere.
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