Hi everyone! This is Jamie Parker. A week before school
began this past year, I arrived in my classroom to find five iPads sitting on
my desk. I
was thrilled! BUT I had no idea how I was going to use them with my students. I
wanted the iPads to be used in a meaningful way. I began digging for different
tools where my students could prepare and practice different elements, could
create something new, and could be assessed on known material.
One app I found for assessment is Socrative. This app allows
teachers to create their own questions and tracks all answers from individual
students. I began exploring how I could use this app with my students:
I. Getting Started
- My first step in getting started with Socrative was to create a teacher account (completely free!) on the website: www.socrative.com.
- Then, I downloaded the student app on each of my devices (also free).
- Once I was set up, I tried to think of ways I could create quizzes. I wanted my quizzes to directly reflect what the students were learning. I realized that I could not input musical notation into my question, but I could insert a picture (more on that below).