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Socrative App

The Socrative app is a great formative assessment tool.  You can use it on a computer, smartphone, or tablet.  You can create your own assessments or search for a ready-made one.  When you are creating a quiz, it can be multiple choice, true/false, graded short answer, or open-ended short answer.  The Socrative app also allows you to choose your subject, core standards, grade, and the actual standard you are assessing.  This is an excellent option because the teacher can organize their quizzes.  It can also be used as an exit slip to see where your students stand on a standard or skill.  Teachers can also create quizzes and set up a gaming element, "Space Race," so that students can compete against one another.  The Socrative app can also be teacher paced or student paced, depending on how you want to use it.  
 
I am going to use the Socrative app in my classroom as an exit slip so that I can see which students I need to pull for Tier II instruction.  Another way that I could use this app in my room would be to create quizzes on skills or standards that my students have learned throughout the year.  I could set it up in the gaming mode to encourage a healthy competition among my students and three blocks.  I could offer an incentive for the class with the most points.  I am looking forward to using this app in my classroom! 

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