Our last post was dedicated to getting you up and running very quickly with Socrative in your classroom. This post will follow that, a way to use Socrative on the fly. You don't need to prepare anything ahead of time, just click and ask.
There are probably a million things happening in your classroom on an hourly basis, sometimes it would be nice to focus that energy on one little area. How do you know what is needed beyond relying on your teacher instincts? Keep reading, this idea might be useful to you.
Getting Started
We will assume you have an account and are somewhat familiar with Socrative based on our last post.
Start by clicking on Short Answer.
You can actually type a question, write it on the whiteboard or verbally call it out.
Then click Start.
1. Answers will start to roll in and show up in blue.
2. Click Start Vote to allow the students to pick the answer they want to investigate or talk about more as a class.
You can see on the screen how many voted and what they voted for. This could be one way to use Socrative to focus attention and discussion on something you are studying in the classroom.
Resources
Socrative's official help page. Some of the FAQs might be worthwhile to read.
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