1. Professional Development Technology Tool Presented by: Sjerrie Colburn

2. …as easy as raising your hand. Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

3. Overview Teacher Teachers and students can use Socrative on any device with a web browser (tablets, smartphones, laptops, iPod Touches, etc.). Teachers login at t.socrative.com by entering their email and password. Teachers initiate an activity by selecting it on their main screen (e.g. Multiple Choice, T/F, Quick Quiz). Student Students login at m.socrative.com by entering the "virtual room number" provided by the teacher. Students will then see "Waiting for teacher to start an activity...". Students respond on their devices. Students' results are visible on the Teacher's screen or sent in an email.

4. Simple and Smart Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers by engaging their classrooms with a series of educational exercises and games. Our apps are super simple and take seconds to login.

5. Step One: Tell Students to Join Your Session Once you've logged into t.socrative.com Tell your class to go to m.socrative.com Next, tell them to join Room Number XXXX to participate in your session. This is your "Virtual Room". You don't need to memorize it. It'll always be on your home screen.

6. Step Two: Initiate an Activity

7. Step Three: Students Respond When the students respond to the questions, you'll see the results on your screen.

8. Engage. Motivate. Deliver. Teachers login through their device and select an activity which controls the flow of questions and games. Students simply login with their device and interact real time with the content. Encourages whole- group participation.

9. Games and Reports MOTIVATE Engage your students in fun exercises that track their performance while they're playing. Enjoy the energy of the moment and get the results sent to you by email. SPACE RACE Teams of students answer questions in this fast-paced rocket race game. The team(s) that get their rocket the furthest across the screen wins! REPORTS Student responses are presented in an Excel file or viewable online as a Google spreadsheet. The multiple choice will be tallied for you!

10. Real-Time Formative Assessment MULTIPLE CHOICE Present students with a MC question and see the results populate the bar chart as students select their answer. TRUE OR FALSE Ask a T/F question, see the results, and discuss the choices as they come to life on the screen. SHORT ANSWER Gather open ended responses to any question you ask. Instantly project the student responses and then let students vote on the content.

11. Real-Time Formative Assessment EXIT TICKETS Check in on your students' understanding as they head out the door. Gather responses on their comfort with the material as well as answers to questions you create in real time or prepare before class. AUTO-GRADED Once the exercises are completed, you'll receive an aggregated report. The multiple choice will be graded for you. QUESTION VARIETY Questions can be multiple choice, short answer, or a combination of the two. It's your choice! Once the exercises are completed, you'll receive an aggregated report. The multiple choice will be graded for you.

12. Reference http://www.socrative.com/