Ideas for using Socrative with our students:

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1.  Begin class with a warm up question or problem for students to solve. You can preload questions into Socrative or write a question on the board for students to answer using Socrative. What will be your topic? What do your students know about that topic? You would be able to know instantly! 

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2.  Check for understanding by asking students to explain a concept in their own words using the short answer question type. Did they really understand the concept or did they just nodd? If there are some misunderstandings you can get to the core at that moment - no need to wait until the exam day. 

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3.  Brainstorm ideas and project the stream of ideas shared via Socrative onto the board. What do you think about X? The students will write down their thoughts and they will be on the board. 

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4.  Play a review game with “Space Race” option. The Space Race turns a quiz into a game adding a competitive component students love. Each group is assigned a colored rocket ship that moves forward as each group answers questions correctly. They need to work collaboratively, quickly and correctly. 

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5. Spelling is an essential part of learning English. You can use short answer questioning option. When creating this kind of question, you can stipulate what the actual answer is. Therefore, you can ask children questions that have an exact answer and tell Socrative to recognise that answer as being correct. With that in mind, Socrative becomes the perfect tool to use when engaging in Spelling tests. Let the app do the marking for you. When the test is over, you will then be able to access a report instantly. This enables you to give instant feedback and help the class if needs be.

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6. Everbody can be a little nervous on the first day of school. Why not facilitating icebreakers at the start of the semester to encourage students to get to know one another? This will also provide you with interesting information about your students. On the first day of school, put students in groups and have them take a pop culture quiz. They will have so much fun that most of the new students will forget to be nervous or shy!

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7. Collect student information with a quick quiz. Collect their names, emails, phone numbers, language spoken at home, etc. and that information can be saved in an Excel spreadsheet for future reference.

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8. Access previous knowledge and find out what your students already know before beginning a unit. Ask a series of questions to assess knowledge or use Socrative to administer a classic K-W-L activity. What they expect to learn from the unit - find out what your students are curious about. 

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9. Give a reading quiz or pop quiz with preloaded questions. You can watch the “Live Results” and know instantly whether students understand the material. If not, you know what needs to be retaught.

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10. Design questions with images attached to create quizzes or review games with a visual component. Do they know the homophones? 

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11. End class with exit tickets to find out which students are feeling confident and who needs additional support and scaffolding.