Plickers Software

When you need to assess informal or formally this is great for fast results. Once you set up subjects you can reuse for years. Great for classroom control in difficult classes. As all students have to participate every kid is on the horse at for every question. For I class fun questions you can ask the question and then see who got right and wrong for non graded assessments and then peer pressure to hear your neighbor makes it a competition but in nice way. Use at closure of activity for understanding check. It takes a couple of tries to get out and paste from assessment banks into system. But once in you can reuse and call up in a minute or two for use. I select possible question for use during day or week in advance for 6 classes in under 30 minutes. Then I can use on the fly in class as needed and periodic assessments. Good for group work. Put a question for discussion in the test bank and then have the students discuss before answering. You can also see who is faking participation that way. Just wish I could upload whole text banks rather than cut and paste but small price to pay for quality and free program. Mike

Every day I use this app as my 6th graders walk in for their bell questions of the day. They have their this app cards pasted into their science journals. We have a daily contest for fun to see which class scores highest percentage on the question. Many times I pose a question at the end of a lesson too for my formative. I also programmed on card for each table group when i want teams to discuss and debate questions cooperatively.

I'm using this app in a high school classroom with juniors and seniors, and they can't stop raving about it. They find it really fun; I find it a great way to ensure 100% participation! The anonymity when sharing class results means students don't feel embarrassed about their answers, and I can quickly tell how they're grasping the material. And best of all, it's FREE! God bless you, this app, you are a gift to teachers everywhere!!