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These Multi-Platform Tools for Interactive Classroom Learning are Fun, Powerful, and Free!
If there are two things that students crave, they are convenience and connectivity. These are the reasons why students love student response systems that work on their devices. They feel connected with the rest of the world because they have access to their devices, and they can engage in learning in a way that feels natural and convenient to them.
Student response systems have morphed over the years from simple clicker systems to web based apps that work with a multitude of devices and operating systems. Here are the 5 best student response systems that interface with multiple devices.
1. Kahoot
Kahoot is a utility that allows teachers to create quizzes and surveys, and then send them to students. This delivery and response system has a lot of great features. These include the ability embed pictures and videos into the questions. Teachers may allow students an unlimited amount of time to respond to questions, or they may set a time limit on each questions. Points are awarded to students both for correct answers and for responding quickly with those correct responses. Teachers can track students as they make progress. Unlike other student response systems, Kahoot does not require that students create an account. Instead, the teacher simply provides a pin number that the student will use to access the survey or quiz. Kahoot works on any device that supports a web browser.
2. Socrative
Socrative works excellently both for students working on their own or for students who are collaborating with one another. Socrative offers several different ways for instructors to engage their students. There are space races in which students can compete in teams or as individuals to answer questions as quickly and accurately as possible. Polls allow instructors to receive student feedback. Formative assessments can be created ahead of time and delivered when needed, or teachers can have students questions to answer on the fly. In addition to intuitive interfaces on the student end and the teacher dashboard, Socrative has rich reporting features that allows teachers to accurately assess where students are succeeding and where they need extra help. Socrative is accessible via the web and works on any web enabled device.
3. Infuse Learning
[Sorry, we just learned that Infuse Learning stopped doing business a few months back! A reader suggested GoFormative in the comments as an alternative and we agree that it absolutely worth checking out! – Ed.]
Infuse learning is (was!) an excellent student response system for teachers who must support students with a variety of learning styles. With infusion a teacher can create questions, quizzes and writing prompts and send them to students who are participating in virtual classrooms or in an online learning program. What makes Infuse Learning unique is that it allows the teacher to give the student multiple response options. For example, a student can be given the option to type a written response, select from a range of choices, answer true or false, or they can respond with a picture or diagram. Infuse Learning is free and can be used on any device that can access the internet.
4. Quiz Socket
Sorry – scratch this one – looks like it is more of a gambling site now! Thanks to Kelly Yates for the heads up – KW 10/21/20
5. Verso
This is a free utility that teachers can use to create virtual classrooms. Verso works with the teacher's Google Drive account. This means that links, files, videos, images, and documents from the instructor's Google Drive can be added to the Verso classroom for students to access. Students who enter the classroom will be shown new items that have been added to the classroom since their last visit. One of the best features of Verso is that students do not need to leave the Verso environment to access any of the materials. Even videos can be viewed directly from the classroom. Verso is an excellent system for self-paced learning. Students can progress through the various materials at their own pace via the student dashboard.
Great list! I would also like to add one more cool software called CourseFunnels. It is so damn easy to use as I am a beginner. It supports so many languages & has lots of free plugins which helps in selling them on profit as well!
[…] are processing material as they’re receiving it. I really like Emerging Ed Tech’s article “Top 5 student response systems that work on multiple platforms.” Want to try a response system that’s lower tech? Ask students to use whiteboards and hold them up […]
Thanks for letting me know about Quiz Sockets Kelly. I have updated the post to reflect that.
I don’t believe that Quiz Sockets is functioning in the format you described above. I went to the link and it has multiple gambling related articles, but nothing else.
Thanks for all of the helpful information about the other sites!
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another alternative is the https://www.polleverywhere.com/
with poll everywhere you can create poll or quizzes for your audience to interact
Woot Math now offers a free student responses system for formative assessment. Beyond multiple choice task types they offer free response, tap an image, short answer (with math equation/expression equivalence tools that can be turned on or off!), fill in the blank, and graphing. Users can create custom content, use existing content in their free library or copy content from the library into their account for customization.
What makes it stand out from the others (and work as process oriented formative assessment) is the ability for students to show their work on the digital scratchpad. Using drawing, text, expression editor, an embedded calculator tools, students demonstrate how they reach the answers and provide teachers with rich examples to review with the whole class. I’ve been using it in teacher education classes at CU Boulder and think it’s the real deal!
Those who come to read your article will find lots of helpful and informative tips
I appreciate your efforts in preparing this post. I really like your blog articles.
How about this BD? http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/student-response-systems
So, is there an article, study, survey, customer comparisons, that rates the top Student Response Systems, (or audience response systems) and lists pros and cons for each. To include the best platforms, browsers, etc. that they work on?
There used to be a user preferences rating for LMSs for several years comparing the top 10?
Anything like that?
Thanks for this article! You have introduced me to several learning tool that I haven’t heard of. QuizGame is also a good alternative. It can both be used in or outside of the classroom.
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[…] Technology can play a huge part in this: motivating, involving, inspiring. We’ve rounded up four key engagement concepts and some tools to try in your classroom. Always remember, though, that technology should support and reinforce things you’re already doing. 1 Use technology to ENHANCE lesson content Today’s students are highly visual, preferring pictures and video to words and speech. Equally, when they can choose between several teaching media, such as online videos and interactive reading materials, their engagement and motivation are also boosted. 2 Use technology to ENABLE collaboration Today’s students are also social. Interaction is therefore vital, so you could integrate tools such as Google apps and wikis to involve students in collaborative environments with one another. Engagementwhitepaper. Plickers. Socrative. Top 5 Student Response Systems that Work on Multiple Platforms. […]
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Thanks for the recommendation Vicki! Let us know if you have any questions!- David, Formative Community Manager
“Je Leve La Main” response system works on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. It is 100% online and you can evaluate students, live or on demand sessions. Also add pdf docs, videos, images, sound in your questions.
Very simple to use. A platform shares all quizzes so teachers can compare their performance with far away classes
http://www.jelevelamain.fr/en/
Free to try
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IPAL = In-class Polling for All Learners is a Moodle module for polling and it has the IPAL App for both the iPhone and the Android platform. Everything is free and allows for polling with both multiple choice and essay questions for schools using the Moodle LMS. (https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_ipal)
Vicki, thanks for your comment. You\’re totally right, goformative can be great alternative.
Thanks again.
Thanks Vicki! I am afraid I didn’t catch that when I reviewed this guest post – Jonathan and I will get this updated ASAP. In the meanwhile, I think GoFormative is a great tool to consider!
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Quick note: Infuse Learning shut down in the spring of 2015, but a great alternative is Formative which also allows for drawing responses. https://goformative.com