What is Plickers?
Plickers? For Real? Yes! The title sounds strange enough but this is a fabulous tool that requires ONE device: iPad or iPhone. Plickers allows to collect real time assessment data without student devices. This is accessible for Kindergarten through 5th grade! Students must be able to identify the letters A, B, C and D to use their card. For grades K/1 the teacher would probably need to read the questions and answers to the class.
Why I love it?
1. One device needed for the teacher. No student devices needed.
2. This is great when you cannot get the cart in your room.
3. Great for formative assessment (exit tickets, in class checkpoints, etc)
4. Fun!
What other teachers have to say?
"Great app for classroom teachers where kids don't have devices of their own. Fantastic formative assessment tool that allows teachers to immediately determine student understanding in the moment."
"As a teacher who has large class says, this helps assess student knowledge quickly and efficiently."
Why I love it?
1. One device needed for the teacher. No student devices needed.
2. This is great when you cannot get the cart in your room.
3. Great for formative assessment (exit tickets, in class checkpoints, etc)
4. Fun!
What other teachers have to say?
"Great app for classroom teachers where kids don't have devices of their own. Fantastic formative assessment tool that allows teachers to immediately determine student understanding in the moment."
"As a teacher who has large class says, this helps assess student knowledge quickly and efficiently."
How Do I Use Plickers?
After the 1:1 visits many of you are talking about Class Dojo. This is an online behavior tracking program. It is free to all teachers and can be used on iPad, iPod and your Macbook. It is a great program but there are some advantages and disadvantages to consider and think about before you get started.
Advantages for us:
1. You can track student behavior all day - positive and negative.
2. At the end of the day, you can conference with students about behavior progress.
3. You can set up a rewards system for points earned in a day or week.
Disadvantages for us:
1. To gain the ultimate results, this is really best used in a 1:1 setting. When students have their own device the point system is quite effective. They immediately see when they gain or lose points on their individual device.
2. Younger students will need more discussion to understand how this works.
3. With a single device you would have to project all students on the board. Heads up! This could cause some concern for administrators and parents. Discuss with your administrator and gain parent permission before doing so if your administrator suggests doing so.
Advantages for us:
1. You can track student behavior all day - positive and negative.
2. At the end of the day, you can conference with students about behavior progress.
3. You can set up a rewards system for points earned in a day or week.
Disadvantages for us:
1. To gain the ultimate results, this is really best used in a 1:1 setting. When students have their own device the point system is quite effective. They immediately see when they gain or lose points on their individual device.
2. Younger students will need more discussion to understand how this works.
3. With a single device you would have to project all students on the board. Heads up! This could cause some concern for administrators and parents. Discuss with your administrator and gain parent permission before doing so if your administrator suggests doing so.
Getting Started
Step by step guide for getting started
(You must be logged into your google account to view.)
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REMINDERS
The January Symbaloo Challenge ends this Sunday night at midnight!
My Big Campus: I will be providing Introductory training and in depth training over the next few months.
My Big Campus: I will be providing Introductory training and in depth training over the next few months.
Classroom Happenings
- Mrs. Gish and Mrs. Waldrop are using class dojo.
- Mrs. Pitts is using StraightAce.com during reading tier.
- Mrs. Franz is using the Homeroom App and Chatterpix.
- Mrs. Short is helping students graph using Notability
- Ms. Stone is using Quizlet on a weekly basis for reading vocab words. Readworks.org is another tool she uses during reading center. Her students also use Show.me to work on long division.
- Mrs. Mumaw's class created presentations with Chatterkid.
- Mrs. Sollars is going to use Kahoot in her classroom.
- Mrs. Williams is going to use Showme.com in her class.
- Mrs. Claycomb is using iPads for students to scan QR codes created with QRCodeMonkey to
get to the Commando Kiddz videos on Teacher Tube.
If I have left you off, please know it was not intentional.
I had emailed everyone to gather information for this week.
- Mrs. Pitts is using StraightAce.com during reading tier.
- Mrs. Franz is using the Homeroom App and Chatterpix.
- Mrs. Short is helping students graph using Notability
- Ms. Stone is using Quizlet on a weekly basis for reading vocab words. Readworks.org is another tool she uses during reading center. Her students also use Show.me to work on long division.
- Mrs. Mumaw's class created presentations with Chatterkid.
- Mrs. Sollars is going to use Kahoot in her classroom.
- Mrs. Williams is going to use Showme.com in her class.
- Mrs. Claycomb is using iPads for students to scan QR codes created with QRCodeMonkey to
get to the Commando Kiddz videos on Teacher Tube.
If I have left you off, please know it was not intentional.
I had emailed everyone to gather information for this week.