Welcome back future educators! I am
excited to share my new SRS (Student Response System) tools! Over the past semester
in my Technology in Education class, we have gotten with groups in our class
and researched different SRS websites that may benefit a future classroom. I am
going to share below three of my favorites I have learned about! The top SRS
tools I am going to share are Peardeck, GoSoapBox, and Quizizz. Before joining
my Tech in Ed class I had never heard of any of these websites. I was used to
using links like Kahoot, and PowerPoint. Although great resources, these new
three websites are above and beyond when it comes to an interactive unit in a
classroom.
Peardeck has become my
absolute favorite way to present in a class! It is like a high-tech PowerPoint!
The first time I heard about Peardeck was in another one of my education
classes. One of my classmates was doing a presentation on a chapter we had read
for homework. We were asked to log onto joinpd.com and enter the log in code
given by her. Then our screens became the same as the one on the board she was
using to present with. Each slide was interactive. There are so many slide
options to choose from, including, drawing, true/false, commenting, rating, and
even mind maps! When you write on each slide as a student in the class, the
teacher presenting can choose to make it appear on the main board of the class!
It can then become a class discussion and everyone is able to see each other’s
ideas and comments. I think Peardeck would be a huge hit in an elementary
classroom! Having something students can be interactive with and comment on
while having a class presentation is the best of both worlds as a teacher! I
think Peardeck is the new way of having a PowerPoint presentation in
classrooms. It provides students with interactive activities and allows them to
be creative and continue learning through the lesson.
The second website I enjoyed
learning about during our SRS classroom presentations was GoSoapBox. Similar to
a lot of information I have learned in my technology class, this website was
brand new to me and I was eager to get to see what was in store. This website
allows teachers to create quizzes, mini tests, run polls, and create
presentations. Through GoSoapbox, a teacher can see what their students are succeeding
in and what they may be struggling with. It is a great informal assessment
tool. When I was shown this in my class, it was a little difficult to follow
how to log in and find the work, but once I got there it was smooth sailing. I
think it’s a great resource for students. They can also leave comments on
whatever the teacher has given them. This is a great way for students to stay
engaged in the class and the work being presented. One of the only times I could
see myself benefiting from GoSoapBox is possibly when I want to create my own
quiz to see where my students are at in the unit. I also think this website may
be geared more towards upper grades rather than younger. Older students will
probably have an easier time commenting and giving feedback to teachers as
well.
The final SRS tool I am
going to blog about may be my new go to. Quizizz is a website that can be used
for so many different purposes. When my classmates presented quizizz, they
showed us a quiz they created on their own. The explained it and showed how
easy it was to create your own as a teacher. Then, I began searching the website
to see what else it had to offer. When you come to the first page, they have a
list of popular quizzes. Quizzes about Pi, Parts of Speech, Mathematics,
history, movies, and so much more. The list is endless when searching the
website. When I saw this SRS tool, I immediately thought of how convenient it
could be for a classroom of any age. When students are taking an assessment and
finish early, this website would be something great for them to go to on their IPad
and work on quietly. As a teacher, you can assign quizzes or give them free
range to quiz on whatever they are feeling. I also think this website is a
great brain break tool to use in the classroom. When students are working hard
or just finishing a day of testing, I think this website could give them a
break from testing or learning, and allow them to enjoy some thinking of other
topics. You can also quiz students on books, or historical events that you may
be learning in class. Whatever the quiz, I think this website could benefit any
age and any classroom!
Overall, SRS was a
wonderful way to learn about a handful of new resources. I now can go to any
website I had never heard of before and create a presentation, give a quiz,
create an assignment, and so much more. The list goes on and on with ways to
implicate these websites in a classroom. The way we learned about them in class
with students presenting a website they found useful and comfortable to use was
beneficial to me as well. I was able to see first-hand how easy or difficult it
was to create an account and how my students were maybe going to react to it.
All of these new resources are going to benefit a future class of mine
immensely! I cannot wait to get started!
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