Plickers

Plickers is a simple tool that allows teachers to collect formative assessment data quickly and efficiently without using student technology. You can create a quiz using Plickers either through the website https://plickers.com/ or the app https://appsto.re/us/XGZYP.i. The application allows you to create multiple choice quizzes or surveys for your students to complete. When using Plickers in the classroom, a teacher would create the assessment, display it for the class or group of students to see, distribute personalized cards with the answer choices, and scan the room with an iOS or Android device to see the students’ responses. The results will appear on the teacher’s device so that he/she may review which students are participating and how well they are doing on the particular assessment. Plickers promotes communication and critical thinking in the elementary classroom because students must be able to follow directions and read/answer the questions. If I were using Plickers in my own classroom, I might provide students with the opportunity to create their own quizzes for their classmates to take in order to teach collaboration and creativity skills as well. However, what makes Plickers so great is that you only need one device to use the application, yours! If your students do not have regular access to a device, then I definitely recommend using Plickers! 

Watch this short YouTube video to see Plickers in action!