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Socrative, Mentimeter etc.

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Free Technology for Teachers: Four Good Alternatives to Clicker Systems. One of the benefits of allowing students to bring their cell phones into your classroom is that they can use them to give you anonymous feedback on sensitive questions and questions for which a name isn't necessary.

Free Technology for Teachers: Four Good Alternatives to Clicker Systems

For example, you might just want to take a survey of the average length of time your students spent studying for a quiz or how long it took them to complete an assignment. Here are four alternatives to purchasing clicker systems for your school while still gathering anonymous feedback from students. Socrative is my favorite tool for collecting anonymous feedback from students. Socrative uses cell phones and or laptops (user's choice) for gathering feedback from students. You can post as many questions as you like in a variety of formats. Audience Response Systems. Mentimeter. Empowering The BYOD REVOLUTION. Free Technology for Teachers: clicker alternatives.

Earlier today I received an email from someone who had found this comparison chart of student response tools.

Free Technology for Teachers: clicker alternatives

He was interested in learning a bit more about each of them beyond what was in the chart so I put together this collection of information about popular student response tools. Each of these tools can be used on iPads, Android tablets, and in the web browser on your laptop or Chromebook.