Plickers 2.0
An Easy to Use Student Response System
How to Use Plickers in the Classroom
Why Should You Use Plickers?
Plickers is a FREE app that can be used on any IOS or Android operating system developed by Nolan Amy. Students will receive a card that has a number on it and the answer choices A, B, C, and D. Teachers can print these free at plickers.com as many times as they need. The teacher will use her smart phone or tablet to scan the class cards and begin to immediately see student responses pop up on the screen. The student simply has to hold the answer choice they choose at the top of their card. This wonderfully simple activity can be used for pre-assessments, checks for understanding, polls or class surveys, tickets out the door, TCAP review, etc. Plickers is a great way to infuse technology into your classroom to make a teacher's life easier.
What's NEW!!!
Library
You can now type full questions into the web version of Plickers or straight into the app and plan them for your classes. You can plan different questions for different classes or assign the same question multiple times for pre- and posttest assessment data.
Great for All Ages
Plickers can be used with even the youngest of elementary classes. You can print off the larger plicker cards and write the answers on the back of the card as shown. They love plickers from Kindergarten all the way to adults.
Endless Possibilities
Plickers can be used for a quick assessment for pretty much anything. You can plan your questions or ask them on the fly. Checks for Understanding, pre-assessing, and post-assessing have never been so easy.
New in Plickers 2.0
- Create full questions and answer choices – take advantage of your keyboard to write questions on the web and add them to your Library
- Plan questions for multiple classes – easily manage and reuse questions across classes from your Library
- Teach with Live View – Display questions and answer choices and share real-time results while scanning student responses
- Keep things organized – Edit, archive, and delete; search and filter – we’ve got more options for you to manage your stuff
- Work offline (or online!) – Plickers will keep your data in-sync across the mobile app and website
Individualized Quick Assessment
Plickers is engaging and fun for the students to use while you are effectively collecting information and reviewing previously learned material.
Teach with Live View
Now that you can type your entire question and answers into the library in Plickers you can also teach with live view by not only pulling up the graph of responses but showing the questions as well. This is a great way to display the question and assess the responses simultaneously giving immediate feedback.
Immediate Feedback
View a graph of student's results to assess their knowledge.
How do I get started using Plickers?
You will need a smart phone or tablet in order to use Plickers with your students. Print your cards from the Plickers website on card stock or laminate them. You will need to set up a free account and set up your class. Please click on the links at the bottom of this page or view the video above to see how to set up your classes and get started.
Plickers
Technology 4U
Please let me know if there is another Technology resource that you are interested in or an idea for an after school professional development session. I am here to help you meet the needs of your students by infusing your curriculum with technology!
Email: tibbsc@rcschools.net
Website: http://www.ste.rcschools.net/Technology%20Coach.html
Location: David Youree Elementary School, Smyrna, TN, United States
Phone: (615)904-6775
Twitter: @Tibbstechcoach
Credits
- Jonathan Wylie-http://jonathanwylie.com/2014/09/09/plickers-2-0-classroom-clickers-reinvented/
- Annette Sapp from Youtube
- Tech in 2 on Youtube