Quick Brainstorming, Exit Ticket, Review Options, Part 1

Here are a few quick and easy tech tools to easily squeeze into classroom brainstorming or to use as quick “pulse checks.”  In order to participate, students will have to have online access via your choice of device:

Answer Garden:  “Plant a Question, Grow Answers!”  Create a question on Answer Garden, set a time limit for your class to be able to access it, share the link, and that’s it!  Immediately on the screen, you’ll see their answers in Wordle form, with the most common responses appearing the biggest on the screen.

This image is the start of an Answer Garden as it automatically pops up on the screen during student response time.

Kahoot:  Create game-based multiple choice assessments or surveys.  Simply create your assessment, share the “game pin” with your students and allow them to either respond to the survey or complete the quiz.  For quizzes simply direct students to create screen names, display your quiz on the SMARTBoard, and watch as the class zooms through your quiz as a friendly competition of who earns the most points!  Kids are crazy about this one because it’s fast-paced and automatically keeps track of the top competitors. When you’re done, download the results into Excel and record in your grade book.

Here's a look at the Excel results for you as the teacher, and the pre-game screen as you await student log-ins to begin the game: