DIGITAL ENGLISH

11. DESCRIPTION AND MAIN FEATURES OF THE DIGITAL TOOL SOCRATIVE

DESCRIPTION AND MAIN FEATURES OF THE DIGITAL TOOL:

Socrative is a quiz-based, formative assessment tool with multiple features that can enrich teaching and learning. Teachers can design quizzes, space races (picture being at the county fair and squirting waterat a target to move a horse across the field…just like that but for quizzes!), exit tickets, and more to collect and analyze student data in real-time to make on-the-spot teaching changes and improve student learning.

TARGET PEOPLE:

All student groups.

For What Purposes

Language level and skills

Socrative doesn’t directly develop skills but it does it indirectly by helping teachers identify learners’ understanding or misunderstanding.

Language Learning Content

This tool is designed to be used in class with whatever content the teacher and learners are working with. That means there’s no content provided by Socrative. Teachers need to create quizzes in advance but these can be reused in the future.

Tracking learning

The whole purpose of Socrative is to track learning. Teachers can use it to assess the whole class and not only those who put their hand up. That means teachers get a better sense of what the whole class understands, rather than just a dominant few, can provide better feedback and make better decisions about the next stage of the lesson or course.

Social interaction

There are no opportunities for social interaction directly on Socrative however using the tool can be used collaboratively in class. The Space Race is a team game played in real time. Quizzes can be done in pairs or groups, as can the Exit Ticket where learners reflect together on what they learnt. Although other tools are better at providing the fun factor in their assessment tools, Socrative offers greater control over how learners work and get feedback which means pairs or teams can work at their own pace and get either immediate feedback or wait for feedback from the teacher.

Learning through language

Socrative provides some opportunities for learners to learn other skills while developing their language use. It can be used to assess learners’ understanding of other subjects in English, such as Maths or History. The Exit Ticket feature also pushes learners to become more critical of their learning. I don’t mean critical of lessons, but of their performance or the way they approached an activity. By being more critical, learners begin to better understand how they learn, which can help them to work more effectively in the future.

Supporting teaching and learning:

It’s often the case that in a class, some learners regularly offer answers and others are happy to sit quietly. This is problematic, because it means the quieter learners aren’t forced to think. While some will do it internally, there are those who don’t feel they need to so who then miss out on learning opportunities. Socrative pushes all learners to think of an answer and allows their teacher to assess how well all of them understand the content of the lesson. The teacher is then better informed when deciding what learners need to help them move forward in their learning.

HOW DO STUDENTS USE SOCRATIVE?

Go to https://socrative.com/ and click on Login to sign as a student. Students don't need to create an account so they can connect to teachers quickly. Students will need to enter the room name provided by the teacher. Enter the room name and click Join to login.

HOW DO TEACHERS USE SOCRATIVE?

Erasmus+ project 2020-1-PT01-KA229078578

12. DESCRIPTION AND MAIN FEATURES OF THE DIGITAL TOOL

Google slide

DESCRIPTION AND MAIN FEATURES OF THE DIGITAL TOOL:

Google Slide offers more than a Web 2.0 tool to be used at class, but also a friendly environment where learning and teaching can be extended while children are at home, with or without their families. Google Slide is part of the Google Workspace for Learning and provides a platform where students and teacher can insert a variety of materials that can be used for create wonderful presentation. The presentation can be linked with the Google Classroom so teachers and students has access when they need to the materials, through one click. Google Slide offer the opportunity to insert different type of content like audio, video, picture and texts.

TARGET PEOPLE:

Anyone who wants to learn English language in an interactive and interdisciplinary manner. Children of all ages, teachers, parents, anyone who want to create a simple and useful presentation.

FOR WHAT PURPOSES:

The programme is offered by Google and it is available in many languages. The tool allows practice of reading, listening, spelling, writing or speaking. Thus, all the competences of expressing in a foreign language can be trained there.

HOW TO USE IT:

You can use the Google workspace and also the Google slide which is a small part of first, just if you have a google account. This is totally free of charge and allows members to fully interact with other users by adding like collaborators in the apps. You have possibility to share Slides for being viewed, or to edited. Also all the people which have link and permission for edit can add their own contribution to the presentation. For this facility is the one of the good tools to be used in classes because increase collaboration between students. You stay in sync in your slides, with easy sharing and real-time editing. Use comments and assign action items to build your ideas together. With easy-to-use presenter view, speaker notes, and live captions, Slides makes presenting your ideas a breeze. You can even present to Google Meet video calls directly from Slides. Slides is thoughtfully connected to other Google apps you love, saving you time. Embed charts from Google Sheets or reply to comments directly from Gmail. You can even search the web and Google Drive for relevant content and images directly from Slides. Easily edit Microsoft PowerPoint presentations online without converting them, and layer on Slides’ enhanced collaborative and assistive features like comments, action items, and Smart Compose. With Slides, everyone’s working on the latest version of a presentation. And with edits automatically saved in version history, it’s easy to track or undo changes. Assistive features like Smart Compose and autocorrect help you build slides faster with fewer errors. You can access, create, and edit Slides even without an internet connection, helping you stay productive from anywhere.