Thursday, November 3, 2011

Socrative - Engage Your Class Using Any Device

Want a quick and easy way to engage your students and find out what they know? 

Try socrative.com! Produce quick interactive polls and quizzes that your students can access on any web-enabled device. They also provide ipod and android apps too. The site is currently in beta and is free to use. 

Be sure to check out their classroom integration ideas that are posted on their blog site, Socrative Garden. In addition, you may check out their video howtos on vimeo: http://vimeo.com/channels/233370

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. - Socrates

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

What a Bloomin' Great Idea!


I love Google Apps for Education. Educator Kathy Schrock has put together a great visual tool to break down the application of Google tools as they relate to Bloom's revised taxonomy.

Check it out here: http://kathyschrock.net/googleblooms/