Plickers

   Don't you just love all the new advances in technology? I do most days until our printer stops working or I can't figure out a program.  Plickers is one of those things that changed exit tickets for me.  If  you haven't seen it take a look here.  I used to use those classroom clickers but we only had one set for our school and inevitably when ever my turn came around I would forget how to use them and then have to relearn the whole program.  They also have neat apps that students can input answers, but I would need a devise for ever kid which I am far from having.
      Enter Plickers.  I copied and pasted a list of my classes.  Then I printed off the student cards. On Pinterest I've seen many neat ways to keep these cards, but for my class I glued them into their math journal.  This way they always had it with them in class (I'm religious about them keeping their math journals at school and not loosing it).  When I was in the classroom I would do lesson planning and have my Plickers app open and type in any questions  under library I want to incorporate into my lessons or exit tickets. Then during class when I am ready to give the question I write the question with the answer choices on the board,  (you can also open the app on your smartboard).  Then the amazing part (at least to me) you then open the app on your phone or tablet and scan the room while the students hold up their answer choice. On their card one side up is A another is B and so on.  It uses your camera and viola.

     I love that I can alter it to what I need.  I can add pictures into the question for my geometry units, I can do true/false, or do a question with no right answer to survey my students.  I also received an e-mail that under reports they will soon have a "score sheet" where you can group questions together and it will give an average.  "Wait you mean it will grade and score it for me?"  Yes and it's ready for the grade book!
My kids love it because it's different and no one really knows what anyone else picked so I know this is what the student knows and not just their neighbor. I think this ones a keeper.  Ba da ba da da I'm loving it!