Mobile App comparison
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Socrative and Polleverywhere are student response systems that allow teachers to engage students using smartphones, tablets, and computers. While both systems allow gathering live responses in real time, Socrative provides more advanced assessment features like automatic grading, exporting results, and randomizing answers for free. It also works across different devices without needing an internet-connected smart device for each student. Based on experience using both programs, the document indicates Socrative provides more value since 95% of its features are free compared to Polleverywhere's limited free features.
Mobile App comparison
- 2. Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
- 3. Polleverywhere is the easiest way to gather live responses in just about any venue. It’s a real time poll response app.
- 4. Polleverywhere Socrative Ability to change design and layout Real time formative assessment Confidential voting Pre-design student activities Automatic grading Results can be exported to Excel Randomize student answer choices Flexibility in receiving student reports
- 5. Polleverywhere Socrative Advantages Advantages No need to have a smart device, just Advanced quiz options access to the internet Engaging Easy to use Real time results Real time feedback Disadvantages Engaging You have to pay to allow it to grade Work with a mix of smartphones, tablets, responses and computers. Works with any web browser Disadvantages All students must have smart device in order to be effective
- 6. I have had the privilege of being able to use both of these programs in my classroom and I have to say that the better bang for your buck will be the Socrative program. Using this program saves time with having to grade by hand. You have more flexibility in determining the types of questions to use. 95% of all the feature of this program are free to use. Polleverywhere has only limited features that are free to use.