You must open an account with Socrative. There is a free version and a paid version. The free version gives you enough to use, but obviously the paid version gives you more features. One feature is the paid version gives you more "rooms". The unpaid version only allows one "room", so you will want to clear the room at the end of every class to allow your next group of kids to enter.
As a 9th grade math teacher I am aware I should do more quick formatives, not just my homework assignments. I was hoping Socrative could offer this to me.
Once you log in, your website looks like this, where you can "launch" your formative. IF you are launching a quiz, space race, or exit ticket, it must be prepared in advance. Also notice at the top there is a class code, this is the code your students will enter when they log in.
When you create a quiz, you do have the option to format for math, which is imperative for me!
Socrative also gives you the option to add a picture, perhaps a graph, if you need to.
The space race seems cool as students join teams to compete against each other.
For the Quick Question though, there is NOT an option for formatting which means you can not do quick formative on the "fly" if you are doing quadratics or any other math that needs formatting.
When I first logged in and played with this earlier in the week, I was able to create Multiple Choice, True False, or Short answer easily. As I am playing around now, Socrative is not allowing me too.
Teachers need software this is consistent and reliable. For this reason, and the formatting, are reasons I would probably NOT use this in class. I would prefer to be able to do a quick question in class on the fly to make sure students are understanding, but if the software is going to be "buggy", I am not interested.
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