Project Zero, an educational research group at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, has been working to enhance student learning, thinking and creativity since the 1960s. Founded by the philosopher Nelson Goodman, it’s impacted global education and been guided by such education luminaries as Howard Gardner and David Perkins. Utilizing its core concepts and adding a…
As you know, Socrative is a tool that reports what your students know. However, did you know that Socrative can also provide information on how your students are thinking? For example, after a science lesson, a teacher may use a Socrative quiz to ask, “Will a penny, with a density of 2g/ml float in water?”…
A good classroom dynamic is key to a successful teaching environment. When students get to know each other in fun ways, it can help create an atmosphere where students engage and learn with each other based on deeper personal connections. During the first weeks of school, Ms. Washington uses “Guess Who?” quiz, using Socrative’s Short…
It’s nearly summer and now is the perfect time to capture those final moments of your school year: field trips, student presentations, field days, recitals, etc. Our friends at sharalike have built an awesome photo sharing app! They’re the next generation of online slideshow creation — designed as a free, fun and simple way to…
There are always lots of new things to remember at the start of a new school year – changes in classrooms, in rules, in school staff. Both teachers and students need to get familiar with these changes fast. To help students get familiar with what’s new, consider starting the year with a multiple choice Socrative…
While putting the final touches on a lesson plan, I was struck with a decision about the class-ending activity. I know students will have questions and concerns about the readings and projects. I wanted the freedom and flexibility to choose the culminating activity in the moment. What could I do? I imported all 3 thinking…
Harvard’s Project Zero has created learning routines based on research, helping teachers garner a more thorough thinking process from students. See, Think, Wonder, is one such routine that engages students in visual multimedia such as pictures or videos. This concept can easily be delivered using Socrative: design an image-based quiz focussing on these 3 questions:…
The infamous 5Ws and H have been an integral part of journalism, storytelling, and an uncountable number of TV police dramas (Law and Order being the best, of course). For years this structure has been helping students ask targeted questions as they dig deeper into factual information and uncover truths. In the 21st century, this…
The value of multiple choice in education has been a topic of debate since its invention in the beginning of the 20th century. Initially, the US army constructed this type of assessment as a means for determining intelligence for recruitment (Ramirez, 2013). Provided this social validity, the test quickly spread to education and industry sectors,…
In third grade, my classmates and I brought a wide range of items to school that signified the time in which we were living. There was a black Sony walkman with padded headphones, a GI Joe figure, a Hartford Courant newspaper, a copy of Shel Silverstein’s poem “Messy Room” and a video cassette of Goonies….