IT 648 Project 1– Communication Tools This report is a summary of four communication tools that were explored and analyzed by all group members. Each member of the group personally tested and critiqued each tool. All aspects of the tools Socrative, Basecamp, Explain Everything, and Remind – Me 101 are described below as well as practical uses for each tool in an educational – setting. Socrative Socrative is a cloud-based, engaging student response system used to gather quick, efficient formative assessment data. Teachers can use Socrative to create simple true false, multiple choice, or short-answer quizzes that students can take on laptops or smartphones. The teacher can also control the pace at which students take the quizzes; students can either take the quizzes at their own pace, or the teacher can allow the students to see each question one at a time, allowing for discussion or conversation on the topic of the questions. Functions of Socrative To create a quiz in Socrative, a teacher needs to create an account at Socrative.com, logging in as teacher. Once the teacher has the account, a quiz can be made by entering the type of quiz and then providing the question stem, answer choices, and the correct answer, as shown in the image below Students, using laptops or smartphones, go to b.socrative.com and enter the Class Name generated by the app and can then take the quiz. An image of the student login is below. Advantages of Socrative Socrative provides for instantaneous feedback, allowing for spontaneous formative evaluation data. The app provides easy-to-analyze quantitative data, based on both whole group and individual students. Collected data can help educators create learning groups based on student performance. Reteaching is made more efficient as teachers can immediately detect when students fail to grasp concepts. Students can see for themselves how they compare to their classmates, which can help provide a level of motivation to do better. Challenges and Possible Solutions for Socrative This app does not provide for peer-to-peer communications. This app is limited to available devices, as some Android devices are incompatible with the app. In some areas, Internet connectivity issues can prevent full implementation of the app. Maintaining
IT 648 Project 1– Communication Tools This report is a summary of four communication tools that were explored and analyzed by all group members. Each member of the group personally tested and critiqued each tool. All aspects of the tools – Socrative, Basecamp, Explain Everything, and Remind Me 101 – are described below as well as practical uses for each tool in an educational setting. Socrative Socrative is a cloud-based, engaging student response system used to gather quick, efficient formative assessment data. Teachers can use Socrative to create simple true false, multiple choice, or short-answer quizzes that students can take on laptops or smartphones. The teacher can also control the pace at which students take the quizzes; students can either take the quizzes at their own pace, or the teacher can allow the students to see each question one at a time, allowing for discussion or conversation on the topic of the questions. Functions of Socrative To create a quiz in Socrative, a teacher needs to create an account at Socrative.com, logging in as teacher. Once the teacher has the account, a quiz can be made by entering the type of quiz and then providing the question stem, answer choices, and the correct answer, as shown in the image below Students, using laptops or smartphones, go to b.socrative.com and enter the Class Name generated by the app and can then take the quiz. An image of the student login is below. Advantages of Socrative Socrative provides for instantaneous feedback, allowing for spontaneous formative evaluation data. The app provides easy-to-analyze quantitative data, based on both whole group and individual students. Collected data can help educators create learning groups based on student performance. Reteaching is made more efficient as teachers can immediately detect when students fail to grasp concepts. Students can see for themselves how they compare to their classmates, which can help provide a level of motivation to do better. Challenges and Possible Solutions for Socrative This app does not provide for peer-to-peer communications. This app is limited to available devices, as some Android devices are incompatible with the app. In some areas, Internet connectivity issues can prevent full implementation of the app. Maintaining
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