Evaluation of Clickers v Socrative

A quick evaluation of Clickers versus Socrative CLICKERS first Pros: Students really like using clickers Students are active and engage with the material Delivers within PowerPoint presentation Can create numeric input questions as well as text input and standard MCQ Students get feedback Students can benchmark against rest of the class Lecture gets feedback Software is easy to use within PowerPoint Cons: Messy to distribute at the start of every lecture Hard to time how long to allocate to each question Good students get bored while waiting for others to input answers Weaker students may not get enough time to work out their response SOCRATIVE Pros: Students can be presented with a serious of questions which they can work through at their own pace You can give detailed feedback if they select wrong answer They see everything on their mobile device lecturer does not have to distribute devices Cons: Connecting to WIFI Not every student has mobile device No numeric input question option (all though can work around by using Text Input) Students are tempted to use social media Students don't see where they are positioned with their peers DECISION POINT: Use clickers when presenting new material building clickers questions into PowerPoint presentation. Use Socrative as a tool to guide students through long exam style accounting questions which they can work through at their own pace getting feedback on the bits they don't know.