Formative Assessment at your your Low-Tech Finger Tips

Check out this LOW TECH option for student responses

What is a Plicker?  ​

It is a Paper CLICKER and a formative assessment tool that only requires one device - for the teacher.  Students each have their own paper answer tool. Turn the shape from side to side and letters A-D answer the quiz question on the projected screen.  

Getting Started

First step is the Plickers website.  Create a teacher account.  Download the free card deck and assign a page to each student. It's important to make sure that the roster matches the card number, because that is key to the formative assessment. When the teacher scans the room, student roster names show up on the teacher's device attached to their answer.   

Creating & Scanning the Quiz

​The next step is creating the quiz.  
Choose the Library tab to create either true/false or multiple choice questions. Connect your computer to a projector and choose the Live tab and students will see the questions on the screen.  

And then it is time to let Plickers do their magic. As the teacher scans the room with the Plickers App for IOS or Plickers app for Android  the student results are recorded immediately.

Things to Remember

• As the teacher scans the room the Plicker app reads the student's Plicker and records the results.  
• Each student's answer will only be recorded once.  
• The results are displayed in bar graph form
• No two plickers are the same

This is an excellent option for schools where devices are scarce or wifi is spotty.  Plickers work well with students of all ages.  Take some time to check out this low-tech formative assessment tool.

Additional Resources

​Link to Plickers website 
Link to the Plickers Card Deck
​Link to Plickers Tutorial by EdTech Tidbits


~ Beth Swantz, Technology Consultant, GWAEA @betswan

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