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General Session - Conference Presentation and Interactive Activity Only (40 minutes, no formal paper)

Leslie Johnson, Kaplan University, virtual, USA, ljohnson6@kaplan.edu
 * The Power of Polls: Using Socrative to Engage Students **

Research has shown that appropriate use of student response systems in the classroom is an effective way to engage your students by giving them an active role (Klein, 2009). Come learn about the advantages of polling/quizzing in any synchronous classroom setting using Socrative - a unique Internet/App based software that's free! Klein, K. (2009). Promoting collaborative social learning communities with student response systems. MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 5(4), Retrieved from http://jolt.merlot.org/vol5no4/klein_1209.pdf

// Interactivity  // After explaining how Socrative works and providing a tour of the instructor side of Socrative, I plan to have participants to join my room in Socrative and complete a poll/quiz to see firsthand what it's like from the students' point of view.

All Audiences smart student response system, tablets, smartphones, laptops, immediate feedback