of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. It is also
important to highlight that Socrative provides a user-friendly experience. Teachers
need to create an account, which will provide them with a “room” number. Students
need to be provided with this number to access a private group where they will be
able to interact posting anonymous opinions and comments. They can also take part
of games and competitions where they have to be the ones to answer a question, or
even answer a quiz previously created by the teacher. Unlike comments, quizzes will
demand students to introduce their names, letting teachers know the students’ scores.
One of the most attractive aspects of this web application is that it can send grade
reports to the teacher’s email account, which saves time commonly used in grading..
c) Edmodo: It is a free, secure social network for classroom use. Edmodo can be
accessed online or through a portable device. It could be considered an academic
version of Facebook for students and teachers are able to post and comment on each
other’s contributions. Edmodo allows teachers to share announcements and
assignments for the class. It is also possible to add files and links to other websites for
students to check. In education, Edmodo’s biggest advantage over Facebook is being
a safe and secure virtual learning environment - with no apps, games, or
advertisements.
The activities implemented were:
a) Setting up an Edmodo account.
b) Taking a group survey in Edmodo.
c) Answering questions, anonymously, in Socrative.
d) Looking up English definitions using Merriam-Webster.
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