Facilitate Classroom Discussion Using LetsGeddit and Google Forms

***Received email today (3-14-15) that Lets Geddit is shutting down July 1.  Unfortunate, because it is (was) a great classroom tool.

Let's Geddit

The feature of Geddit that may attract teachers to it is the "confidence" feature.  After students answer the question(s), students must rank their level of confidence in answering the question.

Students will use the Geddit App on an iPad or iPhone, while teachers will use Let's Geddit.
View set up and interaction from the teacher's perspective and the student's perspective in the same tutorial.


Teacher and co founder of Geddit, Justin Mann, explains how it works:


Setting Up A Teacher Account, Student Interaction, & Data Analysis


Google Forms

Creating questions prior to class or during class as the content progresses is a tremendous way for analyzing understanding.
Certain features of Geddit do not exist in Google Forms with such ease, such as conversations with the students.

Todaysmeet.com For Classroom Questions, Answers, and Collaboration

Todaysmeet.com has been used in many different classroom content areas at our high school.  Ms. Koch implemented it for the first time in Music Tech class this morning.  She created a chat room for her class which allowed her to ask questions and receive answers from students.  It was a great way to engage students who may not otherwise discuss questions.  Ms. Koch used the initial typing dialogue to fuel verbal classroom discussion.

Here it in her words and reactions from a student: