PLICKERS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This year we are implementing a new resource for our classroms. Plickers are a QR code system that allows each student to answer questions placed on our projector/smart board. We have been using Plickers  as assessment tools in our physical education lessons.

Here’s how they work: each Plickers card is numbered and each has a unique code. Each card has four sides, with each side representing a multiple choice question response (i.e. A, B, C or D). You assign a Plickers card to each of your students and, throughout your lessons, you can use the Plickers app on your mobile device to ask questions to your class and collect their answers.

Students share their answers by holding the side of the card representing their answer up and with the code facing the teacher. The teacher uses the Plickers app on their mobile device to scan the class’ answers. As the teacher scans the class, the app picks up the students answers automatically and records the answers (as well as who answered what) in a report which is saved on the teacher’s Plickers account.