For this weeks Tech Blog 5, I want to introduce a new system that I have just discovered in my class the other day. There are other apps similar, but this one caught my eye. Its is called, Poll Everywhere. The website allows you to make an interactive poll that can be used anywhere at anytime. The Poll is most commonly used to engage an audience or a classroom. When being used in a classroom, The Poll can be accessed by using a cellular device, the internet, and even twitter. The Teacher can create a poll prior to the beginning of class containing numerous questions that the teacher wants to test the students knowledge on. The teacher will then open the poll for the students to answer. The students will then access the poll and answer the questions by following the instructions and including the appropriate numbers within the message. To see the responses of the students, the teacher can broadcast the live, incoming, answers using the web or a Power Point Presentation.
Poll Everywhere allows the teacher to become more aware of how much knowledge their students have on the particular subject. What's the best part of the website? The fact that ALL of the answers are anonymous! Therefore, the teacher will know what topics need to be covered more, but will not know who got the answers wrong! This tool can really help improve learning in the classroom. The fact that the tool is interactive, it engages the student and creates a more effective learning environment.
This is really cool. I used something similar to this when I was in a 100+ person chem class and we all had to be asked a question at once.
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