February 27, 2006

Instant Reckon Polls Inward The Classroom

For a long fourth dimension at nowadays I bring been looking for a tool that enables minute polling inward the classroom or inward the lecture room. I specifically wanted something that:
  •  doesn't postulate registration (especially from the people I'm polling)
  • updates rattling quickly
  • works on whatever platform from computers to mobile devices
It looks similar I bring lastly constitute what I've been looking for together with best of all it's free. The tool that I bring constitute is Mentimeter together with it does all of the above.

Creating the poll was actually quick together with slowly I only went to http://mentimeter.com together with typed inward my question, thence I clicked on 'Create Question',


I thence entered my selection of answer choices, chose a subject together with clicked on 'Save together with Start Presenting'.




The poll is thence produce to use. There are a number of ways of sharing it.

You tin become a URL alongside a code to limit entry or to become inward quick together with slowly to part inward presentations (Here's ane on the flipped classroom. The URL is ever http://vot.rs/ thence you lot bring a specific code for the poll, which inward this instance is 23512 ) anyone alongside this code tin thence vote. By all agency laissez passer it a try.


You tin click on part later you lot produce your poll together with become a similar a shot spider web link which you lot tin part through social media, such every bit Twitter or Facebook etc.


By clicking on 'Share' on your poll page you lot tin also become an embed code or a link to to a world results page. I've embded the poll below to demonstrate you lot how it looks.


So what's thence dandy nigh creating alive polls?
  • Well they are dandy if you lot are lecturing or presenting at a conference alongside a wireless network every bit you lot tin become minute feedback together with responses that everyone tin part inward together with thence involve to a greater extent than people.
  • You tin role them inward cast every bit a quick essay to run across if students bring understood your material.
  • You tin become students to produce them together with essay each other.
  • You tin role them for consider polls inward class, both earlier together with later discussions to run across if at that spot is whatever shift inward opinion.
  • The responses are anonymous, thence it's a skillful tool to role to become honest feedback if you lot are doing activeness enquiry inward class, specially if it is related to a sensitive issue, such every bit your ain teaching mode or methods.
What's non to like?
  • Well at that spot isn't much I tin tell that I don't similar nigh this tool.
  • I'd similar to bring polls alongside to a greater extent than than ane query though.
  • You bring to live careful nigh using polls similar this on mobile phones if your students are having to pay a connecter charge, thence it actually helps to live able to become them on the wireless network if you lot are using it inward class.
I promise you lot uncovering http://mentimeter.com useful together with savour using it alongside your students.


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Nik Peachey

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