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| Poll Everywhere |
Link: Website
Rating: 4
Cost: App and Subscription Free (40 students max per class)
Age Group: All ages with access to computer or personal device with Internet
Description: Poll Everywhere is a web/app that allows for interactive voting/polling in and out of the classroom. Presenters (teachers in this case) register and are given a user name that links to their account. Throughout class or outside of school, the presenter can 'create a poll' that asks for the respondents (students) to answer. Questions or Polls can be presented as multiple choice, true/false, Q&A, open ended, ranking poll, and click able image questions. He/She can use the app or website, or have it embedded in a power point, or Keynote presentation. Audience
members or students can easily respond to polls or vote using the app on a
smart phone or tablet. The results are collected and displayed in realtime which allows for immediate answers, feedback, opinions etc... that can be projected in class with the use of appropriate media devices. (i.e.: laptop which connects to a projector screen or embedded in PowerPoint)
Supporting instructional strategy in Social Studies: Once you become acquainted with the web/app, Poll Everywhere can be a fun and interesting way to get students to participate, get their attention, hear some opinions, monitor understanding, and quickly assess how the class is doing. By embedding the questions in a PowerPoint presentation they can act as 'check points' or 'monitoring points' so that you can better navigate through the class. Also, having the students share their opinions and/or answers can be a great way to begin a class and/or discussion. As a Social Studies teacher, for example, I could begin my class on the Civil Rights movement by asking the question "From the multiple choice options below, who do you believe was the MOST influential Civil Rights activist? Be prepared to explain." The realtime results allows for quick results, full participation, and a chance for me to get a sense of what the majority opinion may be.
Potential problems in the classroom: The first potential issue would be student and teacher access to Internet or some personal device so that polls can be conducted. Another issue that may come about would involve school policy on cellphone/tablets being used in the classroom. There is also the option of tweeting responses which again may go against some forms of policies in particular schools. Although it is a simple procedure once reviewed, there will have to be time set in a class period to explain and model how the app/web work and what are the reasons for using it. Overall, I feel this a great app for every subject to use because it allows for students to be engaged and involved and also analyst the responses as they are displayed right in front of them. That being said, there is always the possible issue of devices becoming distracting and students who do not answer honestly making the results inaccurate.
Presenting or Participating?: When first accusing the Poll Everywhere app, you are prompted to select if you are a presenter or participant. From there, your corresponding screen will appear and you will have various options to create/respond to a prompt
Response Settings & Organizing: You are able to customize how the questions/prompts will appear and what type of format the questions will be displayed and/or responses will be accepted
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| Format: There are a variety of formats to choose from when creating a question/poll for the class to respond to. |
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| PowerPoint: You can download the PollEv Presentation app/program to your computer/laptop which will allow you to embed the prompts and questions into a slide and allow for the realtime results to be displayed on screen |
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