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Poll Everywhere. Alex North. Definition and Images. Poll Everywhere is an online audience poll that can be used over mobile devices, twitter, and online. Explanation. Create a poll without even signing up! Just get the Poll Everywhere App. Then ask your “dying” question.
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Poll Everywhere Alex North
Definition and Images • Poll Everywhere is an online audience poll that can be used over mobile devices, twitter, and online.
Explanation • Create a poll without even signing up! Just get the Poll Everywhere App. • Then ask your “dying” question. • Worried you may not have total control? • You can decide whether it’s a multiple choice or open ended question. • Received an answer that may seem inappropriate? You can DELETE IT!
Explanation • Answers for a poll may be answered via text message by following the short instructions and replying to 22333. • Also answered by twitter. Tweet a response to @poll. • And over the web, just by going to the web browser, www.pollev.com, and typing a key word or code.
How to Sign Up • Setting up will only take about a minute! • Visit www.polleverywhere.com • Click the sign up button in the top right corner. • Provide your full name, email, and password. • Check the corresponding boxes. • Check the Agreement box after reading the Terms of Services.
Classroom Applications • Use Poll Everything for test taking. • Use it to learn about your students and how well they’re adapting to the class. • Allow the students to be in charge. Let them poll on a fun class activity they may want to participate in.
Strengths • Worried about constantly updating the poll chart? • DON’T! Poll charts update live as the audience responds. • It’s trusted and secure. • Poll Everywhere is used for Business Plan Competitions to power an audience based choice award.
Live Updating • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWLhfXyvIzs
Challenges • Some students may not have the ability to access technology alone. • If a poll is being taken in class, a computer needs to be provided for each student. • An inappropriate response could end up being polled.
Personal Review • Poll Everywhere seems to be very effective and essential. • It could be used in many different aspects of teaching and amongst different subjects as well. • It gets the students interactive and very hands on with the growing technology of today’s society.
Reference Page • Poll Everywhere Logo http://www.flippedlearning.org/domain/33 • Classroom Photo http://www.usi.edu/health/facultyorientation/PollEverywhere.asp