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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEENASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ERC DAYMARCH 20, 2015
“TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY:THE BASICS AND BEYOND”
Prof. Mark J. Grossman
Using Web-Based Polling Systems in the Classroom
Please set-up your cell phone…
1. Use SMS (text) “short code” 37607. Get confirmation text.
2. Web browser: www.pollev.com/grossman
3. Download app from iTunes or Google Play.
(Search for “Poll Everywhere” app.)
Battling Cell Phone Use?
Did you go to school in 60’s?
Did you go to school in 60’s?
Today’s technology of choice
Web-Based Polling Systems
a.k.a. Audience Response Systems Same technology voting systems used
on TV shows : America’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, etc.
Systems are used in corporate and educationsettings, but can be costly.
Web-Based Polling Systems
Advantageso No cost (user limits placed on free plans)o Fully transportable
○ Not restricted by location/classroom○ Adjunct-friendly
Disadvantageso Requires internet accesso Requires students to have a cell phone
o Smartphone not needed (with most services)o Can allow multiple votes from same deviceo Repurpose an old smartphone with WiFi (Blackberry?)
Many Options Available
www.polleverywhere.com
Poll Everywhere
User friendly Allows responses from multiple sources:
o SMS (texting)o Web browsero Dedicated app (iPhone and Android)o Twitter (not recommended)
Free plan allows up to 40 responses per-poll
Tech support: real human being on phone
Icebreaker Exercise
Three Truths
and a Lie
Go to PE (Three Truths)
Ideas for a quick daily poll?
Question of the day.
Types of Polls
Open Ended √ Multiple Choice √ Clickable Image Discourse Ranking
Benefits?
Engages students where they are. Reduces cell phone distraction. Helps those students who
have communication anxiety.
Student participation numbers rise sharply
Benefits?
Engages students where they are. Reduces cell phone distraction. Helps visual learners. Helps those students who
have communication anxiety.
Like I did!
Clickable Image
What is your favorite place? Where have you traveled? What part of the body….? Which person…?
Caution Can’t use SMS (text) response Might be best to hide results until the end
Go to PE (NCC Map)
Go to PE (Clickable image)
Discourse Poll
An open-ended poll where students submit responses,
and can anonymously agree or disagree with
other responses by upvoting or downvoting.
Backchannel Communication
noun
1.“a secondary or covert route for the passage of information.”
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEENASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ERC DAYMARCH 20, 2015
“TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY:THE BASICS AND BEYOND”
Prof. Mark J. Grossman
Using Web-Based Polling Systems in the Classroom
