Create quizzes and surveys that students respond to simultaneously (during class) using their mobile devices. You can also add images, clues, and additional information. The app indicates the people who have the top 3 scores. Players can use help features similar to "Who wants to be a millionaire".
Limitations: 4-option multiple-choice questions only.
Create multiple-choice quizzes, discussions, and surveys including images and videos. The intention is that students would use these in the classroom.
Limitations: Because of the focus on the synchronous classroom and interactivity, a single student alone cannot take the quizzes.
This virtual classroom/web meeting application allows you to meet with up to 200 people for free. You can video chat, share your screen, run polls, and present PowerPoint shows.
How might we promote the same interaction among students using Twitter for classroom and learning?
Since Twitter is considered to be a social networking website, one aspect of this study looked at dialogue that transpired between followers to show evidence of collaborative conversations rather than unidirectional sharing of information.
Survey results show that nine out of ten of the respondents were able to give concrete examples of collaboration that occurred with fellow Twitter users.
These examples included ideas such as creating units, sharing of resources, students collaborating on projects between classrooms, exchanging professional materials and readings, writing book chapters, and even co-presenting at conferences.
beyond 140-character messages. That teachers moved discussions to forums that allow for deeper discussion and expansion of ideas is encouraging; Twitter does not seem to be a place to collaborate in depth, but rather to make those initial connections - a "jumping off" point.
how using Twitter has benefited them professionally. Four unique themes emerged from their responses:
Access to resources
Supportive relationships
Increased leadership capacity
Development of a professional vision
practical resources and ideas as a benefit.
opportunities for them to take leadership roles in developing professional development, organizing conferences, publishing, and grant writing.
This research study provides new insight into how teachers use social networking sites such as Twitter for professional purposes.
In-class response system that allows you to ask multiple-choice and short answer questions. You can also have students draw as a response.
Limitations: You cannot ask more than one question at a time. You cannot enter questions into the system, so you would need to ask the questions orally or on a slide. The system does not appear to save responses to review later. The system does not indicate whether answers are correct or incorrect.
Text Message (SMS), Twitter, and web Polls and Voting, Audience Response System
Now includes presenter tools so that you can create polls on the fly (during a presentation).
Can embed live poll results in a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation.
Limitations: Free version allows up to 40 responses.
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