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Poll Authority makes adding a poll to a website as easy as 1, 2, 3! The advanced system allows you to create customized and unique polls through a user-friendly interface. Build a poll in seconds, add a unique style to match your website, and deploy it wi

Are you a twitterholic? Create a poll here and send it to twitter. Embed the poll, too. The best part is that folks can DISCUSS the poll in comments! VERY nice!

Not only create polls, but also allow for comments from participants. Embed them, too. Very nice

"People have been using Poll Everywhere to make word clouds and tag clouds for years. Now, we've made it even easier with a simple two-step process for our favorite word cloud services: Wordle, Tagxedo, and Tagul. You'll find a new view called "Word cloud" on your Free Text Polls."

Use our simple polling platform to create polls with text, photos, video and audio.

Keep us posted if you use this one ~ likes/dislikes.

Free polling software (think: American Idol). Embed on a webpage, Power Point slide, etc and watch the results in real time! Neat animations, too. 1,000 free votes per month.

Claims that it's free for "progressive schools who didn't make AYP"!

Did you make AYP? If not, maybe you can get a free SMS voting system subscription!

The proposed constitution would give parliament more power and set the stage for general elections in September. Several hundred people died in clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in the south, earlier in June. The Provisional Government called a referendum Sunday, after President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was overthrown in April. Polls opened at 0800 (0200 GMT) and close at 2000 (1400G GMT), with results expected Monday.

Free picture image based survey polling. Embedding, twitter, facebook

Set up a poll that collects results via text

schedule events, create polls

QuizOperator is a free tool that let's you easely create and share quizzes. You just have to choose the quiz name and fill in the quiz options. Other people can join your quiz by going to a link or by searching for it. The score is tracked by the app and the winner will be calculated automatically. Perfect to use during your lesson, presentation, speech or at a party.

"Mouse Mischief integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, letting you insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into your lessons. Students can actively participate in these lessons by using their own mice to click, circle, cross out, or draw answers on the screen. "

InfuseLearning provides a platform by which teachers can seamlessly engage every student on any device. Make informed decisions at the point of instruction with real-time, student feedback.

I shared this with one of our elementary schools this morning. However, a support person at InfuseLearning told me this week it most likely will not always be free. Portions of it will remain free, but others will be a cost, although the support person didn't know what would/would not remain free. He also was not able to provide a timeframe as to when a cost would begin to be added to InfuseLearning.

It's certainly a challenge to engage today's students. Learning theory shows that one of the keys to successful learning is engagement. Using Philip Schlechty's "Qualities the Affect Engagement" as a framework, Tony Vincent outlines 21 technology tools, strategies, and tips educators can use to increase authentic engagement. Learn ways to motivate learners using online tools that are freely available. Examples include polling students, illustrating concepts with crazy cartoons, creating jazzy slide shows, and touring some of the newest coolest sites the web has to offer.

Just adding some tags. Thanks, Cheryl - I like the reminder about Schlechty's Working On The Work and tech integration links to it!

Using Philip Schlechty's "Qualities the Affect Engagement" as a framework, Tony Vincent outlines 21 technology tools, strategies, and tips educators can use to increase authentic engagement. Learn ways to motivate learners using online tools that are freely available.