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Aggregation of poll data. Great way of exploring data with lots of social studies/current events connections. Time rates this as one of the fifty best sites this year. Worth a few minutes of exploration.

Another educational use for twitter. Create a poll, tweet your question, gather your data, explore the data. Could be a social studies tool, a psychology tool, an English tool, a math tool, or science tool. I guess if you analyze the data you receive all the questions would be a math tool.

A very simple poll generating tool. Doodle helps finding suitable dates and times for group events, e.g., an appointment, a conference call, a family reunion, etc. In addition to scheduling events, Doodle also supports polls in general. That is, groups can conveniently decide on options other than dates. - comment by Rob Reynolds

Another polling site. This one is the brainchild of Nate Silver. His predictions during the 2008 presidential election were consistently more accurate than the national media outlets. He must be doing something correctly. BTW, he's a baseball statistician by trade.

Wiggio is an easy way to communicate and work in groups; provides group email, text, and voice messages, host web meetings, conference calls, and chatrooms; keep a shared calendar; store/edit files; poll the group; and keep track of group tasks. 

Answer questions from desktop, iTouch, iPhone, online clicker system Want to know what your audience/class is thinking right now? How about a quick check for understanding prior to starting the day's lesson? QuickieQ will help you gather a digital show of hands and more, whether the responders are in the same room or across the globe.