WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

POLL EVERYWHERE

URL    

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

DESCRIPTION
“Live Audience Participation”
“Poll Everywhere lets you engage your audience or class
anywhere in real time”

Poll Everywhere can replace clickers in your classes.  Sign up for a free account online, and simply follow the instructions for writing question.  Once you have set up the questions, you can use them in your presentations to engage your students during lectures and discussions.  The question is presented on screen to the class, each answer has a code attached, and then all the students need to do is to use the messaging app on their smartphone (all platforms) to text the answer.  Instantly the results will appear on screen.  The smartphone acts as a clicker device.

NOTE #1:  Free educational usage for up to 40 users in the class.  If your class is larger then 40, you would have to purchase licenses.  What to do instead is to either pair students together for answers or have different sections of the class alternate answering the questions.

NOTE #2:  See the corresponding App of the week (April 13, 2015)  for mobile devices and Poll Everywhere.