Category: Polling

Use widely available polling apps to prompt thoughtful consideration and use as pre-and post-assessments for a lesson.

August 17, 2020

The Value of Polling Apps

Reading Time: 4 minutes Real time feedback tools, like polling apps or clickers, let faculty efficiently assess comprehension and get real time feedback from learners. Over 50 years ago, this...

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August 7, 2020

Competitive and Gamified Quizzes

Reading Time: 6 minutes Educators across the globe use game-based quizzes to add a bit of competition and engagement to review, quizzes and retrieval practice activities. But what does the research say about these types of activities for learning? How can we best leverage them to improve student outcomes?

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August 7, 2020

Polls in Zoom

Reading Time: < 1 minute One way to improve students’ participation in synchronous learning activities in a remote classroom can be to use the polling feature in Zoom. Using single...

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August 3, 2020

Padlet

Reading Time: 3 minutes Long beloved by educators, Padlet has been on the ed tech scene for years. This easy to use creative tool lets users brainstorm, organize, categorize,...

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July 3, 2020

O365 Forms

Reading Time: 2 minutes Forms lets you build and deliver formative surveys and self-grading quizzes. Because it comes with your enterprise email, it’s always free, and you get the full range of features available.

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June 27, 2020

Mentimeter

Reading Time: 3 minutes A newer kid on the polling app scene, Mentimeter is beloved for its clean appearance, ease of use, and varied question types. It offers a fairly robust free version, if you know how to use it.

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July 3, 2019

Kahoot!

Reading Time: 2 minutes Loved for its fun playing experience, Kahoot! quizzes are a great way to bring a little pizzazz to exam reviews, content check ins, or quizzes.

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May 4, 2019

Plickers

Reading Time: 2 minutes A free (to an extent) online app, Plickers is a tried and true way to run quizzes and questions in classrooms where wi-fi is unreliable, or devices pose a safety hazard. It relies on using printed QR codes, and the teacher’s device as a scanner.

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