USING POLL EVERYWHERE IN THE CLASSROOM AUGUST 2012 SUMMER INSTITUTE BRADFORD MALLORY, UCBA KATIE FORAN-MULCAHY, UC CLERMONT
LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will… Become familiar with Voki and Poll Everywhere Participate in an online poll via Poll Everywhere using text messaging or web access Understand how to create and share polls using the web, PowerPoint, or Prezi Appraise these technologies for personal classroom use
A WORD FROM OUR AVATARS…
WHAT IS POLL EVERYWHERE? -Audience Response with no hardware required -Free versions and paid versions -Get immediate student feedback, assessment -Useful and fun PollEverywhere.com
Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.
PE NUTS AND BOLTS Katie -Types of accounts and pricing -Setting up a new poll -Ways to respond -Ways to share, including Brad -Shortcomings and advanced features
USE FOR CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES (C.A.T.) -Concept checks -Muddiest point -Attitude surveys -Icebreakers -And more!
EXAMPLE C.A.T. SLIDE TO DEMONSTRATE MUDDIEST POINT ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE WITH POLL EVERYWHERE MUDDIEST POINT
A FINAL THOUGHT FROM OUR AVATARS…
What is Voki? Why would you use Voki? An alternative for the camera phobic Creative and engaging It’s just cute How do you create a Voki?
BRADVTAR’S CONCLUSION