FYI-Poll Everywhere
I just discovered this after I had bought white erase paddles to use as a poor man's clickers. You can set up an account (PoleEverywhere.com), create a question, and then students can text their anonymous answers and it shows up on the screen! Students love it!
Helen, I love this site, too. It is the next generation of "clickers" without the hardware.
Michele Deck
I love this idea, however in our school, we are trying to promote no use of cell phones ??? So I am not sure if I get this to work
Sherry, if your school has rules against this, don't try it. I'd be willing to guess that five years from now, we will all be teaching with phones.
Michele Deck
Yes, most schools are, including ours. But when we were shown at a conference our director really liked the idea. We have the students put their cells phones out, face down and off, on their desks so we can see them. Then we let them use them for the polling and they have to go back on the desk. I personally like to have them all put their cell phones on MY desk. The first day of class I have them write their emails and cell phones for contact. So if a student says they don't have one I will check it against the contact sheet. If they say they have left it at home, they earn a front row seat in front of me for the day.
I agree with Michelle. Just last week, I couldn't get on U-tube to show a video I really like. So I had them all look it up on their phones. Our school is contemplating not letting us use U-tube in the classroom which has all of the instructors up in arms. If it goes through we will probably see a whole lot more cell phone use in the classroom!
Helen, I think some people are afraid of YouTube because they have never seen how it can be used as a teaching tool- but it can be.
Michele Deck
