Polls

Using polls within the classroom is a way to give students the ability to vote and demonstrate their knowledge and opinions quickly. They can be used within the classroom in order to provide the educator with an instant snapshot of where the students are at in their learning process. Listed below are examples of types of polling software and applications to be used on the iPad device.

gWhiz Mobile Learning Assessment MLA captures participant responses to each question, the assessment start time, end time, and computes a score.
 * Capture your student's names or allow participants to participate anonymously
 * Only you see the results (unless you decide to share the Google Document with others)
 * You'll need a gmail account to create tests and polling questions but your participants will only need the assessment identifier you create
 * Support True/False, Multiple Choice, Multiple Choice Multiple Answer, Sequenced, and Short Answer (fill-in-the-blank) responses
 * Questions can be in the form of text, audio, or images. The participants can select responses which include a variety of data as well
 * In "Survey" mode, control the active question directly from your device

Survey Pocket The unique aspect of this resource is its ability to provide the educator with feedback both for guiding future instruction, but also to modify instruction and assessments. Students are able to answer not only multiple choice and more structured choice questions, but also complete rating scales and open ended questions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by typing in their answers. This gives the teacher more room to <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">create assessments specifically based on individuals and topics.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> It gives students the opportunity to broaden the range of how <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">they display what they have learned and provide feedback and reflection on their learning.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">TapPoll <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">According to the website, "quizzes are multiple choice and can be shared among peers to allow students to study for tests alone or in groups. Quizzes will be randomly presented in an endless fashion, in other words, the questions as well as the presentation order of the multiple choice answers are constantly shuffled. Additionally, there are also several public quizzes available for everyone to use with more being added all the time. Educators and students can also submit quizzes for public use and once approved the quizzes will be listed in the public quiz list. TapPoll allows you to upload an image during the poll / quiz creation process. This image can be referenced in your quiz or poll and can be displayed when the question is presented to the device. Quizzes and polls have the option of being protected with a shared group password for added control of your cohort." <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This type of resource provides educators the ability to control who is accessing the information for a particular course. It also lends itself well to devising individualized instruction and assessments to best fit student needs.

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