Polls

One of the great ideas that was discussed in many of the workshops I attended at TCEA, was about using polls in your classes. There are several different websites that you can use to create and administer polls and surveys for your students, parents, and fellow teachers.

One that I have used for several years is Survey Monkey. It's a free site that let's you create surveys and keeps track of all of the results for you.

However, it seems that this is now an "oldie but goodie". There were tons of other options presented recently. Vizu, Poll Daddy, and Poll Everywhere were among the most discussed.

I am posting an example of a Poll Daddy poll that I created just for you. You can also check my website for one that I created for parents.

Each of these sites gives you the code that you need in order to add it to your website, blog, or your actual lesson or presentation. One of the cool features with Poll Everywhere is that when you create a poll or survey, you can use it with a live audience. They can text or Twitter their response to the poll and the website tracks the information for you! I plan to use this in the next staff meeting to show you exactly how it can work.