Poll Everywhere
Taking polls is easy. Creating polls is pretty easy with Poll Everywhere. Figuring out WHAT to poll was the tricky part!
I decided to try to ask "What are you great at?" as a poll in preparation for teaching Nurtured Heart to the staff. This would probably be my intro, anticipating that MANY teachers would say, "Nothing...."
The disadvantage of Poll Everywhere for the free version is that it is only available for 2 weeks and a maximum of 40 responses. Therefore, I probably would not use it for this type of forum.
I could use it for a class of 30+ students, however, perhaps as a morning meeting question. But, as is typical in our school, we wouldn't have enough devices for everyone to efficiently log in, vote, and log off.
Google Forms
Ahhhhh, this poll format was MUCH better. It could be because I'm already familiar with Google Apps. I loved how I could change the format from multiple choice to open text, make it anonymous, make it pretty, etc. I can much more easily see using this for staff (because everyone already has gmail and is familiar with it). I think students would be able to use this type of poll easily from my blog or website. They wouldn't need an email address to take the poll, as long as I made question #1 be the students' names. I could see using this poll as a formative assessment or exit slip -- once again, provided I have enough devices to make that efficient.
I think you chose a useful thing to develop! I also love how you write. You always write what I am thinking and can never express! Looking forward to having you on my team. Good work!
ReplyDeleteI really like the form that you created. This will be great to use to gather data from the staff - a great starting talking point to introduce it! Good idea! :)
ReplyDeleteI love that question. "What are you great at?" I'm stealing it for my student information survey I give at the beginning of the year. I like to ask my kids a few questions right away to attach something to their name face and hopefully foster a better teacher/student relationship. It's amazing how simple info can help connect with kids throughout the semester.
ReplyDeleteNice job Anne! You have the best ideas. I'm great at copying you.
ReplyDeleteAnne, nice work. I agree that familiarity with Google Docs makes it more of a go to for me as well. I also think that you can do more with the information you receive. In response to your question, put me down for watching HGTV and making plans I will never follow through with.
ReplyDeleteYou have a nice following of bloggers!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I am interested in hearing more about Nurtured Heart!