“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Poll Everywhere


Click here to respond to the poll online!

Poll Everywhere can be a highly effective tool for teachers of any sort.  The application allows teachers to create polls and students to use cell phones, tablets or computers to respond to these polls.  This application is compatible for use during class and outside of class.  Poll Everywhere benefits student learning as it requires students to pay more attention, but it gives the students a reason to want to give this attention.  The polls also allow for students to freely express their opinions as the results are anonymous.  Now you can say goodbye to the old fashion style of waiting your turn and raising your hand to respond!

Wordle: EDUC 2201
The above Wordle represents some of your top responses!



This second Wordle was made with the text of the Richmond Times Dispatch article, "Education: Teachers are key to making technology work,"  which discusses the divide between teachers who use technology to promote student learning and those who don't.  The larger words are the words that appear more often in the article and hold a larger significance within the article's context.

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