using a poll for interactive teaching, presentations, workshops

Using Polling in Teaching and Learning, Presentations, Workshops

Kristoffer Greaves

@pleagletrainer

I’ve used polleverywhere.com here – but there are other services – look around and find the one that suits your purposes and style

Open www.polleverywhere.com in your browser…

You can use their free trial – or set up a free educational user account

Polleverywhere dashboard

Create your poll

Set your question

Choose how yourcan respond

Multiple Choice available

Or use an image – defineclickable areas

Your poll is ready…

Ways for your audienceto respond(suggest presetting thisand emailing to audience)n.b. Text incurs carrier charges

Controls toActivate +Stop Poll

Can also set upResponse viaTwitter (requires TwitterAccount)

Experiment with options to displayresults

• Spend time playing with set-up and options before your first public outing

• Remind Audience - responses are anonymous

• Web page response easiest and cheapest

• Consider circulating link before event

• Display link before and during event

• Allow time to discuss responses

• Consider mid-event, and near-end event review of responses and discussion

• Consider following up post-event with detailed responses where appropriate

• N.B. free accounts have time limits on poll and retention of responses