The system is available free for a 3-week trial and then costs $60.00 for continuing use. It may shared across a department and it is free to students. Faculty send out questions and then students send back a video response within a 90 minute time frame. Students can view and "like" each others responses as well. Truax has used the system to track student responses to various arts activities that they are required to experience. Not only is she easily able to insure that the students are attending the events, but the system also serves as a springboard for more discussion in the classroom.
Janel Schultz (Math) talked about how she is using Poll Everywhere, the classroom response system that incorporates mobile
devices. In this system students use their cell phones to respond to various questions that Schultz puts out both during classroom periods and within the videos she creates for students to view outside of class as part of her "flipped" classroom activities. Schultz uses the app to gauge student learning as well as to keep students engaged. It also works to help Schultz determine if students are watching the required video homework; she imbeds a poll in the video and, while it primarily works to gauge student understanding of the math questions, it also lets her know who has been doing the homework and who will get the points for doing so. When asked if there was ever a problem with students not having phones to respond with, Schultz said that her students all seemed to have a smart phone with them in her classes. Answers may also be sent via Twitter or web browsers and responses can be seen live on the web or in a PowerPoint presentation.Missed the session? View it here on Tegrity.
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