Monday May 3 - Online Poll and Survey Tools

Monday May 3

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Survey/Polling Tools

Survey/Polling Tools

Survey/Polling Tools

Survey/Polling Tools

• Online Surveys and Polls - An Introduction• Professional Uses• Teacher Uses• Student Uses• Educational Outcomes• Online Polling and Survey Tools

Survey/Polling Tools

A fundamental tenet of 21st Century Learning is that learning is enhanced when students are engaged via active learning strategies.

Survey/Polling Tools

One of the most efficient ways to create active learning and assessment can be done with online survey and polling tools.

Survey/Polling Tools

Gone are the days where you photocopy questions, distribute the forms, collect the forms and then spend hours tallying the results.

Survey/Polling Tools

What was once relegated to pencil and paper can now be done easily online with free and easy to use online survey and polling tools.

Survey/Polling Tools

These online tools let both teachers and students create multiple choice, matching, short answer, and other format questions.

Survey/Polling Tools

Opinions can be gathered, votes can be collected, and results are able to be seen and shared virtually immediately.

Survey/Polling Tools

Respondents are not restricted to a computer or to the classroom.

Survey/Polling Tools

An increasing tool for polling are web-enabled cellular phones.

Survey/Polling Tools

Professional Use   These can be great tools to use with staff.

• Collect feedback about an event, activity or resource • Determine professional development needs

Survey/Polling Tools

Professional Use   These can be great tools to use with staff.

• Gauge interest in an upcoming event • Find out teacher expertise in different fields

Survey/Polling Tools

Survey Students  Collect information from your students to help you with your planning.

• Finding out about students’ interests • Asses prior knowledge for upcoming units of work

Survey/Polling Tools

Survey Students  Collect information from your students to help you with your planning.

• Evaluate a unit of work to determine its success or how it could be improved.

Survey/Polling Tools

Students create their own surveys   Students can also use online surveys. • Collect data for an assignment • Collect feedback on something they have created

Survey/Polling Tools

Students create their own surveys   Students can also use online surveys.  • Students can analyze and reflect on their results by

interpreting a graphical representation.

Survey/Polling Tools

Educational Outcomes  When students create their own survey, they must have a good understanding of the content and the task in order to form the correct questions. 

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Educational Outcomes  They must also decide on the information they want to collect and pose appropriate questions which will retrieve this information.

Survey/Polling Tools

Educational Outcomes  Students can gain an understanding of how to interpret graphs. This activity could be extended further by asking students to create their own graphs.

Survey/Polling Tools

Educational Outcomes  This is a great way for students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their achievements.

Survey/Polling Tools

Online Polling and Survey Tools  • Zoomerang http://www.zoomerang.com

• Polldaddy http://polldaddy.com

• ProProfs http://www.proprofs.com/polls