Poll Everywhere allows students to use their cellphone, or any other Internet access device, to give instant, live feedback to questions or discussions. Teachers can pose a question, students text their answer to a displayed number and everyone can watch as the answers come in. Students can see other answers to help them make a decision they would like to submit.
Students don't have to wait on a teacher to use Poll Everywhere, students can use it themselves for projects, student government, feedback on events, and to Poll their teachers! If a student has a Social Studies project and wants peer feedback on a recent event, such as the State of the Union Address, they can create a Poll Everywhere question and post information for fellow students to send their answer. The feedback can be used to write up a report.
Student government can create flyers to post in the hallways to gather comments and input from potential voters, the pep rally team can ask for feedback on the setup of the last event and whether fellow students would like to see any changes, and the yearbook staff can poll teachers to see if they would like to see changes to the current yearbook.
Students want feedback. The easier and faster they can get it, the better. Poll Everywhere allows students to utilize the devices they already own and use everyday, namely cellphones/smartphones.
