tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post7236844203002525105..comments2023-11-28T08:00:55.681-05:00Comments on e-Learning Acupuncture: Live classroom polling without clickers?Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13238978983346441833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-71091937643653227532009-01-27T10:11:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:11:00.000-05:00Eric, I think you're absolutely right. More teache...Eric, I think you're absolutely right. More teachers at our school should be using this. The buzz about your Molecular class and the excitement to have another lecture and text in answers again was incredible. Thanks again for your dedication to teaching. Someone must have told you a long time ago that if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well, and you really have done that with our class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-91576332223468184332008-12-07T09:43:00.000-05:002008-12-07T09:43:00.000-05:00Hi Brad, Thanks for checking in. I agree with...Hi Brad,<BR/><BR/> Thanks for checking in. <BR/><BR/> I agree with you Brad with regards to classroom usage. My students average in age between 17 and 20, and they can txt msg faster than I can write my name on the white board! So I am very confident that this will work great with junior level college students. <BR/><BR/> Tony, many virtual classroom applications (such as Adobe Connect, Horizon Wimba, etc.) have live polling features built-into their system, so I would default to using these ‘built-in’ polling features in the synchronous virtual classroom scenario. However, consider for a moment an asynchronous distance course. I believe that Poll Everywhere would be an excellent way to poll a group a distance students over a 2-3 day period asynchronously. I am definitely going to try that too!!!<BR/> <BR/> Brad, consider creating a free "educational" account. Clearly, the current price plan of $65/mo for a "presenter" account is cost prohibitive for community colleges like the one I teach at. My class has 80 students so I will use the 'free' account and only accept the first 30 'quick draw' voters as a compromise. <BR/><BR/> If you created a 'free' educational account for confirmed educators then many educators would be supportive of your product and its penetration would grow immensely. That is food for thought.<BR/><BR/> Take care<BR/><BR/> -EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238978983346441833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-25496999095969462492008-12-06T20:12:00.000-05:002008-12-06T20:12:00.000-05:00Hi Tony,This is Brad from Poll Everywhere. You'd b...Hi Tony,<BR/><BR/>This is Brad from Poll Everywhere. You'd be surprised how fast students are at txting these days. If an educator sets up polls before their lesson, they can get through a poll in just under a minute and have a great idea of their classes comprehension.<BR/><BR/>I noticed you mention a virtual classroom; we believe one of the best ways to learn is by sitting down in a real classroom with a group of people. Nothing beats that interaction; so we designed Poll Everywhere to work best with a group of people sitting in a classroom.<BR/><BR/>Also, we have web voting for both laptops and mobile devices, like iPhones. We're working on a few features that would let people follow along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018835.post-62776679252001797652008-12-06T10:54:00.000-05:002008-12-06T10:54:00.000-05:00This is really neat and something I definitely thi...This is really neat and something I definitely think is going to be the future. However, it currently would take people too long to do this during a live session. Way harder than in a virtual classroom.<BR/><BR/>Instead, we need a way for people to be on a site on their mobile phone or laptop that allows them to watch along, chat, vote, etc.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com