Multiple Choice Mania

Hello!

So, I am super excited about this activity. Mostly, because I have already used PollEverywhere in my classroom!!

In science last year, I decided to run a review session using Poll Everywhere. I created a poll and embedded it into a ppt so that I could go from one poll to another. We had a great deal of fun even though there were a few glitches to work out!!

Here are the issues that we had to overcome:

1. Not all kids had a cell phone.
               * I was actually ok with this because I wanted them to partner up and discuss their answers anyway. However, what I should have done is used the laptops and had those students without cell phones use the computer code provided.

2. iPods with texting features do not work with Poll Everywhere.
                * Honestly, the first thing I was surprised about was the fact that iPod touches can have a texting feature!! LOL! However, the texting feature on the iPod did not work with this type of poll.

3. Set up time.
                 * It is a commitment to do this in your classroom. Creating all the multiple choice questions and possible answers took a while. In the future I would do this as a quick entrance question or exit question rather than a full class review session.

Overall, the activity was totally worth it! The kids were absolutely engaged and they loved the way the graphs moved in real-time with the submission of their answers!!!

As an FYI, I did send home a parent letter detailing the process before we began. I have placed a link to the document below in case you are interested.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bEnZ39Kd7fzwnNM6r0XJDPNezW_w8duOBrZPBK4KFKk/edit


Here is my poll for today:




Part 2 - Google Form

For my Google form, I re-used a survey that I give to my English students around the mid-point of the school year. Usually, I give the survey in class and run the responses on Mastery Manager. It is a good way to see what students are feeling at that point in the school year and it is a good kick in the butt for me to keep working on building relationships and encouraging students to use goal setting, etc. I like the idea of doing this as a Google form for two main reasons: 1) I wouldn't have to use class time to give the survey, 2) I wouldn't have to spend time running the forms through mastery manager.

See below for my form!
Have a great day!!

- Stacey