Live Classroom (& Audience) Polling

You’ve been to a concert or ball game. You’ve seen the ad on the big screen:

“Text 44083 to 23095 and vote now!”

Here’s how to do that:

1. Go to poll everywhere and sign up.
2. Choose a type of poll, multiple choice or text.
3. Make your questions, and click Save New Poll.
4. Post this in the web browser or embed it in a web page. You can even embed this in a Keynote presentation with a simple plug-in. Very cool.

Here is what it looks like:

Try it now. Go vote, and watch the real-time changes! Use this in your classroom to get instant student feedback; it can be a pre-assessment, a way to ask for clarification, or a way to end a lesson to check for comprehension.