10 Things Techie to Tackle: 03/31/14

Feedback!

This Thing will give you an excuse to try out ways of gathering information to:

monitor learning so you can adjust
gather anonymous info for sensitive topics
lighten the mood with a silly question
force reflection
re-activate and re-engage during a lecture
collect data
grade

Please choose a tool that is new to you and experiment. As usual, share your experience on your blog! I started a little research to help you get started. If you add the tool you are trying out on the participant spreadsheet, it might help others plan.
Keep plugging away! Teachers who complete all 10 could win the AirPad Air, and those who complete any 8 could still win the iPad mini!

	Student access	Types of questions	Student tracking/feedback	Misc.
http://www.polleverywhere.com/	Old phones that text Smartphone iPod with texting app tablet Web browser	Multiple choice Open ended Clickable image (upload	Only tracked if students provide name in open-ended response; Real-time feedback	tips page Poll everywhere has made some sweet upgrades, including a clickable image poll. Set to multiple responses per phone for sharing.
https://www.mentimeter.com/	Smartphone with internet access	Multiple choice or open ended	Real-time feedback No tracking for free accounts.	Students go to website on phone, add ID# and respond. Embed into PowerPoint option.
http://www.socrative.com/	Smartphones with app iPod touch with app Web browser Tablet with app	Multiple choice Open-ended	You can create accounts for students in classes, track, and store responses over time; realtime feedback to students/teachers	For best results, check with Darron V. Responses emailed in spreadsheet to teacher
http://www.infuselearning.com/ looks great for iPad students	Any device	Draw response! T/F, multiple choice, scale, numerical, open ended	Real-time feedback; view student responses on your computer!	Nice if we had an iPad cart or if you have groups with enough iDevi ces
http://www.classmarker.com/	Web browser Tablets Smartphones	Embed Images, files, videos	You can create accounts for students in classes, track, and store responses over time OR let students respond on the fly to a link	Free accounts are limit # of quizzes. Students & teachers can see results immediately See Kerith M. for tips and examples
http://www.gosoapbox.com/ Soap box also has: a “Confusion Barometer”; Social Q&A enables students to submit and vote on questions. anonymous (or not) discussions. Embed images, videos, urls	Multiple choice	Multiple choice/short answer;	Real-time feedback to quizzes Download spreadsheet with answers.	Social Q&A enables students to submit and vote on questions.
Google Drive Forms Similar to Survey Monkey, this will be Thing #8, so you might want to try something else!	Phone with internet access, tablet, computer	Multiple choice, check boxes, scale, grid, multiple choice Embed videos	Feedback is in a spreadsheet and in graph form. Optional for class to see all results.	You can now embed videos. See Darron’s blog on screencasting. Use with Flubaroo to automatically have responses graded.