Comments on: Update: Polling by Cell Phone – Can We Completely By-Pass Clickers?

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From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: No need for | UnbendableArm — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:33:22 +0000

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By: Rob De Lorenzo

Rob De Lorenzo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:41:08 +0000

I guess that’s the point Doug. Rather spending a lot of money on clickers that have a limited function and limited return, accessing clicker software on an iPod Touch would allow clickers to be used as one of many tools all accessible from one universal (or at least more universal) and widely available device.

By: dougpete

dougpete — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:47:14 +0000

I’d love to have a conversation about A, B, C, D in the classroom. But, what’s intriguing about the use of Turning Point’s product (or anything similar) is that it can be part of a suite of tools that you outfit for the classroom. One of the projects that I’m working on is a wiki page to start to put these mobile applications into perspective with the goal of putting together the classroom experience.

By: Rob De Lorenzo

Rob De Lorenzo — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:42:03 +0000

Thank you for your comment Janet. I am aware of Poll Everywhere and wrote about their service in my original blog post back in Nov. 2007. Glad to hear that this technology is changing mindsets at you school!

By: Janet Mansfield

Janet Mansfield — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:37:08 +0000

I heard about the Turning announcement too but we’ve been using polleverywhere.com for awhile now, well ahead of the turning announcement. The most interesting dynamic for us has been seeing the school adopt a new cellphone policy for students since polleverywhere allows students to respond via text message or via the web. Unfortunately, turning doesn’t allow text messaging so it eliminates a lot of our students’ ability to participate. you might want to try them out. it’s both less expensive than turning and all web-based.