Using Polls as an Assessment Tool in Radiography Education By Kim Krapels Can Cell Phones be Useful in the Classroom?

Why Assessment? Keeps us focused on what is important. It also provides information that will guide our decision making. It is a useful tool to facilitate communication to colleagues, students, families, and accreditation bodies.

Three Steps to Assessment 1. Identify learning outcomes. 2. Identify assessment techniques to investigate whether you are accomplishing your learning outcomes. 3. Gather and use the data! What were the results? How can you use the results to improve student learning? This is the most valuable part of the process. Be sure to document this step so that it can be easily shared with others.

What tools do you use to Assess? Direct methods: Assignments Exams and Quizzes Papers Observations Portfolio Standardized Tests Indirect methods: Evaluations Surveys Interviews Focus Groups Quizzes tests

Whenever possible, it is best to use a variety of assessment methods. So get creative!

The possibilities are endless!

Using Polleverywhere.com

Once you create a question and download it as a PowerPoint slide it will appear as the following set of four slides. You can cut and paste to just use the last slide. The “poll” slide will not appear until you run the slide show. Have fun!

Please turn your cell phones on!

This presentation contains the poll(s) you downloaded SlideContents 2Suggested verbal notes for presenters 3Instructions slide to educate audiences on responding via text messages. 4Instructions slide to educate audiences on responding via web or mobile web. This must be enabled on your poll in PollEverywhere.com. 5Instructions slide to educate audiences on responding via Twitter. This must be enabled on your poll in PollEverywhere.com. 6+The actual poll(s) you downloaded are embedded on these slides. What’s next? Jump to slide 6 and enter Slide Show mode to see your poll in action. Copy & paste slide 6 and beyond into your own presentation, or just use this presentation.

Presenter Text Polling Notes Explain what’s going on – “Now I’m going to ask for your opinion. You’ll use your phones to respond just like on American Idol. So please take out your cell phones, but remember to leave them on silent.” – “You’ll participate by sending a text message. If you don’t know how to do that, just ask your kids! Or have your neighbor help you figure it out.” Address their concerns – “This is a just standard rate text message, so it may be free for you, or up to twenty cents on some carriers if you do not have a text messaging plan.” – “The service we are using is serious about privacy. We cannot see your phone numbers, and you’ll never receive follow-up text messages outside this presentation. There’s only one thing worse than spam – and that’s text message spam because you have to pay to receive it!” Use a demo or practice poll – For example, a Free Text Poll like “Let’s Practice: Text in your first name!” Always test your polls in your presentation before your event using the computer that will be projecting your presentation, especially if that computer is not the one you’re currently using.

How To Vote via Texting 1.Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20) 2.We have no access to your phone number 3.Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do TIPS EXAMPLE

Get your cell phones ready! Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.