BP11 2009103 Researching and Blogging about Web 20 Tools

Sendsteps is a software that allows the audience to vote from their cellphones via SMS. The results of the poll appear within a PowerPoint presentation.  I think that this Web 2.0 tool could prove rather useful in an educational setting.  90% of high school students have cell phones.  Most of the bring them to class.  This could be an interactive way to get them to participate in a class discussion.  The teacher could ask a question and have the students respond via SMS to the answer choice that they think is best.  The teacher could also use the student's poll results to assess where the students are in their learning of the content that is being taught or was previously taught.  I think this is a great tool to help encourage classroom participation especially if it allows the student to remain anonymous when he or she answers the questions.

Sendsteps logo courtesy of http://www.sendsteps.com/