Using Ellii Polls for Interactive Classroom Sessions
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Ben from Ellie demonstrates how Ellie Polls can enhance classroom interactivity by allowing students to participate in live discussions using their own devices. He showcases creating a poll on a current event, launching it with a QR code and web address for student access, and real-time updates on responses. The poll includes various question types, from yes/no to vocabulary and opinion questions, fostering immediate class discussions. Ben highlights the utility of Ellie Polls for warming up lessons, engaging students, and facilitating educational conversations.
Takeaways
- 😀 Ellie Polls is a tool designed to create live, interactive sessions in classrooms.
- 📊 It offers a variety of polls based on current events, general interest topics, or lesson-related content.
- 🔍 Teachers can preview all poll questions and answers to decide if they are suitable for their class.
- 📱 Students can join the session using their own devices by scanning a QR code or entering a web address.
- 👨🏫 Teachers control the poll flow, starting and stopping it as needed to facilitate discussion.
- 📈 Real-time results are displayed, allowing for immediate class interaction and engagement.
- 💬 Polls can be used to spark conversation, debate, and discussion among students.
- 📚 Vocabulary polls help teachers gauge students' knowledge and introduce new terms.
- ✅/❎ Agree/disagree questions allow for immediate class feedback and can lead to deeper discussions.
- 💭 Opinion questions encourage students to express their views, fostering critical thinking and dialogue.
- 📚 Ellie Polls can be integrated into lessons as a warm-up, cool-down, or to lead into a specific topic.
Q & A
What is the purpose of Ellie Polls in a classroom setting?
-Ellie Polls are designed to create live, interactive sessions that spark conversation, debate, dialogue, and discussion among students using their own devices to participate in group conversations.
How can teachers access Ellie Polls?
-Teachers can access Ellie Polls by clicking on 'Materials' and then selecting 'Ellie Polls' where they will find an index of polls based on current events, general interest topics, or lessons on the site.
What does the overview section in Ellie Polls provide for teachers?
-The overview section in Ellie Polls provides teachers with an index of questions and answers that will be in the poll, allowing them to decide if the poll is appropriate for their class.
How do students join a poll using their devices?
-Students can join a poll by scanning a QR code or entering a web address provided by the teacher, which directs them to a page where they can input their name and become part of the poll session.
What happens when the teacher starts a poll?
-When the teacher starts a poll, a QR code and web address appear, allowing students to join the session using their devices. The teacher's action to start the poll syncs instantly across all student devices.
How do real-time results appear during the poll?
-As students submit their answers, the results update in real time on the teacher's screen and on the devices of all participating students, allowing everyone to see the results as they come in.
What is the purpose of the 'stop and discuss' feature in Ellie Polls?
-The 'stop and discuss' feature allows the teacher to halt the poll, preventing further submissions, and encourages students to look up at the results and engage in a discussion based on the poll's outcomes.
How does the vocabulary poll section work in Ellie Polls?
-In the vocabulary poll section, students are asked to choose words they know from a list. The results are then displayed as a word cloud, highlighting the words least and most known by the students, which the teacher can use to focus on teaching.
What type of questions are included in the agree/disagree section of Ellie Polls?
-The agree/disagree section of Ellie Polls includes questions that prompt students to express their opinions on statements related to the topic, such as whether using a GPS while driving is dangerous.
How do opinionated questions in Ellie Polls facilitate deeper discussions?
-Opinionated questions in Ellie Polls require students to submit their own views on specific topics, such as the primary cause of distracted driving. This encourages students to engage in deeper discussions and express their reasoning.
When can Ellie Polls be used during a class session?
-Ellie Polls can be used at various points in a class session, such as at the beginning for a warm-up, at the end for a cool-down, or to lead into a particular lesson, enhancing student engagement and participation.
Outlines
📊 Interactive Classroom Polls with Ellie Polls
Ben from Ellie introduces a feature called Ellie Polls designed to create live, interactive sessions in classrooms. These sessions aim to stimulate conversation, debate, and discussion among students using their own devices. Ben demonstrates how to access Ellie Polls, select a poll based on current events or lesson topics, and launch it for students to participate. Once a poll is started, a QR code and web address are provided for students to join using their devices. Ben shows the process of students joining via a phone's camera app or a web browser, and how the teacher can monitor and manage the poll in real-time. The poll results update instantly on all devices, allowing for immediate discussion and interaction. Ben also explains how to use the poll for vocabulary practice, where students can indicate which words they know, and the teacher can highlight and teach those words. The session ends with a 'stop and discuss' feature, encouraging students to look up at the teacher's screen for results and engage in conversation.
🗣️ Deepening Engagement with Opinion Polls
In the second paragraph, Ben continues to explore the features of Ellie Polls, focusing on opinion-based questions that allow students to express their views on specific topics. He demonstrates how to navigate through agree/disagree questions and opinion questions, which require students to submit their own thoughts. The real-time updating feature ensures that all students and the teacher can see the responses as they are submitted, facilitating immediate class discussions. Ben emphasizes the importance of these polls in getting students to talk, engage with the material, and participate actively. He suggests using these polls at various points in a class session, such as a warm-up, cool-down, or to lead into a lesson. The session concludes with a 'stop and discuss' prompt, signaling the end of the poll and encouraging students to look up at the screen to discuss the final results and share their opinions.
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Keywords
💡Ellie Polls
💡Interactive Sessions
💡QR Code
💡Real-time Results
💡Vocabulary Poll
💡Word Cloud
💡Agree/Disagree Questions
💡Opinionated Questions
💡Participatory Learning
💡Classroom Engagement
Highlights
Introduction to using Ellie polls for live interactive sessions in classrooms.
Accessing Ellie polls through the materials section.
Overview of polls based on current events, general interest topics, or related lessons.
Selection of a specific poll topic: 'distracted driving'.
Teacher's view of poll questions and answers before launching.
Launching a poll generates a QR code and web address for student access.
Students join the poll using their own devices by scanning the QR code.
Alternative access for students without phones through a web URL.
Real-time updates of poll results as students submit their answers.
Teacher's ability to stop the poll for discussion after each question.
Using poll results to spark classroom conversation and debate.
Transition to vocabulary polls to assess student knowledge.
Real-time updates of vocabulary poll results displayed as a word cloud.
Teacher-led discussion on vocabulary using poll results.
Agree/disagree questions to gauge student opinions.
Final section for students to submit their own opinions on causes of distracted driving.
Polls designed to encourage student participation and engagement.
Flexibility in using polls for warm-up, cool-down, or leading into lessons.
Encouragement to use Ellie polls frequently for interactive learning.
Transcripts
hi everyone I'm Ben from Ellie in this
video I'm going to show you how you can
use Ellie poles to create live
interactive sessions in your classroom
that spark conversation debate dialogue
and discussion where students use their
own devices to participate in that group
conversation all right so I'm on Ellie
polls right now and you can get there by
clicking to materials and then Ellie
polls and once you land on Ellie polls
you're going to see an index of of polls
down below these polls are going to be
based on current events things that are
happening in the news general interest
topics or they might be related to
lessons that we have on the site I'm
going to click on distracted driving
it's a topic that we're talking about in
a conversation class already that I'm
hosting and once I land inside of this
pole area I see sort of an overview
for teachers now this part here is not
for students it's for the teacher to
look at and decide whether or not this
poll is appropriate for your class you
can see all the questions that are going
to be in the polls or in the poll you
can sort of Click through those
questions and see what what they are and
what the answers are and then if you're
happy with the poll you can launch it so
I'm going to go ahead and hit start poll
and when I do that a QR code comes up
and a web address comes up so that my
students in the class either in a
physical classroom or online if you're
teaching an online class can all join in
with their own devices so I've got a
phone right here that's already set to
the camera app if you go to the camera
app on your phone and you scan this QR
code like this it will bring you to this
page right here ellie.com play where you
can put in your name I'm going to put in
my name Ben as the student so student
number one pops up right there and the
teacher knows that one student is now
logged on
all right and the um uh web address up
here ellie.com play is for students that
may not have a phone but instead may
have a computer where they're just going
to go to that URL so that's what I've
done over here I've set up another
address or pardon me another web browser
over here and in an incognito window and
they went to la.com play and they're
going to the student is going to put in
two one two three eight and click next
and then we're going to put in a name
here for that student so she's going to
type in Tara and now we've got two
students in here all right that are
waiting to start the pool and then one
more student on my other screen over
here is going to join as well two one
two three eight
and this student is going to put in her
name Ginny and we should have now three
students in the pool all right so three
students are there I've got three
students in my class ready to go and uh
let me just move this out of the way
here this little thing here and you can
see that there are three students in the
class if I click this little item right
here band Tara engineer all right there
all right so let's start the poll so I'm
going to go ahead and click Start pull
and as you can see on my phone here the
minute that the teacher click Start poll
it updates uh instantly or syncs on my
device and same thing over here on this
other student here for Tara and I'll
start I'll click continue and again my
phone updates uh right away and so it is
Tara's and so does Jenny's so the
question is do you ever text while
driving well Tara is going to say yes
she does and she's going to submit that
and Ginny is going to say yes she does
and Ben myself is going to say no I
don't and you can see that in real time
the results sort of pop up on the screen
and everybody can be seeing those
results and then right now as a teacher
I'm going to go ahead and click stop and
discuss
and now that just simply means that no
more students can submit their answers
and on my screen right here it says the
poll has ended lookup so students are
meant to look up and see what the
results are look up at the teachers
screen and we can all see this together
now you can highlight one of those
responses and put students together in
pairs and say you know who answered yes
who answered no why why do you text him
and drive Etc and you can spark a little
conversation just from those results
alone after the first question we always
go into uh some type of vocabulary poll
we try to find out what the students
know or what type of vocabulary they
know so I'll click this and it updates
right there on my phone as well and it
asks choose the words that you know so
Tara knows distracted and she knows uh
daydreaming and then she's going to
submit that
and Jenny knows also distracted and
daydreaming but she also knows
multitasking so she's going to submit
that
and ban myself I know distracted and
daydreaming and multitasking as well so
I'll hit submit
and you can see those results sort of
change in real time and the teacher can
then click stop and discuss and it turns
it into a word cloud so the words that
are least known to your students become
the largest and the ones that are most
known become the smallest so distracted
and daydreaming are a little bit smaller
so they sort of get out of the way where
GPS and hazardous are known by by zero
people so they're sort of brought to my
attention and I can focus on them so if
the teacher clicks on them I'll go ahead
and click this then the definition and
an example sentence pops right up for
all the students so Tara could see this
definition over here and I can see it on
my phone Ben can see it on on his phone
and then the teacher can close that and
click on hazardous as well and that all
pops up so you're sort of controlling
what they see what definitions they see
and um and going over them one at a time
to teach those words all right so that's
how you do the vocabulary part of the
pull then we can go into
some agree disagree questions let's do
that again we all get updated in real
time adjusting a GPS while driving is
dangerous agree disagree Tara agrees and
she's going to submit that
and Ginny also agrees she'll submit that
and Ben disagrees so again we've got a
6733 split teacher can stop and discuss
and focus on the answers put students in
pairs who said which why did you say
that and you just sort of spark a
conversation all right and I'm just
going to click through these agree
disagree ones to the final section which
is where we go a little deeper and
students have to submit their own
opinions so they're more opinionated
questions so I'll click one of these
which do you think is the primary cause
of distracted driving Tara is going to
say using a mobile device for texting
and calling and she's going to submit
that Ginny is going to say eating or
drinking while driving
and Ben will say uh talking to
passengers or attending to children
uh so we all ended up with a different
response uh 33 or a third for each of us
again it's a great way to sort of put
students together into Pairs and discuss
why they feel what they feel about that
particular question and when you're
ready you just simply click stop and
discuss and then students have to look
up it says over here the poll has ended
look up so that's what all the students
see on their device they have to look up
to the screen and see what those results
are those final results and then they
can start to engage in a conversation
about it and express their opinions and
why they think so so these polls are
meant to get students talking they're
meant to use the phones or the devices
not to just be in a solitary state but
to make it more participatory and to
make it more engaging and then we can
just go on there's a few more of these
types of opinionated questions and then
the poll ends and things for
participating so you can do these at the
beginning of your class or as a warm-up
or at the end of your class as a cool
down or you can do them to lead into a
particular lesson that you might already
already be teaching it's not the same
questions from the lessons they are
different questions so it's a great way
to warm up particular lessons so that's
polls I hope you really like them and
hope you use them often all the best
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