Polling

PollDaddy is a free tool for creating polls suitable for distribution in blogs, websites and social networking environments such as Facebook and MySpace. It is fairly easy to use and does not require any installation or much information to sign up. I have not explored this tool at length, but at first glance, the possibilities for its use may be limited in academia because of existing competing capabilities in course management systems. However, those who readily embrace techonology in academia will find this tool to be a convenient asset, and will use it to administer quick polls in websites, for example, to do pre/post test assessments of information presented. This could be followed by "just-in-time" teaching interventions.