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Instant Opinion Polls in the Classroom

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For a long time now I have been looking for a tool that enables instant polling in the classroom or in the lecture room. I specifically wanted something that:  doesn't require registration (especially from the people I'm polling) updates very quickly works on any platform from computers to mobile devices It looks like I have finally found what I've been looking for and best of all it's free. The tool that I have found is Mentimeter and it does all of the above. Here's an example of a poll I created where you can add your vote: http://vot.rs/d6dbde   Here is a link to the results http://mentimeter.com/public/5dc1bf7d6eeb (if you are one of the first to read this article there may not be many results yet). Creating the poll was really quick and easy I just went to http://mentimeter.com and typed in my question, then I clicked on ' Create Question ', I then entered my selection of answer choices, chose a theme and clicked on ' Save and Start Pres...