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June 18, 2019
Worthwhile tool for formative assessment or brainstorming
Overall, even though you can only get two questions for free per mentimeter presentation, this has been sufficient for my use. I love that students use a join code and do not have to create an account. It is advantageous to me as a teacher to be able to sign in with Google. Kids find mentimeter engaging. It works as a tech-rich replacement for any stage of a K-W-L chart. For students who need access to class notes, I can export the mentimeter responses to a PDF and post it to Google Classroom. In this way all students can benefit from revisiting our ideas. My presentations are stored in my account so that I can reuse them. While there aren't a whole lot of options to make the presentations visually appealing, this is secondary for me.
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March 28, 2019
Provides Quick, Real-Time Feedback from Students
Overall, I believe this is an effective tool to create presentations with quick real-time feedback from students. I like that the product is free and easy to use with a variety of question types such as word cloud, multiple choice, scales, Q&A, etc. I can click on a particular response to bring it into larger view on the projector. The product can serve my students and teaching better in some ways. If I am using a presentation in multiple classes, I have to ensure I reset results or they will appear for the next class to view. However, I can download results for view later. Additionally, I am not aware of a content filter or way to remove unwanted responses, and as the responses are anonymous, it is difficult to pinpoint who provided each response.
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