Comments on: The Best Sites For Creating Online Polls & Surveys

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:13:30 +0000

I will also put in my plug for Google Forms. On my of my other favorites is http://www.kwiksurveys.com it has many features that I have not found in other Free Survey tools (ability to skip questions etc..)

Finally – its not a suvey site but you could use it this way and I feel it should be on your light somewhere is the http://www.mysignup.com/ I have not quite found anything like it (for FREE anyway) Its a bit of pain to set up for its free and actually I don’t mind paying $3 to remove the ads to I can cleanly embed on a web site.

My 2Cents..

By: Thought-provoking Questions via Technology | Teacher Boot Camp

Thought-provoking Questions via Technology | Teacher Boot Camp — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:56:49 +0000

[...] can be used for free to have students answering higher-order questions before the lesson begins. Larry Ferlazzo offers a comprehensive list of these applications in his blog. I recently used his number one suggestion, Fo.reca.st, to e-mail my adult students a [...]

By: Judi Wolf

Judi Wolf — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:04:25 +0000

Dear Larry,
Great and useful list as always. I do have a question. Have you seen any surveys/polls that i can take “live” For example, as I present a workahop, can I somehow “pollk” the group for answers to questions like Grade level, How many Computers in their class/lab and then get results by show of hands, record it as 6 for Answer #1 and 8 for Answer#2, etc. I would like to then show the results right after I recorded them. Any ideas?
Judi
techteachj@roadrunner.com

By: Russ Goerend

Russ Goerend — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:12:23 +0000

I’ve used http://www.polleverywhere.com with students as young as 4th grade. Fits most all of your criteria.

By: Paul Beaufait

Paul Beaufait — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:45:54 +0000

Thank you, Larry, for another great list of web app's! I was going to suggest Google Spreadsheets and forms for data collection with English as an additional language learners, too. Granted, there are significant technological challenges in producing spreadsheet-based surveys, including but not limited to browser, network, or system incompatibilities with Google updates. Though I've only tried For.reca.st on one system so far, your number one presents its own challenges, as well (Test driving Fo.reca.st, 2008.09.01) Nevertheless, if learners indeed need linguistic support, as they are familiarizing themselves with more and more tools to use with a single online account, Google settings offer displays in almost 50 linguistic and varietal flavours.

By: Abbey Keck

Abbey Keck — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:08:46 +0000

Hi, Larry~
We are glad you’ve discovered Vizu, and pleased that you were happy with our free Web Polls.

I wanted to specifically address your security concern. Vizu has created several mechanisms that restrict a user from voting more than once on a poll.

A site that regularly uses our polls, http://www.dealbreaker.com/ currently has a poll running just underneath its Top Stories feature. Please feel free to vote, refresh your page, or go to a different site, and then revisit, and you will see that only the results are shown and you may not vote multiple times.

I hope that helps to clear things up a bit. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

All the best,
~Abbey

By: Larry Ferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:32:19 +0000

Lucy,

Actually, I did check it out because I had seen you had used it for the poll in your blog. But, you’re right, it didn’t have the IP feature I need for my poll, and it seemed too complicated for an English Language Learner or a non-computer savvy person so it didn’t make my list.

Larry

By: Lucy Gray

Lucy Gray — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:17:06 +0000

Hi Larry -

Have you tried making a survey in Google spreadsheets yet? I think that’s a pretty cool tool, but probably doesn’t have the IP features you’re looking for.

Lucy Gray