ATG Special Report - Some Thoughts on Polling at the Charleston Conference 2014

摘要

Acouple of years ago at the annual meeting of the Florida Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL),I attended a presentation that included live audience polling. I now fail to remember the content of the presentation, but the interactive polling made a lasting impression. Such a lasting impression, in fact, that I have been looking for opportunities to use live polling in various facets of my life in academic librarianship. Library instruction sessions are a terrific venue for live polling. The students light up when asked to pull out their phones or turn on their computers. They enjoy responding anonymously to questions like "how does writing a research paper make you feel?" and seeing their responses pop up in cartoonish bubbles. They seem more willing to speak up, voice opinions, and ask questions when we have already broken the seal on interaction. And we end up feeling a bit more hip.