Zoomerang


 * Resource Links **

**[|Zoomerang] ** [|Classroom Polls] (Website that provides why teachers should use surveys, tips, templates, types of surveys, and case history) [|Reading Survey] (PDF which provides a kindergarten, primary, intermediate, & secondary survey for use at the beginning of the year) [|Sample Student Climate Survey] [|Survey Tips] Video Tutorials & Webinars (Will help you navigate Zoomerang in order to get started, create surveys, invite users, and analyze your findings.) Tips for Improving Education Surveys [|YouTube] (Youtube video desribing Zoomerang's features)

**Strengths **
 * Basic Plan Free
 * Can be used via email, facebook, twitter, or web (example – blogs)
 * Real time results
 * Manage Created Surveys and Polls tool
 * Address Book
 * Video Tutorials and Webinars
 * Public & Private results
 * Free email support
 * Zoomerang Blog

**Weaknesses **
 * Free Basic plan - surveys are limited to 12 questions
 * Free Basic plan - only provides 6 basic templates
 * Free Basic plan - only 100 responses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Phone Support $25 per call

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Opportunities **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Pro for Education only $149 per year
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Monthly Pro Subscription $19
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Premium for Education only $449 per year
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Monthly Premium Subscription $59
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Increased student participation – reinforces anonymity

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Threats **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Couldn’t find any

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ideas for Classroom **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teachers create a survey/poll to see what students are thinking at the beginning of a unit – check for background knowledge
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use to differentiate instruction – place students in groups based on what they already know
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Student Interest Survey - another way to group students & learn about students
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Daily Assessment – teachers can use results to drive instruction for the next day
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tool for teachers to survey parents to work on areas that need improvement
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students can create surveys during probability unit – able to poll other students without interrupting their learning
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use surveys to improve instruction (what students like/dislike about unit)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use as an exit slip to see what students got from the lesson
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students create survey questions such as What is your favorite book, movie, subject, food, etc. and use results to create frequency tables, bar graphs or line plots.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use at the end of the year to gauge what students enjoyed or disliked in order to prepare for following year.