Jennifer, Like your idea :) Having remote video conference sites geographically counties apart, I have had to devise a way to do this to report group results. Having similar uneven pc and connection access across the sites, I have done the lowest common denominator of just having each team text my cell phone. Then I hand enter each team's response onto a powerpoint slide"offline" of the video signal I am sending out. When ready, I switch over to my powerpoint. Not too slick but functional :D But you may have finally given me a reason to look at becoming a tweeter. -Mike Mike Welker History Adjunct Faculty & Interim Coordinator, Distance Learning North Central State College Mansfield, Ohio (419) 755-4706 - ofc. [log in to unmask] Room 163 Kehoe (Shelby) Campus Mail: AT-27 "Remember, I'm pulling for you... we're all in this together. Keep your stick on the ice." -Red Green On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been pondering how to have groups simultaneously report responses > to open-ended application questions. My class will be 75 students (13 > groups) and the classroom is much longer than it is wide. I was > considering having students use whiteboards but depending on how the > teams move their desks around, I'm not sure how easy it will be for > everyone to see everyone else's answer. I am hoping there will be at > least one laptop in each group but wifi in the building is sometimes > iffy (gotta love old state schools). It just dawned on me that if I > use Twitter or some other service that allows students to text to a > website, I could show their responses with the computer projector (and > the 160 character limit might actually be a good thing for keeping > students, and myself, focused on a specific choices). Has anyone had > students text their group responses in? Any suggestions on sites that > would allow this, other than Twitter? I've always been a bit hesitant > to do this in the past because I didn't want to require students be > able to text (or have to pay for it) but these days, I can't imagine > there won't be at least one person in each group who has unlimited > texting on their phone. Thoughts? > > thanks! > Jennifer > **************************** > Jennifer Imazeki > Department of Economics > San Diego State University > homepage: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~jimazeki/ > Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com >