Texting+and+Polling

[] MVCR.ONLINE COURSE... People tend to use their cell phone for poll questions, voting, selecting a choice, asking questions or answering questions. This is part of texting tools, one in which I am quicker to use with my Blackberry cell phone and text at any given time.

Under what circumstances would you use texting with your students? Under no circumstances would I use texting with my students. My cell phone is for my personal use only. The only time cell phone may be used for online discussion courses would be to dial in access code for chat conversation. This would count as an asynchronous tool.

What about polling? Yes, depending on the number of students in a course, I would use polling for class. What are the benefits for online polls? How do you know who and where the polls came from? Is there a charge? What are the privacy issues? Is it safe from hackers? These are question that concerns me.

How does this count as an asynchronous communication tool? Poll tool can be used with twitter or emails as a way of communication. Using poll in a class discussion would allow a certain period for voting, question, and answers. Poll tool is an easy process if you know how and use texting. In all essence I would never use online polling as an online collaborative.