Adapting to distance learning
Specializing in leadership, strategic planning, and consultative sales, Guido values live student engagement in his courses and has been using Poll Everywhere to accomplish that for almost six years. Typically, he uses the software in a face-to-face classroom setting. “Because I teach working professionals, we have to condense the course content into one day sessions so my classes are eight hours long each, with a coffee and lunch break. Depending on the course content, I insert Poll Everywhere activities about every hour of class to collect feedback and proposals.”
Working primarily with multiple choice and word cloud activities, Guido likes to keep things simple and focus on building community within the classroom. “Students enjoy seeing their answers on the screen, especially when others are submitting the same response.”
He starts with easy icebreaker activities to get everyone comfortable with responding to live activities, and then moves into questions related to the material.
With the transition to distance learning, Guido worked long hours to move his in-person class to a synchronous, remote format.
