PollEverywhere
With the PollEverywhere tool, students can take polls as a class, but interactively through a website. Students can use computers, texting, or iPad technology to submit their answer to a poll provided by their instructor, and the answers show up in real-time, allowing the students to see--anonymously--what has "won" their poll. This gives students an opportunity to poll data in a fun and interactive way while at the same time being allowed to use their mobile devices in class. This freedom gives the students a bit of a break from the typical paper-and-pencil way of collecting data while at the same time still achieves the same result.