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TEACHING ONLINE CLASSES: Interactive Polls Help End Sucky Training

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

  One of the easiest ways to engage online students is by displaying quizzes and polls. When I start my classes, displaying a poll is a great way to break the ice and get my class started on the right foot. You can then display the poll to your virtual students on the fly.

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PowerPoint: Another Polling Tool, Poll Everywhere

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

One of our readers,  April Edmonds  let me know that she has used an alternate polling app for her PowerPoint presentations,  Poll Everywhere. I  I decided to give Poll Everywhere a try. Which of the two is the better option really depends on what you plan to do with the polls you create.

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How to Make Online Classes More Interactive?

Hurix Digital

Many students tend to neglect their education simply because they cannot focus on the class, primarily due to an erratic network connection and lack of patience. The good news is that there are plenty of strategies to make online classes engaging and exciting for both students and teachers. Offer Flexibility in Learning.

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PowerPoint: Shakespeak for Presentations

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

by AJ George  I typically write about PowerPoint as it pertains to eLearning. This time I'd like to share a cool add-on I've discovered for PowerPoint for live presentations. That's cool; it's all fully editable just like any other PowerPoint slide.  Audience participation can be a problem.

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5 Essential PowerPoint Add-Ins

eLearning Brothers

Microsoft PowerPoint can do so many things very well on its own, but don’t underestimate the power of PowerPoint add-Ins and the productivity it can bring to your development, teaching, and designing. You are not using PowerPoint to its fullest potential without using Add-Ins. In my mind that is the wrong approach.

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How To Use Proven Virtual Learning Activities To Boost Your Training

Spark Your Interest

It is important that you don’t let a conversation be dominated by the loudest person in a virtual learning class. They should be used by instructors who have some practice in virtual learning classes. Polls are a very effective and interactive virtual learning activity to use. Tips for using polls in your virtual learning.

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Tips to Level-Up Your Virtual Learning Game

Learning Rebels

It’s not just getting someone to go on screen and say EXACTLY what is on the PowerPoint slide at the moment. For any PowerPoint presentation, you should use more visuals and less text. In a class, people will just shout out the answer if they know it. 5) Create a poll. Say No to Virtual Zombies. Less is more!

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