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What is MENTIMETER?
What is MENTIMETER?
Mentimeter is a cloud-based tool that gives teachers the opportunity to engage and interact with students in real-time. It is a presentation tool that can be a polling tool where you can embed questions and/or activities. As a result, your target audience can give their input using a mobile phone or any other Internet-connected device.
Mentimeter is a cloud-based tool that gives teachers the opportunity to engage and interact with students in real-time. It is a presentation tool that can be a polling tool where you can embed questions and/or activities. As a result, your target audience can give their input using a mobile phone or any other Internet-connected device.
Created by E Bryan
The Tasks
The Tasks
Earn Your Badge
Earn Your Badge
Watch the video to the right to get introduced to Mentimeter.
Go to Mentimeter.com and create a free account or log in to your existing account. Use your school Google account to sign up or log in.
Incorporate Mentimeter into a lesson or unit you are studying in class.
Create a new presentation in Mentimeter that will allow you to interact with your students.
The whole idea behind this tool is to get raw data on student learning in real time so you can quickly conduct formative assessment. Mentimeter encourages so many teachable moments!
Your new presentation should use at least three different question types and/or quiz competitions (the sum may be a combination of questions types and quiz competitions).
Use your new Mentimeter presentation with your class(es).
You may use the Mentimeter presentation on its own, or you may incorporate it into a Google Slides presentation by using the share link feature.
Take a screenshot* of each of your question type results from your class. Upload the screenshot to the upload option in the Google Form below.
Share the link to the Mentimeter presentation through the following Google Form shareable link field.
Resources:
Resources:
Why Polling is a Game Changer in Your Classroom
Tips:
Tips:
As a Mentimeter user, my favorite way of using it in the classroom was incorporating the Word Cloud option. Ranking was a very close second. It gives you the chance to really address things "in the moment" for the students and their learning.
*Instructions for taking screenshots on a Chromebook:
Full screen screenshot: Ctrl+windows shift button (looks like a rectangle with two lines next to it; above the 6 key).
Partial screenshot: Ctrl+Shift+windows shift button (looks like a rectangle with two lines next to it; above the 6 key). Click and drag around the area you'd like to grab.
Screenshots will be sent to your Downloads file (small blue circular icon with a file folder inside found in the apps menu -- click the small circle icon in far bottom left corner of Chromebook screen to find the Downloads file).
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Take a screenshot* of each of your question type results from your class. Upload the screenshot to the upload option in the Google Form below. Share the link to the Mentimeter presentation through the following Google Form shareable link field.
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