Lately we’ve been working on boring things like performance, bug fixes, and really big new features that we can’t release incrementally.  So we thought we’d pause and share four interesting ways people have used Poll Everywhere.

1) Pastor Wayne of New Hope explores sin through anonymous texting in church. People at home also participate in real time while watching the sermon on TV. Not only does Pastor Wayne do an excellent job of giving verbal instructions to the uninitiated, the data he collects is fascinating (devotion, happiness, infidelity, gossip, profanity, even offing your enemies!)

(Note that putting the word CAST in front of options is no longer necessary)

2) The Design Trust for Public Spaces is a famous design non-profit that is well known for reinventing the Brooklyn Public Library. They were tasked with redesigning Grand Army Plaza (on the south end of Central Park) and held an architectural design competition that attracted over 200 international submissions.  During September and October the top 30 were showcased in outdoor displays.  The Design Trust used Poll Everywhere to let outdoor visitors cast their votes for various designs via SMS text messages.

Read more about the Grand Army Plaza project, see the 30 finalist’s designs, or see more pictures of the exhibit on their blog.

3) Wes Fryer posted some pictures of Dr. Z using Poll Everywhere across several countries at once during an ISTE webcast.

4) Ms. Hartman’s 6th grade Language Arts class –  6th graders using the cell phone as a learning tool.

If you have a creative texting project to share, email us!