Create Instant Word Clouds In The Classroom With AnswerGarden

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Several weeks ago, Judi Luepke and the Deerfield Optimist Club were looking for a tool they could use to gather some feedback in a meeting. Ideally, they wanted something that would collect a lot of responses with minimum effort and display the responses in a meaningful way. The solution they found was a free and simple to use tool called AnswerGarden. The DHS Optimists asked the faculty to describe the best characteristics of the Deerfield culture. The answer, which was generated live during the staff meeting, is below:

You don't even need an account to use AnswerGarden. Simply create a question, and share the URL or QR Code with your class or audience. And since AnswerGarden has been designed for use in schools, you can create an admin password and moderate answers, hiding or removing answers that are inappropriate. You can also take advantage of their built-in SPAM filters to automatically remove "common unwanted responses."

From the AnswerGarden "Create" page

AnswerGarden is one of the few tools that we use that doesn't even require a video tutorial. If you'd like a demonstration of how AnswerGarden works, simply click here - AnswerGarden Demo.

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