How Blogging Helps You Connect To Your Audience

Posted 09/27/2014 in Interactive Technology, Online Education, Product Updates, Social Networking

Blogging has taken over the internet community as we are encouraged to share our ideas, teach others, and express our passions with the world. Even more convenient is the fact that we can do this from anywhere, at anytime. Blogging has become so popular, that according to a recent study, nearly 77% of all internet users are also internet blog readers. This means blogging has an effect on us more than ever. Blogging may influence our opinions, convince us to purchase new products, and most importantly, allows to be open to a whole new world of learning. Expertise on a wide variety of subjects are able to express their knowledge to an endless community eager to learn. What we have available to us is an infinite teacher-to-student interaction ready to be used. Why, then, shouldn’t we integrate blogging into the world of online education? Not only will teachers be able to share what is going on in their classroom, but students will be able to share their ideas, information, and knowledge of the topics they’re interested in. Combining blogs with the classroom allows students and teachers to share their passions with an entire institution community all at once. In addition, […]

iQ Features: Benefits to Polls and Surveys in Online Education

Posted 09/09/2014 in How-To, Interactive Technology, Online Education, Product Updates, Tips & Guides

Polls can be a powerful tool when it comes to ones education. Polls have been used as a popular method of surveying the public, whether it be in a newspaper or on a website. We use this information to gather opinions and feedback from a wide range audience, which can help students make school related decisions, such as teacher or class comparisons. Students can also use polls as a useful way to gather research for school projects, such as surveying the amount of hours students spend studying, or the impact of lack of sleep on test scores. This ease of access to public opinion enables students to effectively and accurately produce information, making the research process more convenient for students. When students have tools they can utilize, student productivity and inspiration will increase. iQ technologies offers a tool where students can create a poll at the tip of their fingertips. They also have control over the audience of the poll, with a feature to share with the public or just one’s network. iQ technologies also offers a variety of visible features to help students organize their data and research, such as Graphical display of responses in bar or pie charts, […]