AnswerGarden Ad-free 1.0

AnswerGarden is a user-friendly platform designed to facilitate instant audience engagement through shared responses via local WiFi networks, making it ideal for classrooms, conferences, and workshops. Its ad-free version ensures a distraction-free environment that supports seamless participation in interactive sessions.

As a social response tool, AnswerGarden offers a straightforward method for posing questions or topics to an audience. The distinctive feature is its ability to present responses in a concise, Twitter-like format with a 20-character limit, visually represented as a dynamically evolving word cloud. This immediate visualization ranks answers by popularity, providing valuable insights for subsequent analysis or discussion.

Since its inception, AnswerGarden has demonstrated versatile applications across various educational and professional contexts. Educators employ it for formative assessments, facilitating real-time feedback from students. Creative professionals leverage it for brainstorming sessions, while conference speakers utilize it as an icebreaker tool to foster audience interaction. Additionally, therapists use it for personal mind mapping exercises.

More information and the option to start a new session are available at http://AnswerGarden.ch.

Developed by Creative Heroes, a dupla design team based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Critical Acclaim

• "AnswerGarden proves to be an effective solution for engaging audiences in polls and brainstorming sessions." – ICT For Educators
• "Initially skeptical about its simplicity, I now appreciate how AnswerGarden's minimalistic approach fosters quick and insightful responses." – Teaching with Technology
• "Resembling a Wordle for responses, it offers an engaging visual representation of audience input." – Tim Rylands, ludodidactic
• "A concise Web 2.0 tool that encourages higher-order thinking and vocabulary development by limiting responses to 20 characters." – Discovery Education
• "A quick and straightforward tool for brainstorming sessions." – Whiteboardblog.co.uk
• "Effective for collecting feedback, establishing knowledge levels, and serving as an interactive assessment or icebreaker." – Edutech for Teachers
• "Can be embedded into blogs, websites, or wikis—making it highly practical for educators analyzing classroom understanding." – Educators Technology
• "No registration required; creating an AnswerGarden is quick and easy—perfect for collecting short answers with minimal effort." – Inquiry + elearning
• "Behind its simple appearance lies a valuable collaborative component, enhanced by character-limited responses." – Tuesdays with Karen
• "Simplifies processing feedback by automating its collection and visualization." – KillerStartups.com
• "A valuable tool for capturing student ideas and understanding through quick snapshots." – David Kinane, eLearning Innovator
• "Offers seamless export options, notably integrating smoothly with Wordle for visual analytics." – athrawes.com
• "Provides insight into collective classroom attitudes regarding knowledge gaps and strengths." – Matthew Gillispie, From Notepad to IPad
• "An engaging platform for brainstorming, planning, and collaborative work among students; the potential applications are extensive." – ilearntechnology.com
• "A simple method for gathering student feedback or making scientific predictions prior to experiments." – talkPrimaryICT