REASONS TO USE IT IN YOUR CLASSROOM
Clicker Technology
Add Clicker Technology to your classroom to get
your entire class involved
Instead of getting an answer from one student…
What is a Clicker?
“the simplest remote personal response systems that resemble pared-down TV remote control units, and they work in the same way”
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7002.pdf
Student Response System
A small, portable receiving station is placed in the front of the class to collect and record student responses.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7002.pdf
Responses are Recorded and Displayed
Students enter the answer using their own personal clicker – the results of the entireclass are displayed on the screen.
Improve attentiveness Increase knowledge retentionPoll anonymouslyTrack individual responsesDisplay polling results immediatelyCreate an interactive and fun learning
environmentConfirm audience understanding of key
points immediatelyGather data for reporting and analysis
Benefits of Using Clickers:
Don’t Just Lecture…
Use lecture and student interaction
to increase information retention
Want To Know What Student Think?
Clicker technology gives you a way to poll students anonymously and quickly which allows for less time working on concepts that are already understood.
Also allows students to compare what they know to the rest of the class
Interaction is fun, students are more involved
Lets See How a Clicker Works
You can give the class a question and ask for each student to use the clicker to log their answer.
The students “click” the corresponding button on their personal clicker which corresponds with the answer they have chosen.
Once all students have logged their answers, the results will show on the screen for the class to review.
Lets give it a try…
Pick the Correct Answer
How many days of the year does Las Vegas experience sunshine?
A. 143 B. 254 C. 362 D.308 E.259
Question Results
Answer A9%
Answer B
11%
Answer C
5%
Answer D72%
Answer E3%
Class Breakdown
The Clicker Records the answers of the class – this shows that 72% of the class got the answer correct.
Sources for Presentation
Information was retrieved from the following sites:
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI700
2.pdf According to Educause Learning Initiative
http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/full/6/1/9
www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/clickers.htm