Software-based Clicker Systems for Classroom Activities of Secondary and Tertiary Education

CLICKER TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING

MD. SAIFUDDIN KHALID AND TANVEER AHMED BHUIYAN

[email protected] & [email protected]

AALBORG UNIVERSITY (AAU), DENMARK

AAU Teaching Day 2015Improving teaching and learning through ICT: Tools, theories and practice.

22 April, 2015, Aalborg

Workshops: 1115-1200, 1300-1345, 1400-1445

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ARE WE READY?

• Motivation: Clickers & Software Clickers. Why Socrative and not another?

• We shall play two roles: teachers/facilitators & students/participants

• Pre-Requisite ICT Resources• Laptop/iPad/Tablet/Mobile

• Laptop: Open Two Web browsers

• Mobile/Tablet: Install Socrative Student & Teacher

• Open browser 1: Create a free teacher account in socrative.com

• Use browser 2 or use ipad/mobile for student access

Workshop Handouthttp://goo.gl/9S5Omg

Sorcrative User Guide

http://goo.gl/tjMRoa2



QUICK QUESTION

1. SA: Attendance !

2. Vote: Vote for those whom you “DO NOT

KNOW” - Ice-breaking !!!

http://goo.gl/TE2N6a

• Men are more forgetful than women.

• True or False?

• AAU is well-known for:

• A: HUM; B: SAMF;

• C: TEK-NAT; D: SUND

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START A QUIZ

• Participate in a quiz

• Create your own sample quiz (sample questions for fun

http://www.indiabix.com/): Please include the following

• One true/false

• One MCQ

• One true/false or MCQ with image

• Let’s participate in the quizzes of one-another (use different

browser for parallel activities)

Source http://www.socrative.com/games

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http://www.indiabix.com/



SPACE RACE

• Engage your students in fun exercises that track their

performance while they're playing. Enjoy the energy of the

moment and get the results sent to you by email.

• If any of the member of a group gives a right answer then

the group scores.

SPACE RACE

• Teams of students answer questions in this fast-paced

rocket race game. The team(s) that get their rocket the

furthest across the screen wins!

Source http://www.socrative.com/games

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REFERENCES

• Hatziapostolou, Thanos, Tomor Pupovci, Dimitris Dranidis, Iraklis

Paraskakis, and Marina Ntika. “Boosting the Pedagogical Value of

Classroom Clicker Systems via the Provision of Formative

Feedback,” 165–67. IEEE, 2014. doi:10.1109/ICALT.2014.56.

• Farag, Denise M., Susan Park, and Gundars Kaupins. “Faculty

Perceptions of the Adoption and Use of Clickers in the Legal Studies

in Business Classroom.” Journal of Education for Business, March

16, 2015, 1–9. doi:10.1080/08832323.2015.1014459.

• Green, Alison J., Wen Chang, Sarah Tanford, and Lisa Moll.

“Student Perceptions towards Using Clickers and Lecture Software

Applications in Hospitality Lecture Courses.” Journal of Teaching in

Travel & Tourism 15, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 29–47.

doi:10.1080/15313220.2014.999738.

• QR Code Generator: http://www.qrstuff.com/

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EXIT TICKET

• Check in on your students' understanding as they head out the

door. Gather responses on their comfort with the material as

well as answers to questions you create in real time or prepare

before class.

No Need to Prep

• Take advantage of the pre-designed activities to gather

thoughtful student data. Receive the responses in an emailed

report or as an online google spreadsheet. No need to prep,

just select one in real time.

Let’s try it. Teacher question: How can we improve this

workshop?

Source http://www.socrative.com/exit-tickets

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