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The Design and Use of Student Response Systems

This article explores the design and use of student response systems, commonly known as clickers. It discusses the various clicker devices available, how clickers are used in classrooms, and provides tips for choosing the right system.

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The Design and Use of Student Response Systems

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  1. The Design and Use ofStudent Response Systems by Eddie Mathews EDTC 6320 Project 4

  2. The Design Phase

  3. Design & Use of Clickers

  4. Design & Use of Clickers

  5. Design & Use of Clickers

  6. What Are Clickers?

  7. Clickers are electronic student response systems usually allowing for A,B,C,D,E, or number responses

  8. Student Response Systems Audience Response System Personal Response System CLICKERS! Classroom Communication System Electronic Voting System Classroom Response System

  9. Who Makes Clicker Devices?

  10. Who Makes Clicker Devices? • eInstruction Web Site: www.einstruction.com

  11. Who Makes Clicker Devices? • eInstruction • i>Clicker Web Site: www.iclicker.com

  12. Who Makes Clicker Devices? • eInstruction • iClicker • TurningPoint ResponseCard Web Site: www.turningtechnologies.com

  13. Who Makes Clicker Devices? • eInstruction • iClicker • TurningPoint • H-ITT iCue iBright Web Site: www.h-itt.com iEnable

  14. Who Makes Clicker Devices? • eInstruction • iClicker • TurningPoint • H-ITT • OptionTechnologies Web Site: www.optiontechnologies.com

  15. Suggestions Before Buying • Think about your primary classroom challenges • Visualize how you will use a student response system • Talk to instructors who use clicker technology often in their classroom • Visit the Web sites of your top choices to make sure you understand design concepts • Consider the cost of kits, individual student cost, etc.

  16. How Do We Use Clickers?

  17. Recall questions at the beginning of class Who has read the assigned material?

  18. Recall questions at middle of class • Reward attendance and attentiveness • Immediate instructor feedback • Good responses → Move on • Poor response → Discuss more

  19. Collect Student Opinions to Begin a Discussion

  20. Show Results Immediately A B C

  21. Real-Time Tracking Some programs constantly track and display cumulative answer changes

  22. “Click when finished with a task”

  23. What’s Involved in Set Up?

  24. Example of eInstruction’s CPS Kit? The Hardware contents of a 32-pad IR System (24 and 40 pad systems are also available)

  25. What About Clicker Compatibility? Can the “blue” clickers be used with the new “white” receiver? YES Can the “white” clickers be used with the old “blue” receiver? YES

  26. www.eInstruction.com

  27. www.eInstruction.com

  28. What Other Equipment is Needed? A projector can also be Table-mounted (Optional)

  29. References & Credits • Flicker (by waifer x, micn2sugars) • Info and images from a presentation by Dr. Russell James (Texas Tech Univ.) • eInstruction.com Web site (tutorials) • Clicker images retrieved from company Web sites (url of each brand is listed on product slides during presentation)

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