Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Classroom Technologies and BYOD
Explore a variety of classroom technologies designed to enhance student engagement and participation. Discover tools such as Poll Everywhere, clickers, Google Forms, and Socrative that allow for interactive learning experiences through quizzes and polls. These technologies facilitate collaboration, creating, and contributing within the classroom while offering flexibility in pricing and accessibility. Learn about the pedagogical opportunities these tools present and how they can transform teaching practices. Join the discussion on the necessary conditions for successful implementation in educational environments.
Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Classroom Technologies and BYOD
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Classroom technologies BYOD + clickers
Classroom technologies • Range of technologies and devices • Text wall • Poll Everywhere • Clickers • BB Mobile Learn • Soctrative • Google forms (+QR codes) • Test, survey, reflect • Collaborate, create and contribute
What are the drivers for using technologyin the classroom? • SMS: 07537 402 400 start with the word fire • E-mail: sms@textwall.co.ukusing only the subject line start a text with the word fire • Web: Go to http://textwall.co.uk/post start a message with the word fire
Poll Everywhere • SMS, browser or Twitter response • Precreate questions online or within PowerPoint • Responses embedded in PPT or online • Flexible pricing from free to $1400 / month
BlackBoard Mobile Learn • Free to all staff and students • Mobile access to VLE sites including; • Content • Quiz • Discussion boards • Journals and blogs • Activities can be available outside of classtime • Classroom participation recorded within VLE
Socrative • Free app (currently) • Limit of 50 students per room • Pre-create quizzes or develop on the fly • True or False Questions • Multiple Choice Questions • Short Response • Exit Ticket • Pre-create / import short Quizzes (inc images)
Google forms / QR codes / Short URLs • Simple survey creation • Can restrict to UoY / record usernames • Access through browser on laptop / mobile device • Responses recorded on spreadsheet; summary display available • QR codes / short URLs give easy access to online content • Multiple QR codes can point to pre-populated forms
TextWall • What are pedagogic opportunities do classroom technologies present? • SMS: 07537 402 400 start with the word fire • E-mail: sms@textwall.co.ukusing only the subject line start a text with the word fire • Web: Go to http://textwall.co.uk/post start a message with the word fire
Discussion points • What do we need to make this work? • Contingencies • Minimum numbers / maximum numbers • How will it change practice? • Policy implications? • What else?
