Clicker technology

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