Classroom response systems were featured in recent article in the Ocala newspaper, The Star-Banner. Since the beginning of the school year, students at a local high school are using the system in various mathematics courses. Teachers have integrated interactive wireless response systems into their classrooms to replace everything from worksheets and FCAT preparation reviews to quizzes and tests. The student has a response pad that looks similar to a calculator, and they use the tool to wirelessly respond to questions the teacher projects in a slide presentation. Depending on the model, answers the pads can handle range from simple multiple choice to numerical answers. In one class, students have paper versions of geometry tests to see the questions, but instead of writing down answers, they use the response pads to feed the answers to the teacher’s computer, which allows her to monitor each student's progress and almost instantaneously grade the assignments. Another good example of the usefulness and integrations of such systems.
http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070413/NEWS/204130340/1001/NEWS01
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Hi Ken,
Interesting article on the use of the clickers. I am concerned about their use for exams, as mentioned in your post. It has turned them into electronic "Scan-tron" forms. I feel that their use for feedback regarding class discussion is great. Because that is what they were intended for.
Ken
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