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Enliven Your Class With i -Clickers

Enliven Your Class With i -Clickers. COTESOL 2008 Diana Brady-Herndon & Meredith Folley. Demo. I have used clickers before. “A” = yes “B” = no. How does it work?. There are three components: Computer (PC or Mac) Receiver with flash drive Remote. Motivation for Using i -Clickers.

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Enliven Your Class With i -Clickers

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  1. Enliven Your Class With i-Clickers COTESOL 2008 Diana Brady-Herndon & Meredith Folley

  2. Demo I have used clickers before. • “A” = yes • “B” = no

  3. How does it work? There are three components: • Computer (PC or Mac) • Receiver with flash drive • Remote

  4. Motivation for Using i-Clickers • Immediate Feedback • Instructors • Students • Anonymity (in our programs) • Easy to Use • Instructors • Students

  5. Starting a Session 1. Click on program 2. Your settings 3. Large or small 4. Set for the session

  6. Polling # of students counted start

  7. The Graph Display graph when polling stops for comprehension checks Click on correct answer to highlight it in green

  8. Types of Lessons • Multiple Choice • Fill in the blank • True False • Reading • Persuasive Issues • Web-based lessons • Games • Student created questions • Sky’s the limit

  9. Multiple Choice 1) Everyday I __________ in the park. a) am run b) run c) runs d) running

  10. 2) The little girl _____ a pony. a) has b) have c) is have d) having

  11. 3. He _________ his homework at school. a) do b) doing c) does d) is do

  12. Fill in the Blank Choose a word from the following list and fill in the blanks: Conifer, crowded, i-clickers, COTESOL, interested I came to the ___________ conference today to hear a presentation. I think it is in the _____________ room. I hope it’s not too ____________. The presentation is on ______________. I’m ____________ in them for our program.

  13. True False 1.There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo.

  14. 2. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.

  15. 3. The most popular first name in the world is John.

  16. 4. The names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.

  17. 5. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

  18. Reading Activity a. “low city.” b. “mile-high city.” c. “flat city.” d. “city of dreams.”

  19. Persuasive Issues • Students are polled at beginning of class • Students read about topic • Students discuss/debate topic • Students are polled again • Use forward and back feature of graph to compare attitude/opinion changes

  20. Web-Based Lessons • Comparison shopping • King Sooper vs. Safeway • Landsend vs. Macy’s • www.epinions.com • Top 10 • ESL websites

  21. Games • Teams discuss question/topic • One designated “clicker” per team • Odd or even questions per team

  22. Student Created Questions • A. • B. • C. • D.

  23. Audience Participation • Brainstorm with the people in your row • Designate a recorder to write your ideas • Come up with some ways of using i-clickers that were not already presented • 10 minute time limit

  24. Pricing • Approximately $26.00 for each i-clicker • $185.00 base unit • 1 free base per 100 clickers • No registration fee • No site licenses • Contact www.iclicker.com for information

  25. Contact Information • Diana Brady-Herndon diana.brady-herndon@ccaurora.edu • Meredith Folley meredith.folley@ccaurora.edu

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