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Use of Clickers in Education

Use of Clickers in Education. Angel Almanzar Sharon Brown Rebecca Harris-Smith. Overview. The Student Response System otherwise known as Clickers is a technology tool that can be used to assess student learning and promote student engagement. (Martyn, 2007)

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Use of Clickers in Education

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  1. Use of Clickers in Education Angel Almanzar Sharon Brown Rebecca Harris-Smith

  2. Overview • The Student Response System otherwise known as Clickers is a technology tool that can be used to assess student learning and promote student engagement. (Martyn, 2007) • Equipment need to assure a workable system includes: • Computer • LCD projector • Promethium Board or Screen • Clickers

  3. Types of clickers Types of clickers

  4. Equipment Needed to Set-Up Clickers • Handheld remote that students use to respond to multiple choice questions • Laptop of personal computer (PowerPoint Presentation) • Overhead screen • LCD projector

  5. Clicker Use in Middle School Use of Clickers in Middle School

  6. Clickers as an Assessment Tool in a Middle School Classroom • The Clickers allow teachers to address questions about the lesson and assess student comprehension of the lesson. • This can be done immediately because of the response that students provide with the Clickers

  7. Clickers as an Assessment Tool Cont. • To start the assessment, a PowerPoint is created with a set of math questions that has multiple choice answers. • The Clickers are labeled by giving each student a number. • As the slides are displayed, the students use the Clicker to give their response by choosing the correct letter

  8. Clickers as an Assessment Tool Cont. • The teacher is able to tell if a student is struggling based on the length of time he/she takes to respond. • Clues are given to help the student with the answer.

  9. Visual Display • After each answer is scored a graph is displayed to give a percentage of right and wrong answers. • Based on the graph, the teacher can determine the students’ level of understanding and plan further instruction

  10. Use of Clickers in Senior High School

  11. ActivEpressions for Instruction 1. How do clickers work? a) simulates a remote control b) work with promethean board2. The process to create an activity utilizing ActivEpressions a) create an activity b) register each clicker3. Type of responses students can submit using the clicker

  12. Sample Question ActivEpressions for Instruction

  13. ActivEpressions for Instruction 4). Activities a) teacher create activities b) Use activities within software c) promethium website resourcesWWW.prometheanplanet.com/en/search/resources/ 5). Student engagement a) independent b) collaboratively c) visual d) different learning styles

  14. Sample Question

  15. 6. ActivExpressions benefits a) immediate response b) opportunity to evaluate student knowledge c) differentiating instruction d) grouping students by ability e) Promotes students interactions f) increase curriculum rigor g) teacher gives students immediate feedback h) saves time and work – correcting worki) adaptable to any lesson and subject

  16. Sample Question

  17. Use of Clicker in Higher Education

  18. Advantages of Clickers in Education • Provides immediate feedback • Facilitates discussion • Alerts faculty of a need for remediation • Affords faculty the ability to quiz student • Track attendance • Grades student participation • Works will in large classroom environment • Increases participation in class • Addresses multiple learning styles of students

  19. Additional Uses of Clickers • Collect demographics • Conduct a survey / poll students • Used with case studies • Used in large or small groups • Grades and stores students responses • Provides student comfort in responding to questions

  20. Disadvantage in the Use of Clickers • Time and effort required to incorporate clicker use into the lesson • Lack of faculty buy-in • Aversion to the use of new technology • Designing good questions to incorporate into the lesson • Cost may be a factor

  21. References • ActivExpressions, http://www.prometheanplanet.com/documents/uk-us/pdf/support/user-guides- docs/lrs/activexpression-quick-start-guide.pdf • Berry, J. (2009). Technology support in nursing education: Clickers in the classroom. Nursing Education Perspective, 30 (5), 295 - 298. • Filer, D. (2010). Everyone's answering: Using technology to increase classroom participation. Nursing Education Perspectives, 31 (4), 247 - 250. • Martyn, M. (2007). Clickers in the classroom: An active learning approach. EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Retrieved August 31, 2011 from http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSEQuarterly • Promethium, www.prometheanplanet.com/en/search/resources/ • Sevian, H., & Robinson, W. E. (2011). Clickers promote learning in all kinds of classes-small and large, graduate and undergraduate, lecture and lab. Journal of College Science Teaching, 40 (3), 14 - 18.

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