Clickers

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Clickers!

• AKA Student Response Systems
• Belle Birchfield and Tom Gerson
• Electrical Computer Engineering Technology

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What do they do?

• Allow you to quiz and survey individuals, and
  receive instant feedback
• Responses are
• gathered on the instructors computer
• available for immediate feedback or later
  analysis

http//www.citl.ohiou.edu/index.cfm?pageID29
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Our dual purpose

• Consider clickers for Senate use
• Attendance
• Voting
• Illustrate a bit of what they can do in the
  classroom

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igtclicker impressed us

• With its simplicity and flexibility
• Question delivery in any visual format
• Word, Notepad, PowerPoint, web pages, movies,
  BlackBoard, SMART boards, photos
• Easy to use
• For students and instructors
• No software pre-installation
• Open source software
• Doesnt do everything

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What exactly do you need?

• A computer Mac or Windows OS
• A clicker system
• A receiver
• Clickers (one per participant)
• Software
• Some systems have registration and activation
  fees

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igtclicker

• Installation
• Start up session
• Floating toolbar

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igtclicker anatomy
On/Off switch
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When did Queensborough first open its doors?

• 1958
• 1960
• 1962
• I have no idea

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Will the Yankees go all the way this year?

• Yes
• No
• Abstain

http//newyork.yankees.mlb.com
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Reviewing Response Data
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Reviewing Response Data
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In the classroom

• Increase student attention, interest, and
  learning by ENGAGING them
• Provide instant FEEDBACK to the instructor and
  student
• Allows EVERYONE to participate in a safe,
  anonymous way
• Initiate discussions

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Whos who in clickers at QCC

• Biology - Pollack, Schneider Subramaniam
• eInstruction CPS (Pollack)
• Turning Point (Schneider Subramaniam) on
  order
• Chemistry Irigoyen
• eInstruction CPS early model
• ECET - Gerson Birchfield
• TurningPoint
• igtclicker (demo kit)
• InterWrite PRS (demo kit Gerson)
• eInstruction CPS (Gerson)

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Factors to consider (igtclicker)

• Multiple applications supported ()
• Security of student data ()
• Responsiveness of vendor ()
• Unit price (26, lowest and only cost, )
• Support by various publishers for some texts ()
• Numerical pad responses (-)
• Design and usability of clicker ()
• Compatibility with existing infrastructure ()

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RF Clicker Comparison Table
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Possible Funding Sources

• Students (bookstore model)
• Might be bundled with a textbook
• Will students need to purchase and carry more
  than one model?
• Faculty (grants)
• College
• Who maintains and administers them?

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Players in the Clicker arena

• eInstruction CPS
• Turning Technologies Turning Point
• igtclicker
• Interwrite PRS
• Quizdom
• SMART Technologies Senteo
• Virtual clickers

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Players in the Clicker arena

• eInstruction CPS
• Biology Pollak
• Chemistry Irigoyen
• ECET - Gerson

McGraw-Hill support
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Players in the Clicker arena

• Turning Technologies - Turning Point
• Biology Schneider Subramaniam (on order)
• ECET Birchfield Gerson

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Players in the Clicker arena

• igtclicker
• ECET Birchfield Gerson (demo kit)

Pearson, Wiley, Houghton Mifflin, Freeman/Worth
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Players in the Clicker arena

• InterWrite PRS
• ECET Gerson (demo kit just arrived)

Pearson, Wiley support
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Players in the Clicker arena

• Qwizdom

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Players in the Clicker arena

• SMART Technologies Senteo
• Integrates with Smart Notebook
• Release date June 2007
• 65 per clicker (bulk)

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Virtual Clickers

• For use in computer rooms and with laptops or
  PDAs
• TurningPoint Vpad
• InterWrite Virtual PRS

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The first group of students admitted to
Queensborough numbered 312.

• True
• False

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