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Material Presented by Margie Christie

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT A PERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEM IS? SO HAVE I!

DON'T LET THE MANY DIFFERENT NAMES CONFUSE YOU!:

  • Student Response System (SRS)
  • Clicker System
  • Clicker
  • Personal Response Systems (PRS)

"Student Response Systems (SRS) or clicker systems are increasingly being adopted by faculty and are transforming traditionally passive lecture courses into stimulating and active classes."-wikipedia

Once students are in the classroom, teachers can pose questions at strategic moments throughout the class and allow students to respond using a clicker to send their responses to the classroom computer. Clickers can be as big as a media remote, or as small as a credit card, but they do the same thing essentially. In order to answer, students can press any number from 0 to 9 and their answer is sent to a receiver plugged into the teacher's computer.

Using a clicker or audience response system can significantly change the way you and your students interact by enabling you to assess your students' knowledge, keep their attention, provide immediate feedback, and encourage all students to participate. An audience response system can also be used in conference settings to poll the audience on any content you wish.

What else can a clicker do?

  • Easily conduct multiple assessments
  • Track student learning
  • Engage your entire class
  • Teachers can create interactive PowerPoint presentations
  • Collect real-time responses from students
  • Quickly assess students' achievement toward state standards
  • Teachers can evaluate the collective understanding of the entire class
  • Conduct formative assessments
  • Track individual student learning at the point of instruction
  • Assigning participation points
  • Help with grading tests
  • Create and run reports for virtually all of your classroom needs

Still a little fuzzy on what all this means?

In simple terms, an audience response system applies the technology used on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" to a learning environment.

Check out this informative video in the K-12 setting:

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/k12studentresponsesystem.cfm

Sold on the idea? In the market for a Student Response System?

SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT OFFER CLICKERS ARE:

  • iRespond
  • Turning Point
  • iClicker

iRespond offers several different products and price ranges. The two most relevant to K-12 education are the "UltraLite" and the iRespond Lite. Here are some of the product offerings:

ULTRALITE (The most cost-effective, which is a consideration in today's educational system)

  • Integrated with PowerPoint
  • Instant Grading
  • Standards-based Reporting
  • Instructor-Paced Mode
  • PIN Activation
  • Teacher's Dashboard
  • Teacher's Remote
  • Radio Frequency
  • Small, yet powerful
  • Students may use any remote

iRESPOND LITE (When you desire all day use)

  • Integrated with PowerPoint
  • Homework
  • Student-Paced Mode
  • Numeric Fill-In-The-Blank
  • Powerful
  • Instant Grading
  • Standards-based Reporting
  • Instructor-Paced Mode
  • PIN Activation
  • Teacher's Dashboard
  • Teacher's Remote
  • Radio Frequency
  • Feedback
  • Students may use any remote

What is so great about the iClicker brand?

The UltraLite, Lite and Touch product lines are RF (radio frequency) meaning your students don't have to point their remotes at some magical spot on a screen. RF technology is also faster and more reliable than IR (Infrared) technology.

This company also claims to offer the most affordable prices to educators and school systems. If you like what you see, visit: http://www.irespond.com/p/products/

Other Clicker companies:

TurningPoint is a powerful student response tool for schools that engages students and encourages success. Students in classrooms that integrate interactive content questions into TurningPoint presentations feel more involved in the learning process - encouraging consistent, day-after-day participation throughout the entire curriculum. The result of integrating TurningPoint into the classroom is each student's voice is heard and no one is left behind!

Find the student ResponseCard that's perfect for your classroom environment.

Visit this website for more information http://www.turningtechnologies.com/

What are users saying?

''"Audience response systems are powerful tools that have enabled me to address some of my most frustrating problems as a teacher." 

    - Trevor Milliron, Associate Professor of Psychology at Lee University''

Other cool stuff about Clickers:

  • “Question on the Fly” tool, you can easily ask unplanned questions and still review your questions and assign points after class.
  • The simple remote is innately well-suited for students with disabilities. The i>clicker remote's LED lights were designed with color blind students in mind. Most visually-impaired individuals are able to easily navigate i>clicker's six large buttons using the raised left edge as a tactile reference point. However, for those who require additional help, Braille stickers and a vibrating clicker are also available. For more information, please see our Accessibility statement.

Resources:

Wikipedia

http://www.irespond.com

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/

http://www.iclicker.com