Clickers


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=Audience Response Systems : AKA “clickers”=  **How clickers work**  · Presenter asks a question to an audience (yes/no, true-false, multiple choice, or likert-scale/rating) using a presentation software add in (e.g., PowerPoint, Word) and USB device.  · Question displayed to the audience via a projector wired to the computer.  · Audience votes using with a hand-held remote that works wirelessly.  · Audience Response System hardware receives each remote's infrared or radio frequency waves.  · When the polling ends, the software tabulates the results and displays them in a chart -- pie, bar graph, line graph, which can be downloaded for saving
 * started in Hollywood as a way to poll audiences on their reactions to TV programs, commercials, and movies
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">popularity has been growing in the business world, for use in conventions, and in recent years in the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">quick way to measure students' attainment of learning outcomes and engage passive learners

<span style="display: block; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">**//Available for check-out at CLC//** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · View training videos, attend an online training webinar, or get training from qualified faculty or staff. [|Online video tutorials] and online training information available on the Turning Point Web site. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · [|Download Turning Point 4.2.1 version] for use in making your own interactive PowerPoint slideshows on your own computer. <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Email me if you would like to see samples for use in ESL.
 * We have two sets you can check out via the portal Help Desk. These sets are made by the company Turning Point. For more information, download this handout or visit the links below.[[file:Clicker Instructions.pdf]]**


 * Educational Benefits**

<span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · quiet students participate <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · get input and feedback from every student in the classroom <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · encourage risk-taking <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · classroom assessment technique for knowing if students comprehend class material <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · increase classroom participation and attentiveness <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · real-time answers and feedback <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · fun


 * Online alternative:**

<span style="display: block; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Poll Everywhere www.polleverywhere.com - poll by texting with cell phones or online see article and directions.

<span style="display: block; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">**More information on Audience Response Systems:**
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tomorrow's Professor Article: Sixteen Suggestions for Teaching with Classroom Response Systems [[file:Tomorrow's Professor.pdf]](source: [])
 * How audience response systems are used at the University of Milwaukee: [] and Carnegie Melon - general information [[file:Clickers-generalinfo.pdf]]
 * Articles, including research data, vendors, and more: [|http://www.audienceresponseinfo.com]
 * [|Vanderbilt Center for Teaching presentation by Derek Bruff]
 * [|"To Click or Not to Click: That's the Question,"] Journal of Online Education
 * [|Mercy College clicker presentation]
 * [|Tech and Learning article] (instructor review of different brands of ARSs)