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INTRODUCTION TO I-CLICKER
Student response systems allow faculty to collect real-time data from their students during lecture. Students are polled using questions with up to five responses. The response rates can be displayed immediately, and individual responses are stored for potential use in grading (in the form of participation points or points awarded based on correctness of the answers). Although not a magic bullet, many faculty find that such systems increase their awareness of student progress, make students aware of their own areas of confusion, and increase the overall level of engagement in the classroom. For a quick overview of how such a system has been used at MSU, see this news story.
To make the adoption of a student
response system simpler for faculty, and to prevent students from needing
to purchase different clickers for each of their classes, a single system
was selected for campuswide adoption. After carefully reviewing several
systems, and carefully considering the feedback from faculty, the decision
was made to select the "i>clicker" system.
To use i-clicker, you will need to have a computer in the classroom. This can be a laptop or a permanently installed computer in a smart-cart (software for PC, Mac, and Linux will be available). Most faculty will likely use this system in conjunction with some kind of presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint) but this is not necessary. The i-clicker software is not a plug-in and therefore works with any presentation software including web pages (or even the white board).
Students will need to purchase
a radio-frequency hand-held clicker, which will cost them about $33 new /
$25 used at the bookstore. The
same clicker can be used in all classes that use i-clicker and the bookstore
purchases used clickers for resale.
The best way to learn to use this system or simply
to assess its potential value for your classroom is to see a demonstration. Contact
Ritchie Boyd (jrboyd@montana.edu or
994-4660) to arrange for a demonstration. If you have already decided
to move ahead with this, please contact Ritchie to ensure that adequate clickers
are stocked in the bookstore and that arrangements are made for you to have
access to a receiver base.
PDF Document on How to Use Web Registration
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