Tuesday, November 4, 2008
another technology article
This article "Clicker U." in the Nov. 3rd edition of Inside Education caught my attention because it was mentioned in an assessment class I took last semester. Basically it's about clickers (kind of like remote controls) used in classrooms. There are different uses, but the main one is to so the instructor can assess whether the students are understanding what is being taught. The instructor asks a questions and the students click their remote in answer to the question. The results are instantly available to the instructor. Then if students aren't understanding the lecture the instructor can go back and talk about it again. Talk about getting instant feedback from the environment that can be turned around and made into an output.
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I wish I had this when I was taking math class. I would get so lost but was too embarrassed to raise my hand (of course, it didn't help that the teacher was into publicly shaming you if she considered your question "stupid" or as evidence of not paying attention!
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