Time to begin getting folks in a back to school mood. If you watch “Millionaire”, you are familiar with the “ask the audience” life line (previous post). Contestants seem to use this opportunity first and it is probably most helpful. Your fall classes may offer a similar technology (I know this is the case at my institution). Students will be asked to purchase a simple input device that allow large numbers of students to respond to simple question posed during a lecture. The version I am familiar with presents questions and reveals responses using a software that connects to PowerPoint. Textbook companies are bundling the “clickers” with a book (hard to buy a used book under this condition) and fund the classroom hardware/software as a perk for the adoption.
C|NET offers an article on clickers in classrooms.
